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Committee recommends memo of concern to full council instead of censure
Summary
After accepting the investigator's report, the committee voted to recommend the full Keizer City Council issue a memo of concern rather than pursue censure; City Attorney Joe Lindsey said a memo is a measured response given two founded violations and the censure threshold is higher.
After accepting the investigator's findings, the committee discussed sanctions under Rule 16.1 and voted to recommend a memo of concern to the full city council rather than pursuing a censure.
City Attorney Joe Lindsey recommended a memo of concern, telling the committee: "perhaps an appropriate response to that would be instead of going for the highest censure, perhaps the group would consider a memo of concern from the full city council." He explained the investigator found two rules were violated rather than three as alleged, and that a censure requires a five-member vote.
Councilor Christopher asked whether Mayor Clark and Councilor Kohler would be allowed to participate in any full-council discussion or vote on the recommendation; Lindsey replied that the rule indicates the council member in question should not take part in discussion or the vote but that the full council ultimately determines how to apply the rule. The committee then moved to recommend a memo of concern to the full council; the motion carried on a voice vote and the committee confirmed it would not draft a memo until the full council votes to do so.
