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Ethics officer report recommends clarifying role, improving public process transparency
Summary
Outside ethics officers from Ogden Murphy Wallace urged the council to clarify the ethics officer/city-attorney relationship, publish process details for advisory opinions and complaints, and resolve inconsistencies with other city policies; councilmembers prioritized clarifying roles and public-facing process information.
Representatives from Ogden Murphy Wallace presented the city’s annual ethics officer report and outlined four areas for council consideration: clarify the relationship and information-sharing processes between the ethics officer and the city attorney; publish more public-facing process information (including timing and decisional criteria for advisory opinions and complaints); identify and resolve conflicts…
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