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From YouTube: January 19, 2021 Ethical Practices Board
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A
Thank
you
so
much
peggy
before
we
begin
the
ethical
practices
board
meeting
today
we
will
be
administering
the
oath
of
office
for
walter
bach
and
clinton
collins
board
members.
Please
raise
your
right
hand.
D
I
am
please,
I
think,
kyle,
you
have
something
to
read
the
info
about
that
we're
holding
this
meeting
remotely
due
to
the
pandemic.
C
I
do
yep
sorry
I
I
can
yes,
I
can
begin
that
way.
All.
E
B
D
C
Members
present,
thank
you.
Let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
before
we
begin
today,
I
would
like
to
formally
welcome
clinton
collins
to
the
board.
Mr
collins
was
just
sworn
in
as
we,
along
with
mr
bach
in
in
his
first
term
on
this
board,
and
we
are
very
pleased
to
have
him
join
us
and
welcome,
and
also
welcome
back
to
mr
bach
who's
returning
for
another
term,
and
we
remain
a
fully
staffed
board
now,
as
we
enter
2021.
C
F
B
B
D
E
C
B
B
C
F
This
is
walter
boak.
I
will
move
that
mr
kroll
be
nominated
as
chair
for
this
year.
C
C
Oh
well,
thank
you
very
much.
It's
been
seconded
by
a
member
calls
and
I
accept
that
nomination.
Do
we
have
a
motion
by
any
member
to
elect
a
vice
chair.
B
Yes,
we
do.
I
move
that
we
select
mr
baucus
vice
chair.
C
B
D
E
C
Thank
you
that
motion
carries
and
member
cruel
myself
has
been
elected,
chair
and
member
bowk,
as
vice
chair,
wonderful,
so
moving
on
then
to
the
next
item.
We
have
one
item
under
unfinished
business.
This
is
ethics,
complaint
number
2020-28,
the
unfinished
business
is
a
motion
to
dismiss
miss
trammell.
G
F
This
is
vice
chair
bulk.
I
will
move
that
fixed
complaint
2020-28
be
dismissed.
C
I
guess
we'll
both
I'll
go
ahead
and,
second,
that
one
for
this
for
this
one.
Thank
you.
Will
the
clerk
please
call
the
roll.
B
E
E
C
C
G
Thank
you,
chair
colin
kroll
staff
have
not
proposed
any
changes
to
the
board's
bylaws
and
rules
of
procedure
for
your
consideration.
G
No
proposed
changes
have
been
presented
by
any
board
member
to
to
staff,
and
I
want
to
note
that
the
approval
of
the
bylaws
and
rules
of
procedures
was
made
last
july,
so
they
were
reviewed
as
recently
as
july,
and
so
that
doesn't
surprise
me
that
there
haven't
been
proposed
changes
and
given
the
anticipated
ordinance
revision
work
that
will
proceed
this
year.
There
may
need
be
a
need
to
amend
the
bylaws
and
rules
of
procedure
upon
an
amendment
of
the
code,
but
at
this
time
staff
recommends
no
amendments.
C
I
I'll
just
say
that
I,
as
we'll
discuss
a
little
bit
later.
There
is
the
the
work
plan
that
includes
this.
So
that
makes
a
lot
of
sense
unless
anyone
has
any
further
discussion
or
objection.
G
This
board
reviewed
a
proposed
2021
work
plan
at
its
meeting
in
november,
and
there's
really
been
only
one
change
to
that
document,
since
you
reviewed
it
in
december,
that
is
to
add
the
comprehensive
review
and
analysis
of
the
entire
ethics
code
and
the
potential
for
presenting
amendments
to
that
code
to
counsel
and
the
required
then
review
of
the
bylaws
that
would
be
needed,
and
so
this
actual
proposed
2021
work
plan.
As
you
see
it
here
today
is
what
is
included
in
the
2020
annual
report,
which
is
also
on
your
agenda.
G
C
Well,
I'm
not
hearing
anything
I'll.
Just
add
that
I
think
this
is
a
great
work
plan.
I
think
it's
an
ambitious
work
plan
and
I
hope
we'll
be
able
to
accomplish
everything
on
it
and
we're
grateful
for
the
help
I
know
of
mr
wilcox,
who
will
be
working
on
a
couple
of
these
items
as
well.
So
unless
anyone
has
any
further
comments
or
discussion
or
questions,
let's
move
to
a
motion
to
approve
this
work
plan
for
this
upcoming
year.
Do
I
have
any
such
motion.
B
C
G
Thank
you,
chair
collins.
The
2020
annual
report
is
was
sent
to
you
and
is
attached
to
the
agenda,
and
there
are
a
few
of
course.
