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Mayor Whitfield vetoes council ethics ordinance, cites references to non‑existent offices and exemptions for councilors
Summary
Chief of staff read a veto letter from Mayor Deb Whitfield saying the council's ethics ordinance contains multiple errors, references to non‑existent offices, and an exemption that would leave councilors and council contractors outside the ordinance’s coverage; the mayor urged collaboration to craft a tailored, enforceable ethics code.
The mayor’s office delivered a formal veto April 15 of an ethics ordinance the Common Council had passed, saying the draft is riddled with structural errors, inaccurate cross‑references and a broad exemption for councilors and council contractors that would undercut the ordinance’s purpose.
Chief of Staff (reading a statement from Mayor Deb Whitfield) told the council the ordinance “appears to be largely cut and pasted from the city of Indianapolis's ethics ordinance without…
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