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FACEBOOK ENTRY TO BE THE FIRST START IS[*This meeting was joined in progress* Ethics Advisory Commission on October 17, 2023.]
TO COLLECT IT ALL.THEN YOU HAVE A UNIVERSE OF RISK THAT YOU HAVE COLLECTED FROM PEOPLE THAT REALLY KNOW WHERE THAT RISK IS.
AND THE SECOND STEP WOULD BE QUANTIFYING OR STRATIFYING IT.
TYPICALLY THAT'S HIGH, MEDIUM, AND LOW CATEGORIES.
IT'S USUALLY COLOR CODED RED, YELLOW, GREEN.
AND UM, AND THEN THAT HELPS WITH THE THIRD STEP, WHICH IS PRIORITIZATION.
IF, IF I'VE GOT 50 EMPLOYEES AND, UH, I WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC, I NEED TO LOOK AT THE RISK CATEGORIES AND PLUG MY PEOPLE INTO THE HIGH, MEDIUM CATEGORIES.
I DON'T WANT 'EM PLUGGED INTO ALL THE LOW RISK STUFF WHEN THERE'S HIGH RISK STUFF UP THERE ON ADDRESS.
SO IT'S KIND OF A STRATEGIC WAY TO ASSIGN YOUR PEOPLE WORK RESPONSIBILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PUBLIC.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL HEARING? NONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. BIEBERS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED AMENDED RULES, UH, UH, PROCEDURE.
UH, THE, THE, UH, FORMER CHAIR, WELL CHAIR TIM POWER IS APPOINTED A COMMITTEE.
TIM, UH, JUST TO MENTION, UH, HE IS, UH, NOT GOING TO BE REAPPOINTED AS THE CHAIR.
HE HAS MOVED ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS FOR THE CITY.
HE'S NOT LEAVING THE CITY'S SERVICE.
UH, HE'LL BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
SO I AM FILLING IN UNTIL A NEW CHAIR IS APPOINTED.
SO, JUST TO, JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION.
SO BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE, HE NAMED A, UH, AD HOC RULES COMMITTEE TO, UH, REVIEW, REVIEW THE PROCEDURAL RULES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION.
UH, HE APPOINTED, UH, I, I THINK ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WERE MEMBERS.
IT MAY BE WITH ONE EXCEPTION, WHO HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST EVIDENTIARY HEARING.
SO THAT HELPED TO INFORM SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAD BEEN MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE NEW PROCEDURAL RULES.
UH, WHILE MORRISON, UH, ASSISTED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, UH, AND WORKED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL WAS FULLY PART, UH, WAS A FULL PARTICIPANT IN, UH, REVIEWING AND SUGGESTING THE PROPOSED RULES.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LAURA MORRISON, WHO WILL REVIEW OR AT LEAST DISCUSS WHAT ARE THE PROPOSED, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE PROCEDURAL RULES, WHICH, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BECOME THE PERMANENT RULES AFTER, UH, UH, TODAY'S DISCUSSION IN BOTH.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE RULES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO PAGE BY PAGE.
WE CAN DO IT HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION, UH, WANTS TO DO IT.
I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, THE AD HOC RULES COMMITTEE.
WE MET ONCE IN AUGUST AND ONCE IN SEPTEMBER.
AND, UM, I, I THINK THE, THE PROCESS WAS EXCELLENT.
UM, EVERYONE FULLY PARTICIPATED.
THEY GAVE ME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, THEY GAVE ME HOMEWORK AND I WENT BACK AND, AND WORKED ON THE RULES SOME MORE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE IGS OFFICE.
AND I WANNA THANK BART BEAVER'S TEAM.
I ALSO WORKED CLOSELY WITH, UM, BARON ELIASON, WHO IS OUR ETHICS INTEGRITY OFFICER.
AND LAURA FELAN, WHO WORKS FOR THE IG AS AN ATTORNEY.
UM, THEY WERE, UM, THEY WERE GREAT IN HELPING REVIEW THE RULES AND POINT OUT, UM, SOME THINGS TO ME, UM, TO BE REWRITTEN.
SO, I, I JUST WANNA THANK THE WHOLE TEAM.
UM, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UM, GET STARTED.
WE WON'T GO OVER PROBABLY A LOT OF THE MINOR CHANGES, BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME THINGS THAT, UM, I DO WANNA GO OVER WITH THE COMMISSION.
AND WE HAVE, UM, TWO, TWO PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION TODAY THAT SERVED, UM, ON THE COMMITTEE.
