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Mendon board seeks to expand ethics board to ensure quorum and continuity
Summary
A board member moved to add discussion of expanding the ethics board from three to five members to avoid quorum problems for advisory actions; the board agreed to add the item to a future agenda and asked for proposed language and legal review.
A board member requested the ethics-board composition be revisited so the advisory panel can function when members are absent or recused. The board member noted the town code currently requires three members and suggested raising the number to five to preserve a functional quorum for advisory recommendations. The motion to add the ethics-board discussion to the agenda passed and members asked staff to draft proposed language for a public hearing and, if needed, a local-law amendment.
Members discussed process: whether such a change requires a local law or a resolution, how many members should be appointed by the board versus required to be a town employee, and whether the change should be bundled with handbook revisions or handled separately through a public hearing. The board assigned drafting work and legal research to staff and volunteers and scheduled the item for a future meeting.
