Ethics Commission - Minutes - 02/05/2020

ETHICS COMMISSION
Special Business Meeting
MINUTES
February 5, 2020
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Call to Order:
The February 5, 2020 Special Business Meeting of the Ethics Commission was called fo order at
6:04 PM by Marty Zeldis, Chairman.
Present: Mark Burnham, Marty Zeldis, Olga Bush, Laurie Wolfley
Excused: Steve Garvin, Betsy Ritter, Cindy Hersom
Chmn M. Zeldis welcomed new member Laurie Wolfley as a replacement for Frank Mangual.
Approval of Minutes:
M. Burnham moved to approve the meeting minutes of the January 22, 2020 Special Meeting.
O. Bush seconded. The minutes as written were accepted.
Old Business:
Item 3a:
1. M. Zeldis, Chairman started the discussion related to the decision of a quorum requirement.
Chmn Zeldis asked M. Burnham to read his statement of opinion from his recent email. M.
Burnham read the statement. He further commented on the statement and his basis for making
that decision. He then read a portion of Robert’s Rules to qualify his reasoning. Discussion
ensued. The Commission decided to add a subsection to 2.50.040 qualifying the number of
members needed to fulfill a quorum for conducting business.
The Commission members continued the meeting with revising section 2.50.040.
1. Sub Section A — no revision.
2. Sub Section B — no revision.
3. Sub Section C — revise as suggested.
4, Sub Section D — add then revise as suggested,
5. Sub Section E — add then revise as suggested.
2. M. Zeldis led the discussion for amending the Complaint of Violation Form using the
suggested revision from B. Ritter’s email. Commission discussion ensued. The Commission
decided to amend the form as suggested using the additions from the email. The Recording
Secretary will make the changes and distribute the draft at the next meeting,

ETHICS COMMISSION
Special Business Meeting
MINUTES
February 5, 2020
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Item 3b:
No new sections were revised.
Date for the next Special Business meeting — February 12, 2020 at 6:00PM.
Adjournment:
At 7:13PM O. Bush made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by L. Wolfley, Unanimous
decision (4-0).
Respectfully submitted,
Stacey M. Tynan
Recording Secretary