2.112.040 Appointment of members and qualification.

   A.   Number of members. The commission has five members. The Personnel and Public Employees Committee shall recommend all five members for appointment.

   B.   Qualifications. In addition to any requirements or restrictions in chapter 2.40:

      1.   Commission members shall be residents of the city. Three members shall have a background in law, ethics, local government, or similar experience.

      2.   The following persons are not eligible to be a commissioner:

         a.   A person who – or whose spouse, registered domestic partner, or child – has contributed to a candidate for city elective office, in a single city election cycle in either of the last two city election cycles preceding their date of application to be on the commission, more than 50 percent of the allowable amount for a councilmember candidate.

         b.   A person who – or whose spouse, registered domestic partner, or child – is or has been, within the two years immediately preceding their date of application to be on the commission, any of the following:

            i.   A paid employee of the city;

            ii.   A registered city lobbyist, or someone who was required to be a registered city lobbyist; or

            iii.   An appointee of any local or state elected official.

         c.   A person who – or whose spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, sibling, or child – has been, within four years immediately preceding their date of application to be on the commission, any of the following:

            i.   Elected to, or a candidate for, city elective office;

            ii.   An employee of, or paid consultant or contractor to, a campaign for city elective office; or

            iii.   A paid employee of, a consultant to, or someone under contract with any city elected official.

      3.   A commissioner shall be ineligible, during service on the commission and for a period of four years thereafter, to hold city elective office. A commissioner shall be ineligible, during services on the commission and for a period of one year thereafter, to be appointed to another city commission, to serve as paid staff for or as a paid consultant to any city elected official, to receive a non-competitively bid contract with the city, or to register as a city lobbyist.

      4.   While on the commission, a commissioner shall not contribute to or participate in any candidate campaign for city elective office.

   C.   Training. Each commissioner must receive a minimum of one training session per year on ethics, the subjects listed in section 2.112.030.A.1, and the citywide policies identified by city council resolution under section 4.02.040.A. (Ord. 2024-0019 § 1; Ord. 2017-0026 § 2)