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Public and staff debate changes to ethics code language; trustees asked to expand recruitment outreach
Summary
Marilyn Stevens urged broader advertisement and independent review for ethics-board vacancies under proposed edits to Section 27‑21; staff explained staggered five‑member terms, renumbering and an interim review process when multiple vacancies exist and recommended a public hearing at the next meeting.
A public commenter and staff clashed gently over how the village should reconstitute its ethics board as trustees consider edits to Section 27‑21 of the village code. Marilyn Stevens told trustees she found no explicit edits to paragraphs b–e in the packet and asked whether the proposed changes included those subsections; she recommended more outreach for vacancies and that the village attorney or a short‑term resident panel review applicants rather than leaving initial screening to the mayor and one trustee.
An official presenting the draft (speaker 4) said the changes mainly add clarifying language…
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