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Commissioners split over proposed fiscal-disclosure requirements; policy referred for further drafting
Summary
A proposed change to City Commission Policy 100-06 that would add annual fiscal-disclosure requirements for elected officials — including spousal income over $5,000 and assets/investments over $10,000 — drew both support and opposition and was referred to the Committee of the Whole for more work and a redlined form.
Commissioners on Grand Rapids' Fiscal Committee debated whether to add an annual fiscal-disclosure requirement for elected officials and ultimately voted to refer the proposed change to the Committee of the Whole for further drafting.
The deputy city attorney, presenting the proposal, said the policy would not replace state law conflict-of-interest disclosures but would add a layer of annual reporting intended to increase transparency. He described proposed thresholds…
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