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Civic Affairs committee advances draft ethics ordinance with independent hearing officer
Summary
The committee approved inserting proposed ethics-code additions that tighten conflict-of-interest definitions, create a signed-complaint intake, and route complaints to an independent retired judge as hearing officer; the draft will be forwarded to the full assembly for consideration.
Assemblymember Potter introduced a package of proposed additions to Skagway Municipality’s ethics ordinance aimed at clarifying conflicts of interest and establishing a complaint and hearing process. "I do not think that assembly members should be eligible to be hired for a job that they were a part of creating," Potter said, citing the need for public confidence and pointing to models used by other Alaska communities.
The draft tightens the definition of conflict of interest, requires signed complaints with contact information (no anonymous…
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