The Board of Ethics shall have the power to:
(A) Receive complaints concerning alleged unethical conduct by a city elected or appointed city official or board member, from any person or entity (naming a contact person), and conduct hearings on those complaints.
(B) Complaints must include verifiable information about the requester including name, address, phone number, and email address. Anonymous requests will not be considered.
(C) Upon receipt of a request for advisory opinion or complaint, preliminarily review the matter to determine if the Board has jurisdiction over the matter and/or persons identified in the request or complaint.
(D) Requests concerning city employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement, city employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, and city employees under any other contract will not be considered by the Board. The Board of Ethics does not have jurisdiction over these requests. Elected city officials are not considered city employees for purposes of this section.
(E) Upon receipt of an appropriate request for an advisory opinion, the liaison may recommend to the Board of Ethics that the matter be addressed in a manner provided by this subchapter. A request must be based on alleged unethical conduct that has occurred. The Board of Ethics will not consider requests that are speculative, hypothetical, or based on rumor.
(F) Act in compliance with § 33.308.
(G) Adopt forms for formal complaints, notices, applications for reinstatement, and any other written instruments necessary or desirable under these rules.
(H) Propose and monitor an ongoing program of education regarding ethical issues and concerns.
(I) Report to the City Council, no less than annually, regarding such matters as the Board deems appropriate, which may include the degree to which the objectives of the Board is being achieved; the number and nature of requests for advisory opinions and complaints; and the ultimate dispositions thereof.
(J) Review this subchapter as needed to evaluate and propose to the City Council any suggested changes.
(Ord. 24-003, passed 5-20-24)