City of Boise, Idaho Ethics Commission, 11 May 2023

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Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 3:30 PM MST

A

um I'd like to call the meeting to order this is the time and place set for the May 11 2023 meeting of the city of Boise ethics. Commission uh clerk. Can we get a roll call? Please church.

B

Howarth present King Rourke.

A

B

Zimmerman three present two absent.

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C

A

Unless anyone has any comments or requested changes, I'd entertain a motion to approve the minutes for the commission's March 9th 2023 meeting.

C

Chair I have a question under item Three, Special business.

C

um After the announcement of commissioner Zimmerman to the commission, it's noted that no comments were made and I can't remember whether that's true it seems like we probably welcomed him, um but I wonder a little bit about what that might imply to the Casual reader, so I would I would like to either see that stricken or maybe replaced with Commissioners welcomed Zimmerman to the commission or something like that. Does anybody remember what actually happened.

C

Mr chairman I move to approve the March 9th minutes. uh Striking no comments were made under special business item three.

A

Do we have a second.

A

A roll call vote. Please, yes, Mark.

B

Aye Zimmerman, all in favor motion carries.

A

All right, we have a updated draft opinion, uh her advisory opinion, uh 23-03.

A

Or zero two: um was there any additional uh discussion uh after the edits made uh that were requested last meeting.

C

Mr chairman my copy: yes, um on page two in the opinion section um in the numbered block indent there, we have two numeral threes there, so I think we need to change the second three to a four and the four to five.

C

It's the only change I see.

C

Otherwise, it looks really good.

D

Sorry uh I can make the edit and like if you want to approve it with uh based on me, making that edit I think we can do that.

A

Any other comments.

A

uh Entertain a motion to uh approve that draft advisory opinion, uh as amended requested by commissioner Rourke. So.

C

A

Roll call vote, please not.

B

Worth all right, all.

C

B

Zimmerman all right, all in favor motion carries.

C

A

Moving on to a request for advisory opinion, 23-03.

A

um Involving employee receipt of arpa funds, um I believe uh Patrick Sebastian City HR rep is going to give us an update on that issue. That's.

E

Correct, thank you, commissioner. um Also I did hear back from Addison. He thought today's meeting was rescheduled sounds like he is available. Oh no he's uh he's on the road, so he will not be attending by Zoom just to close that Loop. um As for the employee receipt of arpa funds, 23-03.

E

Essentially, immediately after the last meeting that employee actually resigned from the city, um and so given that, pursuant to Boise code, section 2-12-2a, which says a current officer, official appointee or employee May submit a written request to the ethics commission for advisory opinions on whether any conduct by that person would constitute a violation of the city code of ethics.

E

Given that, um since that requester is no longer a city employee, essentially given that was a very unique request, very specific to his individual circumstances, the staff recommends that the commission declined to even issue an opinion on the request. It's it's. In our perspective, it's moot.

A

Questions concerns comments on that approach.

C

Chairman I move that we declined to issue an opinion consistent with the advice from Human Resources, for the reason stated. Second,.

A

Can we get a roll call vote, please North.

B

Hi Roark hi, Zimmerman aye, all in favor motion carries great.

E

A

You Commissioners thank you, Patrick.

D

um I think the subject of the executive session is probably one you do. You will want to go in on so I. We can move that to the next meeting uh I. Don't this one I, don't believe so.

C

We need to motion the table, yeah.

A

So our next uh item for discussion was to move into executive session. um We only have a quorum here today um which which doesn't meet our minimum requirements to go into executive sessions. So I would entertain a motion to table this item until we have the appropriate number of Commissioners available for an executive session.

C

Mr chairman I move the commission table request for inquiry 2301 until our next regular meeting. uh Second.

A

A roll call vote please York.

B

Hi Zimmerman aye, all in favor motion carries.

D

Mr chairman uh Commissioners, there was one I didn't put on the agenda. It was 23 advisory opinion 2301 that you had discussed at the last meeting and directed some uh and it's to be made and um so I. Just uh if it's, if the edits are all right with everyone, I didn't hear back that there was any negative feedback, but I just wanted to be sure, and then we can publish it.

D

That one's 2301, though yeah.

D

So you you had already made it.

C

D

Made a decision on it, um they approved it subject to the changes.

A

D

I just want to clarify okay.

A

A

Which one okay and we have uh updated uh draft advisory opinion 23-01, um which contains minor changes, as requested by the commission at the last meeting.

A

um If everyone's had a chance to review that and is satisfied with the changes that entertain a motion to approve it. As drafted.

C

Yeah a second but oh, make a motion. Yes, yes to uh approve them. Second, the motion.

A

Roll call vote please.

B

Hi Mark hi Zimmerman, all in favor motion carries.

A

A

I believe we are on to uh special business. uh Do we have a update from staff on the ethics, commission, email and hotline activity since last meeting foreign.

E

Yes, there was really no nothing to report since the last meeting. Travel requests, a handful of travel requests which don't implicate the ethics code and one or two obvious spam emails that don't have anything to do with the ethics commission or the city of Boise and other than that. Nothing to report for email activity and same goes for the hotline activity.

E

That's all that I've got. Thank you.

A

Great. Thank you.

A

Looks like we have a little bit of a scheduling conflict with our next meeting date, given uh kind of a contentious issue being scheduled ahead of us that people have some pretty strong opinions on um we're. Looking at moving dates, I, don't know whether we've got one that works for the commission.

A

um Is that something we can decide offline or do we need to get uh on the record when the next date will be.

D

um I can provide some other dates to the commission. If you want, uh we have that one date, I think we have. We have one definite, no I, don't know if we have four definite yeses or not on that or we can explore further dates. If you want.

A

I guess it wouldn't hurt to uh entertain a motion to reschedule to the 27th of July uh at 3 30 pm, and if we need to adjust again, we can but to set that for now.

C

Just a question before we move forward with that was: um did you happen to look at the sixth as well just thinking about the timeliness of our review of the inquiry before us.

D

I didn't look into August.

C

That is first Thursday, so there may be some conflicting activity.

E

C

I note that that is two days after the fourth so folks may be traveling.

C

Excuse me works for me.

A

I have to work that day, but I think I can make it work.

A

S Hood entertainment motion to reschedule for the 6th of July moving our meeting up one week.

C

So moved second.

A

Roll call vote, please how.

B

Earth right, Brook, hi Zimmerman, all in favor motion carries.

A

Great confirm that, with the other commissioners and I believe that wraps up our agenda for the day unless anybody else has uh any other items to raise I'd entertain a motion to adjourn.

C

Move to adjourn Mr chairman seconded.

A

Roll call vote please North.

B

Hi Mark hi, Zimmerman hi, all in favor motion carries.

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