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Roswell moves to overhaul ethics ordinance, shifting complaint review to outside hearing officers
Summary
Assistant City Attorney presented a draft replacement ethics ordinance that broadens conflict-of-interest definitions, routes complaints through the city clerk to outside hearing officers (attorneys who do not reside or maintain offices near Roswell), and pauses election-period complaints; council voted unanimously to advance the ordinance for first reading with minor edits.
Assistant City Attorney Joe Cusket presented a proposed replacement for Roswell’s code of ethics. The draft expands conflict-of-interest rules, clarifies prohibited uses of city property and confidential information, and restructures how complaints are processed and adjudicated.
Under the proposed procedure, complaints would be filed with the city clerk (not directly to the mayor), accompanied by a sworn affidavit. A hearing…
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