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, Yadira Melendez-Hagedorn, 286-2775 Fax: 286-3456, Y.Melendez-Hagedorn@milwaukee.gov Legislative Liaison, Alex Highley, 286-8661, Alex.Highley@milwaukee.gov Tuesday, August 16, 2022 3:00 PM Virtual 1. Roll call and approval of the minutes from the previous meeting. 3:00 P.M. Member excused: Kathleen Johnson. All other members present. Mr. Nicholas moved, seconded by Ms. Maus. There were no objections. 2. The Board may convene into closed session pursuant to s. 19.85(1)(b) and/or (h), Wis. Stats., to consider and render confidential advice. The Board will then convene into open session as authorized by s. 19.85(2), Wis. Stats. to continue with the remainder of the agenda. Ms. Maus left the meeting at 3:33 P.M. during the closed session. The Board met in closed session and will be issuing a confidential opinion. 4. Report from staff relating to office activities of the previous month. a) SEIs Report -There are three board/comission members without filing the 2021: 1. A member of the Arts Board who won't be reappointed (the term expired 1-22-22). 2. A member from the Library Board who was contacted by e-mail on 8/09/2022 (a different e-mail address was found). 3. A member from the Skywalk Design Committee who was contacted by phone. I left a voice message regarding filing the SEI form and another e-mail was sent with the form attached on 8/09/2022. -There is one city employee from the City Clerk's office who has been contacted by the Deputy City Clerk on 8/02/2022 and no response has been received yet. The City Attorney will talk to Ms. Melendez-H about the letters that will be drafted to address these issues. Ms. Hintz moved to move forward as directed by the Ethics Code, seconded by Mr. Nicholson. There were no objections. b) Review the 2021 Ethics Board Activity Report The report was made by Yadira Melendez-H and reviewed by Peter Block. This item will be scheduled for the next meeting. City of Milwaukee Page 1 ETHICS BOARD Meeting Minutes August 16, 2022 5. Review newly filed Statement of Economic Interest Forms for clarity and completeness. The Board approved the statement of Ms. Zapata. ARPA Funding Task Force - Ms. Hintz noted that the task force will recommend to the Finance and Personnel Committee, not giving final approval, so she didn't see a need for filing. Mr. Kalscheur thought the optics might look bad if they did not file due to the amount of money being discussed and they do create a recommendation list. Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee -- Ms. Hintz didn't see anything monetary for that vote, so she saw no need for members to file. Ms. Hintz moved to "y" footnote the ARPA task force members, but not the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee, seconded by Mr. Kruse. There were no objections. 6. Set next meeting date(s). Ms. Melendez-H will poll members about a September meeting date. Meeting adjourned: 3:54 P.M. Linda M. Elmer Staff Assistant City of Milwaukee Page 2