Number
240532
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
An ordinance relating to ethics and harassment training requirements for elected officials, members of the mayor’s cabinet, and appointees to plural bodies.
Section
303-5-14-b am
303-5-14-c cr
Analysis
This ordinance provides that the required ethics and harassment training for a newly elected city official or a newly appointed cabinet member or plural body member shall be completed within 120 days of taking the oath of office, rather than within 120 days of election or appointment.
The ordinance also provides that the ethics and harassment training requirement shall not apply to an elected official, cabinet member of plural body appointee who completed ethics and harassment training following election or appointment to a different position within the previous year.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 303-5-14-b of the code is amended to read:
303-5. Standards of Conduct.
14. ETHICS AND HARASSMENT TRAINING REQUIRED.
b. Ethics and harassment training shall be completed within 120 days of [[election or appointment]] >>taking the oath of office<< and once every 4 years thereafter.
Part 2. Section 303-5-14-c of the code is created to read:
c. The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to any person identified in par. a who completed ethics and harassment training following election or appointment to a different position within the previous year, except that such person shall still be subject to the once-every-4-years requirement of par. b.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
K. Broadnax
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Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: July 25, 2024
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Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
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Office of the City Attorney
Date: ______________________
Requestor
City Clerk’s Office
Drafter
LRB180055-1
Jeff Osterman
7/23/2024