ETHICS BOARD

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes ETHICS BOARD PATRICIA HINTZ, CHAIR, Bradley Kalscheur, Vice-Chair Michael Kruse, Whitney Maus, Clarence Nicholas, Kathleen Johnson, and Emily Mueller Staff Assistant, Molly Kuether-Steele, 286-2775 Fax: 286-3456, molly.kuether-steele@milwaukee.gov Legislative Liaison, Alex Highley, 286-8661, Alex.Highley@milwaukee.gov Monday, July 20, 2020 1:30 PM Virtual Meeting Call in number: +1 (872) 240-3212 Access Code: 461-126-381 1. Roll call and approval of the minutes from the previous meeting. The meeting convened at 1:38 PM Mr. Nicholas joined the meeting at 1:40 PM Mr. Kalscheur moved approval of the minutes of the previous meeting, seconded by Ms. Johnson. There were no objections. Present: 6 - Hintz, Kalscheur, Kruse, Maus, Nicholas, Johnson Excused: 1 - Mueller 2. The Board may convene into closed session, pursuant to s. 19.85(1)(b), Wis. Stats., to consider the dismissal, demotion, licensing or discipline of any public employee or person licensed by a board or commission or the investigation of charges against such person, and the taking of formal action on any such matter, and/or s. 19.85(1)(h), Wis. Stats., to consider a request for confidential written advice. The Board will then reconvene into open session as authorized by s. 19.85(2), Wis. Stat., to continue with the remainder of the agenda. Mr. Kalscheur moved to convened in to closed session, seconded by Ms. Maus. There were no objections. The Board convened in to closed session at 1:40 PM. The Board reconvened in to open session at 2:27 PM. The Chair stated the Board discussed 2 complaints in closed session. 3. Jurisdictional and sufficiency determination regarding the complaint filed by Nicholas McVey against current and former Milwaukee Common Council members. The Chair moved that the complaint be dismissed for failure to state a complaint in which the Board has jurisdiction, seconded by Mr. Kalscheur. There were no objections. 4. Motion authorizing an investigation into the circumstances detailed in the complaint filed by Nicholas McVey against current and former Milwaukee Common Council members. This was unnecessary because the complaint was dismissed. City of Milwaukee Page 1 ETHICS BOARD Meeting Minutes July 20, 2020 5. Jurisdictional and sufficiency determination regarding the complaint filed by Dale Bormann against Steven DeVougas. The Chair stated the Board received a letter from Commissioner DeVougas's attorney shortly before the meeting. She stated that a portion of the complaint filed by Dale Bormann of the Milwaukee Police Association cited an older version of the Ethics Code in one of their allegations, and that the new location of this cited provision is 303-5-11 a-b. The Chair moved for a finding that allegations #1, #3, and #4 of the complaint were within the jurisdiction of the Ethics Board, as they each alleged facts sufficient to constitute a violation of the Ethics Code, and dismissing allegation #2 of the complaint for lack of jurisdiction, seconded by Ms. Johnson. There were no objections. 6. Motion authorizing an investigation into the circumstances detailed in the complaint filed by the Milwaukee Police Association against Steven DeVougas. Ms. Hintz made a motion to authorize an investigation into allegation #1 of the complaint filed by Dale Bormann of the Milwaukee Police Association, which alleges that FPC Commissioner DeVougas’ conduct at a police interview that occurred on August 14, 2019, at the Sojourner Family Peace Center violated provisions set forth in 303-5, and into allegation #s 3-4 of the complaint, which allege that Commissioner DeVougas left information off of his statements of economic interests in violation of 303-11 and 303-13, and that the investigation into these allegations be sent to the Ethics Board Investigation Committee, seconded by Ms. Johnson. There were no objections. Ms. Hintz stated that the membership of the Investigation Committee hasn't been determined yet, and asked for Board members willing to volunteer to be on the Committee, but stated that she would appoint members if there were not enough volunteers. Mr. Nicholas stated he would like to be on the Committee. 7. Report from staff relating to office activities of the previous month. Ms. Kuether-Steele asked about a possible time frame for handling complaints and requests for opinions. Ms. Hintz stated the Board will continue to meet on an as needed basis. 8. Review newly filed Statement of Economic Interest Forms for clarity and completeness. The Board accepted the newly filed statements of economic interest for Lafayette Crump and Claire Woodall-Vogg. 9. Set next meeting date(s). The next meeting was set for Monday, August 24th at 1:30 PM. Mr. Kalscheur moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Ms. Johnson. There were no objections. The meeting adjourned at 2:44 PM. Molly Kuether-Steele Staff Assistant City of Milwaukee Page 2