IPEC staff circulates draft ethics code; no action taken at first reading

Aug 12, 2026

Staff presented a draft ethics code that adapts the city-county model for IPEC's statutory role; the board took no action and staff will circulate a crosswalk to the city code before the next meeting to highlight changes and consolidated enforcement options.

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John presented a draft IPEC ethics code at the meeting’s first reading, saying staff concluded IPEC does not fall under the city-county ethics code as written and therefore prepared a tailored draft that pulls from the city code while adding provisions to reflect IPEC’s representational role. "My read of it was we did not because of the way it was defined," John said, explaining the legal determination that allowed IPEC to craft its own code.

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