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Charter panel revises ethics chapter: council to enact code by ordinance, commission set at seven members
Summary
The Charter Revision Commission voted to reorganize and revise the proposed ethics chapter, moving the ordinance requirement, setting the ethics commission at seven members with a four‑member same‑party cap, adding a 45‑day legal‑review deadline, and adopting vacancy and independent‑counsel rules.
The Charter Revision Commission on Aug. 21 reorganized and approved several substantive changes to the proposed ethics chapter of the Bridgeport charter, voting to move the requirement that the City Council enact a code of ethics into the chapter’s general provisions and to clarify how the ethics commission will operate.
The panel agreed to delete the draft section labeled as the old section 1 and make the current statement of purpose the new section 1, relocating the sentence "The City Council shall enact a code of ethics by ordinance" into the new general provisions. Speaker identified in the record as the Chair (speaker 1) explained the revision was intended to place the statement of purpose first and move technical details into subsequent subsections.
Why it matters: The changes clarify which provisions belong to the charter itself and which may be fleshed out by ordinance, and set governance details that will shape how conflict-of-interest complaints and…
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