The
changes
that
have
been
made
include
updates
to
all
the
numbers.
G
G
The
problem
is:
is
that
a
lot
of
times
people
are
taking
their
ethics
education
in
december,
because
they're,
trying
their
departments
insisting
that
they
get
it
done
before
this
report
is
run,
so
it
could
very
well
have
been
and
that
these
people
fell
out
of
compliance
because
they
had
taken
it
on
the
last
day
of
the
year
last
year
or
the
you
know
three
years
ago
when
they
were
supposed
to
take
it.
So
the
numbers
are
accurate,
but
with
particularly
because
so
many
people
take
them
in
november.
G
I
have
a
feeling
that
a
lot
of
the
people
who
were
in
compliance
when
the
final
notices
went
out
to
departments
to
hey
check
your
ethics
education
status,
that
they
then
dropped
off
after
the
check
and
people
did
not
look
forward
to
see
who
would
drop
off
later
in
december,
and
so
I
think
that's
one
of
the
issues,
and
so
one
thing
I
will
try
to
do
this
next
year
is
to
encourage
departments
to
get
ahead
of
this
in
the
summer
and
get
their
people
through
the
cycle
earlier
in
the
year,
so
that
there's
not
this
end
of
the
year
rush.
G
G
G
So
that's
one
change
that
was
added
the
other
change
that
was
added
to
the
ethics
education
section
is
the
in-person
new
employee
orientations
and
makes
note
of
how
we
have
always
conducted
those
in
person
and
then
prior
to
covid19.
We
were
informed
by
human
resources
that
they
were
going
to
drop
the
human,
the
in-person
training,
including
a
remote
meeting
option,
and
that
that
was
discontinued
beginning
in
may
of
2020..
G
The
other
information
in
ethics,
inquiries
and
ethics
complaints
has
just
been
updated
to
reflect
current
data
and
then
the
last
main
change
that
I
made
to
the
document
was
in
the
amendment
section.
This
is
a
section
where
the
board
has
historically
proposed
amendments
to
the
code,
but
instead
this
time
I
have
included
the
phrasing
that
the
board
is
not
proposing
any
amendments
to
the
ethics
code
at
this
time
that
this
code
has
been
in
effect
for
nearly
20
years.
G
The
review
and
analysis
is
included
on
the
2021
work
plan
and
the
board
anticipates
staff
will
bring
forward
proposed
ordinance
changes
later
in
the
year
when
the
review
and
analysis
is
completed
so
other
than
that.
The
annual
report
reads
as
pretty
much
the
2019
annual
report
read
and
is
what
the
board
had
reviewed
for
format
purposes
at
the
november
meeting,
and
I
could
stand
for
questions
at
this
time.
F
C
Thank
you
vice
chair
rock,
and
I
echo
that
as
well.
I
do
have
a
quick
question
on
the
the
change
that
you
had
noted
this
trammell
to
the
venue,
I
suppose
in
which
ethics
training
is
provided
to
new
employees,
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
I
had
it
correct.
I
think
I
know
the
answer,
but
that
they're
not
being
done
in
person
but
they're
being
done
through
like
a
web
module,
is
that
right.
G
Chair
crawl
members
of
the
committee,
the
new
employees
no
longer
have
a
special
new
employee
orientation
class
that
they
take.
That
was
a
class
that
wasn't
previously
an
hour
and
a
half
long
that
I
presented
and
or
some
members
of
my
staff
would
present,
and
we
would
go
through
some.
An
extensive
review
of
the
ethics
code
provisions
that
employees
encounter
the
most
often
and
provide
the
greatest
number
of
inquiries.
For
me,
that
training
has
just
been
abandoned
by
the
hr
department
and
the
employees
are
now
instructed
to
take
the
refresher
training.
G
So
the
cycle
of
the
refresher
training
is
even
more
important
to
get
a
refreshed
course,
because
all
the
new
employees
have
taken
it
as
well,
so
they're
just
directing
people
to
the
refresher
course
which
is
online.
You
are
correct.
C
Okay,
how
just
kind
of
a
follow-up
question
on
that,
then,
is
the
refresher.
Of
course
I
apologize
if
I
missed
this
detail
that
you
already
provided
when
you
were
speaking
about
it.
But
how
long
is
that
compared
to
the
prior
new
or
new
employee
ethics
orientation,.
C
G
And
chair
coral,
in
my
words
I
would
say
it
covers
the
same
areas,
but
it
doesn't
go
into
them
in
as
depth
of
a
way
is
we're
not.
We
don't
have
as
much
time
to
spend
on
each
area.
