Working group clarifies disclosure timing and reporting pathways in ethics draft
The panel agreed disclosures can be made in writing prior to a meeting or verbally during the open meeting, and proposed that written reports from employees go first to supervisors and then to HR or the county administrator when escalation is needed.
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Members debated when and how conflicts should be disclosed. Several commissioners favored allowing either a written disclosure submitted before the meeting or a verbal disclosure "during" the meeting's conflict-of-interest portion so as not to penalize someone who recognizes a conflict while discussion is underway. Chair (S2) suggested a preferred practice: disclosures should be made during the designated disclosure portion of the agenda, and if not possible then verbally when the matter arises.
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