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Frankfort amends ethics code to set four-year limit for filings; measure passes with one dissent and mayor abstention
Summary
On second reading the Board adopted an amendment to Frankfort Code Section 39.20 to establish a four-year statute of limitations for initiating proceedings before the Board of Ethics; the measure passed 3–1 with Commissioner Richardson voting against and Mayor Layne Wilkerson abstaining.
The Frankfort Board of Commissioners adopted on second reading an amendment to City Code Section 39.20 on March 23, 2026, specifying the conditions to initiate proceedings before the Board of Ethics and establishing a four-year statute of limitations measured from the date of the alleged violation.
Commissioners Leesa Unger, Kelly May and Katima Smith-Willis voted in favor; Commissioner Rob Richardson voted against the ordinance and Mayor Layne Wilkerson abstained. During citizen comment earlier in the meeting, Katrisha Waldridge spoke against the change and requested the period be “four (4) years plus one (1),” expressing concern about limiting the time to bring complaints.
The ordinance returns the Code language to a defined limitations period for initiating ethics proceedings; the record does not show additional implementing rules or retroactivity language. The Board recorded the vote and adopted the ordinance as Ordinance No. 5, 2026 Series.
Because the ordinance changes filing limitations, any potential challenges to its interpretation would depend on the final codified language and whether the Board or staff applies the limitations to pending matters; meeting records do not indicate immediate retroactive application.
