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Minutes of the Ethics Commission Meeting on May 20, 2021
Meeting Conducted via Zoom
Roll Call. The meeting was called to order via Zoom by Chair Rob Bailey at 5:30 p.m. All present
except Ed Sample. Asst. City Atty. Lisa Aguilar present.
Agenda Item 1. Public Comment. No public comment was presented.
Agenda Item 2. Review and approval of April 15, 2021 Minutes. Mr. Rogers made motion to
approve minutes; second by Mr. Bennett. Motion passed unanimously.
Agenda Item 3. Discussion and possible action regarding Excused Absences. No requests.
Agenda Item 4. Discussion and possible action regarding Financial Disclosure Reports.
a. Review of filed Financial Disclosure Reports. Asst. City Attorney Lisa Aguilar reported that she
needed additional time to review improvements to the online form with the IT department. For
example, a few reports used “N/A” or “na” instead of “None”; one report left the conflict
question blank. Also discussed need to add a follow-up question when dates are required as
some reports did not provide this information. She will review these items with the City IT team
for updates to the online form.
In addition, Commission reviewed letter to send in response to filer regarding steps taken to
avoid conflicts of interest in Part XI of the financial disclosure form. The Commission approved
motion to send letter to the filer to recommend that, in addition to recusal and abstentio n, that
the filer also leave the meeting room when items regarding his clients are presented to the board.
In addition, Commission approved motion to add sentence to letter to thank the filer for service
on the board. Motion approved to send copy of the letter to Chair of the board.
b. Recommendations regarding changes to filing requirements for City boards, commissions, and
committees. Further discussion regarding final board recommendations was delayed to next
meeting.
Agenda Item 5. Identification of items to be placed on the next meeting's agenda.
Review regarding Commission’s recommendations to add boards to list of required financial
disclosure.
Agenda Item 6. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 6:15 pm.
The foregoing minutes of the meeting of the Ethics Commission were approved on July 15, 2021
by the Ethics Commission.