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Ethics Commission seeks one‑time IT upgrades; Merit System board asks to convert ED to full time
Summary
The Ethics Commission requested a one‑time $360,000 IT upgrade (reduced from an initial $560,000 estimate) to modernize three legacy systems, while the Merit System Protection Board proposed converting its executive director from 0.75 FTE to full time to accelerate case processing; the committee recommended forwarding both items to full Council for consideration.
Two smaller agencies presented FY26 requests that the committee agreed to forward to full Council.
The Ethics Commission said it asked the County Executive for one‑time funding to modernize three aging systems: the financial disclosure system, the lobbying registration/reporting system, and the outside‑employment online system. Staff reported an initial TEBS estimate of $560,000 that was negotiated down to…
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