THAT'S COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT AND, UM, AND THE CHAIR HERE.
SO, UM, IF, WHILE I'M GOING THROUGH THE RULES, IF YOU WANNA JUMP IN AND ADD, UM, ANYTHING AS TO WHY, YOU KNOW, YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD RULE CHANGE, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE END, UH, TO DO THAT.
UM, SO WE'LL START WITH THE TABLE OF CONTENTS.
AND ALL I WANNA SAY ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED, BECAUSE
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ONCE THESE RULES ARE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, ALL OF THE PAGINATION WILL CHANGE BECAUSE I WILL GET RID OF ALL THE STRIKETHROUGHS AND, UM, I'LL UN UNDERLINE ALL THE NEW LANGUAGE.AND SO I'LL BASICALLY PUBLISH THE RULES IN-HOUSE, AND THEN I'LL TACKLE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS.
SO THAT'LL BE KIND OF THE LAST THING I DO AFTER, UM, EVERYTHING IS APPROVED.
UM, SO IF YOU GO TO PAGE THREE, UH, WE UPDATED, UM, SECTION ONE MOSTLY TO JUST REFLECT THE CHANGES IN CHAPTER 12 A 'CAUSE WE WANTED ALL OF THAT TO REALLY JUST MIRROR 12 A.
BUT THEN I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO SECTION 1.3 AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES.
UH, WE FELT LIKE THE AD HOC RULES COMMITTEE PROCESS WORKED SO WELL THAT WE WANTED TO MEMORIALIZE THAT AND THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, UM, MAKING IT CLEAR TO ANYONE WHO SERVES IN THE FUTURE THAT THIS IS AN OPTION THAT THE CHAIR HAS TO GO AHEAD AND APPOINT AN AD HOC, UH, RULES COMMITTEE TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE RULES.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST WHENEVER 12 A IS AMENDED, IT COULD BE AT ANY TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL HEARINGS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW PROCESS, WE'VE REALLY ONLY HAD THE ONE HEARING.
SO AFTER A FEW MORE HEARINGS, WE MIGHT, UM, DISCOVER THAT THE RULES DO NEED SOME TWEAKS.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR 12 A TO BE AMENDED.
UM, THE E A C CAN, UH, REVISE THEIR RULES JUST AS NEEDED.
UM, UNDER SECTION TWO, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT YOUR, YOUR REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
SO NOT A WHOLE LOT HAS CHANGED.
SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, UM, WAS CLEANED UP THE QUORUM LANGUAGE, UM, WAS CLEANED UP TO MIRROR, UH, CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE.
UM, SAME WITH THE, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS LANGUAGE.
BUT I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO SECTION 2.6, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT, UM, THERE WAS AN INVOICE ON YOUR AGENDA, UH, TODAY BECAUSE, UM, NOW YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.
SO CHAPTER 12 A SAYS THAT INVOICES GO TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AFTER SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, WE REALLY THINK IT'S NOT A GOOD USE OF THE COMMISSION'S TIME FOR THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW EVERY SINGLE INVOICE IF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE INVOICE AND THINKS THAT IT'S COMPLETELY REASONABLE AND NECESSARY.
SO THE RULES HAVE KIND OF HONED, UH, THAT LANGUAGE TO JUST SAY THAT WHENEVER, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS REASON TO QUESTION THE REASONABLENESS OR NECESSITY OF THE INVOICE, THEN THEY WILL BRING IT TO YOU AT ONE OF YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS.
SO FROM NOW ON, YOU WON'T BE SEEING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
YOU'LL BE SEEING AN INVOICE, PROBABLY IF THE C A O RECEIVES ONE THAT IS IN EXCESS OF WHAT THEY EXPECTED
UM, ONTO THE NEXT PAGE, WE ADDED A SECTION HERE ABOUT COMPUTATION OF TIME, AND THAT WAS REALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE COMMISSION MEMBERS, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE I E G, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AND, UM, THE RESPONDENT AND THE RESPONDENT'S REPRESENTATION ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPUTING, UM, THE DEADLINES THAT ARE, UM, IN ANOTHER SECTION OF THE RULES.
WE JUST DIDN'T WANT ANYONE GUESSING AS TO HOW WE'RE COUNTING THOSE DAYS.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE IN THIS SECTION THAT IS, UM, THAT IS DELETED, UM, BECAUSE AFTER THE 12 A REWRITE, IT JUST DOESN'T APPLY ANY LONGER.
