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Knox County ethics subcommittee reopens code review; debates lobbying ban, disclosure rules and nepotism
Summary
The Knox County ethics subcommittee voted to reopen review of the county code of ethics and debated whether to extend a one-year post-office lobbying ban, where disclosure forms should be filed, and whether the definition of "personal interest" should cover nepotism and intimate relationships. Staff were asked to research legal and NACO guidance.
The Knox County ethics subcommittee voted to reopen the draft county code of ethics for further review and assigned staff to research legal and comparative guidance for several contested provisions.
At the meeting, members moved and passed a motion to reopen the policy discussion so the committee could review language the county commission had forwarded. Miss Gibson moved to reopen the policy; Mister Goodpastor seconded the motion and the committee approved it.
Mister Kennedy read the draft provision that would bar a person who has been elected to a county office from representing another person or entity for compensation before the governing body for a period of one year after vacating that office. "A person who's been elected to any county office may not personally represent another person or entity for compensation before the governing body of which that person was an…
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