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Board hears ethics board chair on proposed Code of Ethics updates; hearing closed at meeting
Summary
Duff Wilson, chair of the Board of Ethics, summarized proposed amendments to strengthen disclosure, clarify gifts, allow dismissal of frivolous complaints, and ease post‑employment limits with a one‑year restriction; the board closed the public hearing March 16.
At 6:50 PM the Town Board opened a public hearing on a proposed Local Law amending Chapter 8 (Code of Ethics). Duff Wilson, chair of the Board of Ethics, outlined the rationale for updates: reestablishing activity of the previously inactive Board of Ethics, strengthening transparency by requiring disclosures to supervisors or boards and documenting them in minutes, clarifying permissible gifts, allowing dismissal of frivolous complaints, and modifying post‑employment restrictions while maintaining a one‑year limit on appearances before former boards. The minutes record no correspondence had been received on the proposal. Supervisor Amber Brach‑Williams moved to close the hearing at the March 16 meeting.
The hearing closure starts the period for the board to consider any final edits before a subsequent adoption vote. The board did not adopt the local law at this meeting; it closed the public hearing after the chair’s presentation and no further public comment was recorded.
