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Meeting Name: ETHICS BOARD Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/15/2018 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Room 303, City Hall
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     Meeting convened at 10:01 a.m.    Not available
     Individual also present:

Minutes note: Atty. Peter Block, City Attorney's Office
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   1. Roll call and approval of the minutes from the previous meeting.

Minutes note: Member Barndt moved approval of the meeting minutes of March 20, 2018 with the amendment that the spelling of "repot" be corrected to "report" for item 4, line 5. There were no objections.
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   2. The Board may convene into closed session to hear disciplinary matters and related information pursuant to s. 19.85(1)(b) and/or (f), Wis. Stats., and to consider and render confidential advice pursuant to s. 19.85(1)(h), Wis. Stats.

Minutes note: Vice-chair Shelledy moved to convene into closed session. There were no objections. Meeting convened into closed session at 10:04 a.m.
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   3. The Board may then convene into open session as authorized by s. 19.85(2), Wis. Stats.

Minutes note: Member Hintz moved to reconvene into open session. There were no objections. Meeting reconvened into open session at 10:20 a.m. Chair Wacker said that the Board considered one request for confidential opinion and will render a written response to the requestor.
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   4. Report from staff assistant relating to office activities of the previous month.

Minutes note: Mr. Lee reported that there was one request for confidential opinion was received, three new statements of economic interest were received, one response for confidential opinion was sent out, the annual report from the Board was presented to the Judiciary and Legislation Committee on April 9, 2018, and staff is working with Atty. Block on the remaining statements of economic interest. Atty. Block said that he is working on following up on remaining forms that are due and possibly may have to send out citations for those that are overdue despite multiple attempts to request the forms. Also, he is still working on sending out two responses for a confiential opinion that previously came before the Board. Vice-chair Shelledy said that the Board should keep in mind to discuss how to proceed with review of the Y footnotes in the Positions Ordinance. Atty. Block said that he will continue to research the issue and narrow down how to proceed.
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   5. Review newly filed Statement of Economic Interest Forms for clarity and completeness.

Minutes note: Members said that the three statements of economic interest forms for Jennifer Bennett, Martha Collins, and Nathan Guequierre before them for review were complete and had clarity. Member Shelledy said that he was concerned with the home phone number being disclosed on the form as a matter of privacy. Atty. Block said that perhaps the City Clerk can be invited before the Board to address the form and private contact information listed on the forms. Chair Wacker said that the Board should discuss the form and the privacy concerns of the forms at a future meeting prior to October time frame. Vice-chair Shelledy moved approval of the statements of economic interest forms for Jennifer Bennett, Martha Collins, and Nathan Guequierre, as submitted. There were no objections.
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   6. Set next meeting date(s).

Minutes note: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 9 a.m.
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     Meeting adjourned at 10:35 a.m. Chris Lee, Staff Assistant Council Records Section City Clerk's Office    Not available