Ethics Commission

NORWICH ETHICS COMMISSION MEETING Tuesday, October 12, 2010 5:00 P.M. Room 210, City Hall Regular Members Present: Joseph Sastre Wayne Rosenfield Rabbi Charles Arian Members Absent: Robert Davidson Tamara Lanier Alternates Present: Marcia Marien (seated as a regular member) Ira Misenheimer (seated as a regular member) Alternates Absent: None Others Present: William Kenney James Craven-Norwich Bulletin 1. Call to Order Chairman, Rabbi Charles Arian, called the October 12, 2010 meeting of the Ethics Commission to order at 5:05 p.m. 2. Determination of Quorum It was determined a quorum was present. 3. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of September 13, 2010 Motion to approve J. Sastre, 2nd M. Marien, R. Arian abstained due to his absence at the last meeting, motion carried. Ethics Commission 10/12/10 page –2- 4. Citizen Comment NONE 5. Correspondence NONE 6. Old Business a. Continuation of Discussion of recommendations to the City Council for amendments to Code of Ethics, Rules & Procedures Manual & Citizen’s Guide W. Rosenfield recommended waiting until the Commission had more experience with cases before a list of suggested amendments to the ordinance was sent to the Council. R.Arian questioned deleting the requirement that names/positions are kept confidential in the Citizen’s Guide because the ordinance still requires that. He feels that the ordinance needs to be amended first. M. Marien explained that M. Driscoll had distributed FOI cases that supported this change and that citizens would be mislead by this sentence remaining in the Citizen’s Guide so it should be removed before the ordinance is amended. Motion to have Rabbi Arian consult with Mike Driscoll and draft a letter to the Council to amended this section in the ordinance as this is a specific conflict between the City’s ordinance and State Code/regulations, I. Misenheimer, 2nd W. Rosenfield, motion carried unanimously. Motion to remove last line in Citizen’s Guide and amend on web page and in Clerk’s office, J. Sastre, 2nd M. Marien, motion carried unanimously. Motion to remove last line of Page 4, Section 1.d, and last line of Page 6, Section 4-b of the Rules & Procudures Manual, J. Sastre, 2nd I. Misenheimer, motion carried unanimously. 7. New Business a. Approval of 2011 Meeting Schedule Motion to accept schedule as attached, M. Marien, 2nd J. Sastre, motion carried unanimously. Ethics Commission 10/12/10 page –3- 8. Other 9. Adjournment Motion to adjourn, I. Misenheimer, 2nd W. Rosenfield, motion carried, meeting adjourned at 5:21 p.m.