SO A LOT OF THAT IS GOING AWAY.
UM, AND THEN ONTO SECTION FOUR, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT SETTLEMENT APPROVALS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT SETTLEMENT APPROVALS OTHER THAN WE JUST ADDED THIS LANGUAGE TO MIRROR, UM, WHAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IN CHAPTER 12 A AND THEN ON TO EVIDENTIARY HEARING.
SO SECTION FIVE IS REALLY KIND OF THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE.
THIS IS HOW THE HEARINGS ARE GONNA BE, UH, CONDUCTED MOVING FORWARD.
FIRST, YOU'VE GOT THE FILING OF THE INFORMATION.
UM, AND NEXT WE WROTE IN THAT, UM, THE IG HAS SEVEN DAYS TO AMEND THE INFORMATION.
IF IN THAT SEVEN DAY WINDOW, THE IG, UM, NOTICES A MISTAKE OR HAS SOMETHING TO ADD, OR, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO DELETE SOMETHING, THE IG
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HAS SEVEN DAYS TO DO THAT.AND THEN, UH, THERE'S A SECTION HERE ABOUT WITHDRAWING THE INFORMATION.
UM, AND THE IG HAS UNTIL NO LATER THAN 9:00 AM OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE, UM, THE DATE OF THE EVIDENTIARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED TO WITHDRAW THE INFORMATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD ONLY HAPPEN IF ALL BRAND NEW INFORMATION HAS COME TO LIGHT AND THE IG NO LONGER WANTS TO PURSUE, UM, THE COMPLAINT.
AND THEN FOR SCHEDULING THE EVIDENTIARY HEARING, UH, WE PUT IN HERE THAT THE EVIDENTIARY HEARING SHALL NOT BE SCHEDULED ANY EARLIER THAN 60 DAYS OUT FROM THE FILING OF THE INFORMATION.
AND THE COMMITTEE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME TO, UM, ALLOW THE RESPONDENT AND THE COMPLAINT TIME TO HIRE REPRESENTATION, PREPARE THEIR DEFENSE, UM, FIND THEIR WITNESSES.
UH, WE JUST FELT LIKE A REALLY COMPRESSED TIMELINE, UM, AFFECTED, POSSIBLY AFFECTED THE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OF A PERSON NAMED IN A COMPLAINT.
SO WE WANTED TO GIVE THESE PEOPLE TIME, YOU KNOW, TO HIRE THEIR LAWYER, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, UM, FIND THEIR WITNESSES TO PREPARE THEIR WITNESSES AND ALL OF THAT.
AND THEN AT LEAST 45 DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING, UM, THE NOTICE OF THE HEARING DATE WILL BE SENT OUT.
I JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, I HAVE A QUESTION.
THERE ARE A LOT OF AREAS HERE THAT THEY REFER TO, YOU KNOW, WRITTEN NOTICE, A WRITTEN RESPONSE, UM, SOMETHING IN WRITING.
AND IN HERE, IN NOTICE OF HEARING, THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE IT SAYS IF CONSENT IS GIVEN IN WRITING.
UM, AND I JUST WONDER IF WE NEED TO HAVE A DEFINED TERM ABOUT WHAT IN WRITING MEANS.
BECAUSE THESE DAYS THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT FORMS OF COMMUNICATION THAT THAT JUST MIGHT BE AN AREA OF WHERE THERE IS WIGGLE ROOM THAT MIGHT JUST NOT BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE COMMUNICATING AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE REQUIRED, UM, A CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT.
WELL, I KNOW IN THE CITY CODE, WHENEVER THE CITY CODE REQUIRES SOMETHING TO BE IN WRITING, UNLESS IT SPECIFIES, UM, THAT IT CAN BE VIA EMAIL, UM, UNLESS IT'S SPECIFIED THAT IT HAS TO BE FIRST CLASS MAIL OR, UM, CERTIFIED MAIL, THEN ANY TYPE OF WRITING IS SUFFICIENT, UM, FOR IT TO BE QUOTE UNQUOTE IN WRITING.
UM, SO THEN THE RESPONDENT HAS, UM, AT LEAST IF THE RESPONDENT DOES WANT TO SUBMIT A RESPONSE, UM, THE RULES ARE ASKING THAT, THAT BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST 21 DAYS, UH, BEFORE THE DATE OF THE EVIDENTIARY HEARING, UH, SO THAT THE COMMISSION AND THE IG HAS SUFFICIENT TIME TO REVIEW, UM, THAT RESPONSE.
UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IF IF NO RESPONSE IS SUBMITTED WITHIN THAT TIME, UM, THE E A C CAN CHOOSE TO NOT, UM, ACCEPT, UM, A RESPONSE AFTER THAT DEADLINE.
AND THEN IN 5.7, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT HERE THAT AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING, UH, BOTH PARTIES WILL EXCHANGE, UH, WITNESS LISTS, EXHIBIT LISTS, AND ALL DOCUMENTS THAT THEY PLAN TO INTRODUCE AT THE HEARING.
AND THEN I NOTICED A MISTAKE HERE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN, IF A PARTY DOES NOT MEET THE, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 14 DAY DEADLINE, SO YOUR MOTION DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT CORRECTION, I'M ALREADY, UH, GONNA CORRECT THAT, UM, TO DELETE THE SEVEN AND PUT IN 14.
SO, BUT IF THE, IF A PARTY DOES NOT MEET THE 14 DAY DEADLINE, UH, THE CHAIR MAY EXCLUDE ANY EXHIBIT NOT EXCHANGED BY THE DEADLINE.
SO THAT WOULD COME PROBABLY IN THE FORM OF AN OBJECTION AT THE HEARING THAT, UM, THAT THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT EXCHANGED, AND THEN THAT'S, UM, UP TO THE CHAIR TO ALLOW IT OR NOT ALLOW IT.
THEN THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE HERE ABOUT AGREED CONTINUANCES AND THIS, UM, THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF THE IG AND, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTING THE PERSON NAMED IN THE COMPLAINT AGREE THAT THEY BOTH NEED MORE TIME, THERE'S REALLY NO REASON FOR THE PANEL TO CONVENE, JUST TO APPROVE
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THAT CONTINUANCE.SO IF, UM, IF IT'S RECEIVED IN WRITING, UM, BY THE CITY SECRETARY THAT BOTH PARTIES AGREE, UM, TO THE CONTINUANCE, THEN THE CITY SECRETARY WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND OUT, UM, A NOTICE AND RESCHEDULE THE HEARING SO THAT THE PANEL DOESN'T HAVE TO CONVENE, UH, JUST TO APPROVE A MOTION.
AND THEN THERE'S LANGUAGE HERE ABOUT PRELIMINARY MOTIONS THAT WILL BE, UM, HAPPENING DURING HEARINGS BEFORE ANYONE PUTS ON THEIR CASE IN CHIEF, UM, LANGUAGE AS FAR AS STIPULATIONS, THE PARTIES CAN STIPULATE, UM, AS TO CERTAIN FACTS SO THAT THOSE FACTS DON'T HAVE TO BE LITIGATED DURING THE HEARING.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT COULD SAVE SOME TIME DURING A HEARING.
UM, THE SUBPOENA LANGUAGE, WE DECIDED TO JUST GO AHEAD AND REFER TO 12 A DASH 50 SUBSECTION E BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT IN THAT SECTION AND WE JUST DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO COPY IT AND PASTE IT HERE.
UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING, THE HEARING MAY, UH, GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITHOUT HIS OR HER ATTENDANCE.
UM, ATTENDANCE IS NOT MANDATORY.
UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT ANYONE NAMED IN A COMPLAINT WOULD WANT TO COME AND PROVIDE A DEFENSE, BUT IT'S, UH, NOT MANDATORY.
THE PER UH, THE HEARING CAN PROCEED, UH, WITHOUT THE RESPONDENT.
AND THEN, YEAH, WE KNOW WE JUST HAVE THE QUORUM REQUIREMENT.
UM, TYPICALLY THE E A C DOES NOT GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE THERE ABOUT THAT THAT MIRRORS, UM, THE LANGUAGE IN CHAPTER EIGHT.
UM, PLACING THE WITNESS WITNESSES UNDER THE RULE, THAT JUST MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BE SWORN IN AND THEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE TALKING TO EACH OTHER DURING THE PROCEEDINGS, AND THEY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE ROOM, UM, UH, DURING TESTIMONY UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR THEM, UH, TO COME IN AND TESTIFY BEFORE THE PANEL.
UM, THEN WE HAVE HEARING PROCEDURES, UM, THAT TALK ABOUT THE TWO DIFFERENT PHASES.
UM, PHASE ONE IS THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT, UM, A VIOLATION OCCURRED.
