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Council adopts updated conflict‑of‑interest code after public comment
Summary
Following public comment about disclosure categories for city positions, the council adopted Resolution 2026‑17 to update the conflict‑of‑interest code under the Political Reform Act. Staff said the categories are standard across the state; council voted to adopt the code.
After a citizen requested clearer disclosure rules and questioned whether certain positions should file higher‑level disclosures, staff and the city attorney explained the proposed code assigns disclosure categories based on responsibilities rather than contractor status and that the categories are standard practice. "The intent of this is to have the disclosure categories apply based on responsibilities, not on whether somebody's an independent contractor or not," staff said during the discussion.
Stephanie Moreno urged greater transparency and said the city should confirm the council's intent that contractors and employees performing the same responsibilities follow the same disclosure categories. The council then took a separate vote on the conflict‑of‑interest code (Resolution 2026‑17, pursuant to the Political Reform Act of 1974) and approved the resolution by recorded vote.
The council did not alter the proposed categories immediately, but members agreed to address any clarifying edits and open the pulled item to public comment as part of the consent process earlier in the meeting.
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