Board of Ethics

The Board of Ethics of the City of Mount Vernon Minutes of the meeting of October 17, 2022 The meeting was called to order at 6:36 p.m. via Zoom, and five members were in attendance, namely, Curtis Brewington, Chair; Ed Byrnes, Secretary; Lorna Kirwan, John McGlynn, and Blair Hoplight. A motion was made and seconded to approve the proposed minutes for 10/3/22. Approved 5-0. The topic was raised that the Board’s membership has been reduced by the resignation of Dean Bailey on October 2, and that we should ask the City Council to appoint another person to the Board. Ed volunteered to send an email message to the City Council members with that request. The other members agreed that he could do that on behalf of the Board. A motion was made to go into a confidential session There were ethical complaints and investigations that had to be discussed by the Board. It was known that these matters were confidential, so a motion was made and seconded that the Board should go into a confidential session. A vote was taken, and it was unanimous that the Board would immediately go into such a confidential session. The Zoom recording stopped while the Board was in the confidential session. Confidential session Confidential Matter L [REDACTION ———- Investigation M] [REDACTION ———- Investigation J] Confidential Matter N A motion was made and seconded that the Board go out of the confidential 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 and agreement that the Board meetings in December would be on the first and third Mondays (12/5 and 12/19). In January, 2023, in order not to coincide with Martin Luther King Day, it was decided that the Board would meet on the second and fourth Mondays (1/9 and 1/23).  All five members present at the meeting agreed to end the meeting around 7:15 p.m. Prepared by Ed Byrnes, Secretary