Board of Ethics

The Board of Ethics of the City of Mount Vernon Minutes of the meeting of September 12, 2022 The meeting was called to order at 7:14 p.m. via Zoom, and ve members were in attendance, namely, Curtis Brewington, Chair; Ed Byrnes, Secretary; John McGlynn, Vice-Chair; Blair Hoplight, and Dean Bailey. A motion was made and seconded to approve the proposed minutes for 8/9/22. Approved 5-0. One of the Board’s Rules was revised A motion was made and seconded that a revision be made in the Board’s Rules and Regulations, Article V - Investigations §5. Procedure, subdivision a, which Rule reads, as follows: A person against whom an ethical violation is proposed shall be provided with written notice thereof and shall be provided with a copy of the charges preferred against him, by rst class mail or by personal delivery. The proposed revision was that the phrase, or by an email message, be added at the end of the Rule. After a discussion, the motion was approved by a vote of 5-0. A motion was made to go into a con dential session 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) [REDACTION ———- Investigation H] [REDACTION ———- Investigation I] [REDACTION ———- Investigation J] [REDACTION ———- Investigation K] fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi A motion was made and seconded that the Board go out of the con dential session and return to a public session. The motion was approved by a vote of 5-0. Public session resumes Upon returning to the public session, there was a discussion about setting up a structured schedule for future Board meetings. It was agreed by all ve of the members present that our next four Board meetings would be on the rst and third Mondays in October, and the rst and third Mondays in November, and speci cally those dates are 10/3, 10/17, 11/7, and 11/21. Also, it was agreed that these Board meetings would begin at 6:30 p.m. Other discussions were held which included things like what parts of the City Code we should be familiar with, and about decisions that a member might make regarding the recusal from a particular investigation. All members agreed to end the meeting, and the time was approximately 8:10 p.m. Prepared by Ed Byrnes, Secretary fi fi fi fi fi