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Chesapeake Beach ethics commission debates who must file financial disclosures
Summary
At a Chesapeake Beach Ethics Commission meeting, members debated revising the town's ethics ordinance to clarify which municipal officials must file public disclosure statements, weighing a titles-based list versus broader criteria and whether the town administrator should maintain an annual roster.
Unidentified Speaker 1, the presiding commissioner, called the meeting to order and led a discussion about who should be designated as "covered persons" required to file financial disclosure statements under the town's ethics ordinance. The commission reviewed a draft that still lists covered people by job title and said that approach has become cumbersome as the town's personnel and offices have changed.
"The present wording of the ordinance creates unnecessary and extremely cumbersome consequences," Unidentified Speaker 1 said, pointing to the example of a newly created town planner role that is not mentioned in the existing list. The current ordinance, the commission said, dates to about 2017 and was drafted before some more recent town offices existed.
The commission…
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