Board of Ethics

The Board of Ethics of the City of Mount Vernon Minutes of the meeting of August 9, 2022 The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. via Zoom, and all seven members were in attendance, namely, Curtis Brewington, Lorna Kirwan, Khendra David, Ed Byrnes, John McGlynn, Blair Hoplight, and Dean Bailey. A motion was made and seconded to approve the proposed minutes for 6/13/22. Approved 7-0. The election of of cers for a one year term beginning on August 1 was held. Curtis Brewington was the only announced candidate for Chair, and he was unanimously elected. Ed Byrnes was the only announced candidate for Secretary, and he was unanimously elected. John McGlynn was the only announced candidate for Vice- Chair, and he was unanimously elected. There were no announced candidates for the of ce of Assistant Secretary, so that of ce became vacant. There were ethical complaints and investigations that had to be discussed by the Board. It was known that these matters were con dential, so a motion was made and seconded that the Board should go into a con dential session. A vote was taken, and it was unanimous that the Board would immediately go into such a con dential session. The Zoom recording stopped while the Board was in the con dential session. Con dential session (not available to the public) There were three con dential matters that were discussed: [REDACTION ———- Investigation H] [REDACTION ———- Investigation I] [REDACTION ———- Investigation J] Note An additional matter was discussed in this con dential session concerning a meeting sometime soon with some of the Board members and John Mancini, Counsel to the New York Conference of Mayors, who is an expert on municipal issues and government ethics. A maximum of three Board members would be attending this meeting, and those selected for this were Curtis, John, and Lorna. One of the topics for discussion with Mr. Mancini would be the relationship between the Board and the City Council when there might be a lack of cooperation between the two governmental bodies. fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi  A motion was made and seconded that the Board should move out of the con dential session. The motion was unanimously approved. Public session resumes Upon returning to the public session, there were no further actions by the Board, and we agreed that our next meeting might be in the second week of September. All members agreed to end the meeting, and the time was approximately 8:15 p.m. Prepared by Ed Byrnes, Secretary fi