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MINUTES OF THE ETHICS COMMISSION
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
5:30 p.m., September 8, 2005
ACM Conference Room — 5th Floor
City Hall — 1201 Leopard
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Fred Haley at 5:37 p.m. and roll call
was taken.
The members present were: Fred Haley, James R. Cramer, Robert N. Corrigan, Joe
Guzman, Harlan Heitkamp and Rick Marcantonio.
City Attorney Mary Kay Fischer was present.
Members absent were: Terry Carter (E), Derrick Reaves (E) and Linda Figueroa.
A motion was made and seconded to allow excused (E) absences for Terry Carter and
Derrick Reaves, since they had previously advised the Commission of their absence.
The Commissioners reviewed the minutes from the June 9, 2005 meeting and Mr.
Corrigan asked for clarification of the paragraph following the approval of the minutes
that discussed the meeting dates. After discussion, a motion was made, seconded and
unanimously approved to change that paragraph of the minutes to read:
"Chairperson Haley discussed meeting dates and times and noted that historically, the
Commission had scheduled to meet every month, but that due to lack of quorums, the
meeting schedule had been revised to every other month."
The Commissioners reviewed the Supplemental Reports of Financial Information which
were filed by the Mayor and City Council members and the Planning Commissioners.
Commissioners noted the "Parts" of the Report which were incomplete so that the
Reporting Official could be advised of the need for completion and/or correction.
At 5:55 p.m., Mr. Rick Marcantonio arrived to the meeting.
City Attorney Fischer distributed Article V. Code of Ethics Section 2-342, a blank report
review form and the South Carolina State Ethics form. Commissioners discussed how
City could improve and strengthen its report forms to implement improvement by
providing more detail, more specific financial disclosure amounts, etc.
After further discussion, regarding the potential perception of impropriety, it was
determined that there were vehicles in place to prevent impropriety from taking place.
The Commission reviewed House Bill 914 and concluded that upon receipt and review
of the documents that the Bill required to be prepared by the Texas Ethics Commission,
the Commission would compare its requirements to the current Ethics Ordinance
requirements and reports.
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The Commission then discussed future agenda items and advised that they wanted to
review the forms and questionnaire identified in House Bill 914 that were to be prepared
by the Texas Ethics Commission. It was agreed that the Commission would review
these forms at the next meeting following receipt of the documents.
There was no public comment made at this meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
v /
Fred Haley
Chairperson