AND IF THE PANEL FINDS THAT A VIOLATION DID IN FACT OCCUR, THE UM, PANEL MOVES ON TO PHASE TWO, WHICH IS TO, UM, MAKE A DETERMINATION ON A RECOMMENDED SANCTION THAT THEN, UM, GOES TO THE APPROPRIATE SANCTIONING PARTY.
UM, IN EACH PHASE, THE PARTIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR OPENING STATEMENTS.
UM, THEY CAN, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR REBUTTAL BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
UM, THEN THE PARTIES PUT ON THEIR CASE IN CHIEF, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CLOSING, UH, STATEMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE HERE.
UM, THAT'S REALLY GUIDANCE FOR THE CHAIR IN MAKING RULINGS REGARDING, UM, THE ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE.
UM, MOVING ON, UH, THE WRITTEN DECISION LANGUAGE IS MOSTLY THE SAME.
IT MIRRORS, UH, 12 A, SAME WITH THE NOTIFICATION, UM, AND SANCTIONS.
WE DID ADD SOME CONDUCT AND DECORUM LANGUAGE, NOT BECAUSE THE E A C NEEDS IT, BUT WE JUST THOUGHT IT'S A GOOD REMINDER FOR ANYONE WHO'S ATTENDING A HEARING, UM, INCLUDING THE PARTIES.
AND THEN THE, THE LANGUAGE ON VX COMPLAINANT'S MIRRORS THE 12 A LANGUAGE.
UM, WE HAVE NOT HAD, UM, A VEXATIOUS COMPLAINANT HEARING, AND THE COMMITTEE DID NOTE THAT THIS IS A SECTION WE MIGHT WANT TO REVISIT ONCE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A HEARING REGARDING VEXATIOUS COMPLAINANT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT UNTIL WE'VE TRIED IT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WE MIGHT REVISIT THE RULES, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE'VE HAD A VEXATIOUS COMPLAINANT HEARING.
UM, BUT JUST A REMINDER OF COMPLAINANT HEARING DOES OCCUR BEFORE THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, NOT BEFORE A PANEL.
AND THAT WOULD BE AT ONE OF YOUR REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
UM, AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 12 A.
AND THEN AT THE END WE HAVE CITY STAFF PARTICIPATION, UM, WHICH NOT MUCH CHANGED HERE FOR THE CITY SECRETARY OR THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT WE DID ADD, UM, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, UH, LANGUAGE.
SO I WILL OPEN IT UP, UH, TO QUESTIONS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MIGHT HAVE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, TO ALL OF YOU GUYS THAT WORK ON
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THAT, CLEARLY IT'S A MAJOR OVERHAUL, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.UM, I DID HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ENTIRE VEXATIOUS COMPLAINANT SECTION, SO WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT AS IT, AS IT COMES UP.
AND, UM, I THINK YOU ANSWERED ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I MIGHT HAVE HAD.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I WILL, UM, BEFORE WE ASK FOR A MOTION, MR. CHAIR, UM, CHAPTER 12 A DOES SAY THAT THE RULES GO TO CITY CITY COUNCIL.
UM, HOWEVER, YOUR VOTE TODAY ON THE RULES IS THE FINAL VOTE.
IT'S NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE YOUR RULES.
UM, IT, THIS WILL BE ON A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AS A RESOLUTION THAT JUST SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT THE ETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION HAS AMENDED ITS RULES AND THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEM.
SO IF YOU SEE THAT ON A, A FUTURE COUNCIL AGENDA, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT APPROVING YOUR RULES, THEY'RE JUST RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT, UH, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE RULES HAVE BEEN AMENDED BY THIS BODY AND THEY'RE IN RECEIPT OF THE AMENDED RULES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? HE HEARING NONE? UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROCEDURAL RULES? SO MOVED.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UM, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AND I THINK, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS.
I THINK THAT MAY BE, UH, ALL OF OUR BUSINESS FOR THE DAY.
UM, DO WE HAVE A DATE FOR THE NEXT? I WAS JUST GONNA ASK MADAM SECRETARY, UH, WHAT'S OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING DATE? JANUARY 16TH, 2024.
ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? WE'RE ALREADY ON TO 2024
WELL THEN IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS, UH, BEFORE THE COMMISSION THIS MORNING, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, LET'S SEE, IS THERE SOME MAGIC LANGUAGE HERE I HAVE TO USE? UH, WITH NOTHING FURTHER ON THE AGENDA? THE ETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION IS CONCLUDED AT 10:22 AM ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2023.