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Traverse City adopts comprehensive ethics ordinance requiring annual disclosures
Summary
The Traverse City Commission voted to enact a new city ethics ordinance that requires annual financial disclosures, sets civil-penalty paths and creates an arbiter process; the measure will be reviewed within 12 months and follows months of public input and ad hoc work.
Traverse City voters and officials took a step to formalize local conduct rules on Oct. 20 when the city commission enacted a new ethics ordinance to be codified in Chapter 225 of the municipal code.
The ordinance, introduced by Commissioner Jackie, requires annual disclosure statements from public servants, establishes an arbiter process to review alleged violations, and authorizes civil-infraction remedies…
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