Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Ethics Removal Ordinance topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council continues second reading of removal-procedures ordinance after staff says wrong draft was circulated
Summary
Council voted unanimously on July 6 to continue the second reading of ordinance 2026-00615 (amending removal procedures) after town counsel acknowledged an earlier, incorrect draft was circulated; council agreed to discuss a linked ethics code at a future meeting.
At the start of the meeting and again during agenda consideration, councilmembers raised questions about an ordinance amending removal procedures (listed as ordinance 2026-00615) and whether it should be considered alongside a revised code of ethics.
Town attorney told the council he had mistakenly circulated an earlier draft and recommended continuing the second reading so staff could place the correct version in the packet. Councilmember Randolph had earlier asked that the item be pulled so the ethics code update could be considered in tandem with removal procedures. After discussion, a motion to continue the ordinance to the next meeting was moved and seconded and the clerk called the roll. The motion passed on a unanimous vote.
Why this matters: the removal-procedures ordinance sets the formal process for how removal complaints and adjudications are handled for elected officials; the council agreed the code of ethics and complaint forms are interrelated and asked staff to return with clarified complaint form language and a plan for coordinating the code of ethics discussion with the removal procedures review.
What comes next: staff will place the corrected ordinance draft in the next meeting packet and add the ethics-code discussion to a future agenda so the body can consider the procedures and code together. No final adoption occurred at this session; only a continuance was approved.
