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Putnam County committee trims ethics-board legal request to $10,000 after fraught discussion
Summary
Amid testimony that the county attorney filed a public ethics complaint against a legislator, the Audit and Administration Committee reduced a Board of Ethics legal-services request from $25,000 to $10,000 and forwarded the amended amount to the full legislature.
The Putnam County Audit and Administration Committee on Oct. 28 voted to reduce a requested $25,000 allocation for Board of Ethics legal services to $10,000 and moved the amended amount to the full legislature.
Committee members debated the item after staff noted Director Eldridge had applied under code provisions that allow the ethics board to hire independent counsel. Legislator…
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