C
I'll
just
say
too,
you
know
the
the
ethics
education
rates
is
something
that
I
know
we
have
it
at
the
top
of
the
work
plan
very
important,
and
although
where
we
showed
a
small
decline,
it
it's
it's
around
the
same
70
70s
figure,
which
ideally
would
like
to
get
up
to,
hopefully
a
hundred
percent,
and
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
on
that
with
everyone
this
year.
C
One
one
thing
I
noted
on
the
the
trends
is
that
the
questions
about
gifts
went
down
dramatically
this
year
and
I
was
wondering
miss
trammell.
If
you
had
any
insight
as
to
why
it
was.
I
mean
we've
historically
had
pretty
high
gift
questions
and
it's
such
a
big
drop.
I
mean
it's
good
to
see
drops,
but.
G
G
G
There
was
a
steady
stream,
and
you
see
that
complaint
process
that
category
for
the
first
time
ever
was
in
the
top
three
and
it's
the
number
one
category
this
year
and
that's
solely
because
of
all
the
inquiries
that
came
in
from
people
generally
non-employees.
Actually
who
wanted
to
file
have
me,
take
certain
actions
that
they
felt
I
could
just
do
and
I
would
respond
with
you
know.
This
is
what
the
ethics
board
does.
This
is
where
you
file.
If
you
want
ordinance
changes,
there
are
certain
actions
by
city,
council
or
the
charter
commission.
G
This
is
where
you
file
those
and
here's.
What
is
required
for
an
ethics
complaint
and
the
jurisdictional
requirements
and
the
evidence
requirements,
and
all
of
that
would
be
outlined
to
them
in
a
response
this
year
there
were
a
tremendous
number
of
those,
and
I
just
think
that
the
situations
were
just
different
this
year,
no
different
than
in
years
in
which
the
city
has
a
city-wide
election
a
lot
of
times.
Those
years
are
higher
political
activity
years.
We
get
spikes
in
questions
about
political
activity.
G
Some
of
that's
been
taken
care
of
by
the
training
video
that
we
produced
in
that
area.
But
you
know
people
do
have
those
questions
in
those
years.
G
I
noted
that
when
we
were
in
the
recession,
2009,
10
and
11,
I
think
there
were
a
higher
number
of
inquiries
related
to
outside
employment,
because
people
were
thinking
about
getting
a
part-time
job
because
they
were
worried
about
losing
this
job
and
that
would
be
a
buffer
for
them.
So
those
kinds
of
things
what's
happening
in
the
world
usually
dictates
what
kind
of
inquiries
that
we
get
but
you're
right.
Usually
this
is
the
first
time
that
guess
gifts
has
been
so
low.
G
It's
used
usually
a
guaranteed
number
one
or
two
topic,
and
it
wasn't
this
year.
C
Thank
you
for
the
explanation.
That's
really
helpful.
I
I
guess
I
kind
of
saw
as
well
that
towards
the
bottom
of
the
chart
that
you
have
on
page
eight
of
the
draft,
it
does
say,
related
policy
solicit,
solicitation
of
gifts
to
the
city,
gifts
between
employees
and
charitable
organizations
that
correspondingly
went
up.
G
C
G
And
also
there
were
various
the
solicitation
of
gifts
to
the
city
also
includes
how
a
gift
to
the
city
gets
accepted,
and
there
were
a
number
of
gifts
that
were
proposed
to
the
city
that
have
gone
through
council.
You
know
you
must
go
through
city,
council,
vote,
two-thirds
vote
and
a
resolution
to
accept
a
gift.
So
those
questions
fall
under
that
policy
as
well.
C
Well
again,
we
thank
you,
miss
trammell
for
your
work
and
putting
this
together
and
mr
wilcox
and
so
I'll
now
ask
for
a
motion
to
approve
the
2020
ethical
practices,
board
annual
report
and
direct
that
it
be
published,
and
then
let
the
ethics
officer
have
the
authority
to
make
any
necessary
typographical
corrections
to
the
report
as
necessary.
B
B
C
C
We
will
now
go
on
to
items
nine
and
ten.
These
relate
to
preliminary
consideration
of
allegations
of
violations
of
the
ethics
code
by
individuals
subject
to
the
authority
of
the
board.
Ms
trammell
will
provide
the
board
with
the
statement
relating
to
the
need
to
close
the
meeting
to
discuss
the
allegations.
Ms
trammell.
G
Thank
you,
chair
kroll.
The
next
items
on
today's
agenda
relate
to
preliminary
consideration
of
allegations
of
violations
of
the
ethics
code
by
individuals
subject
to
the
authority
of
this
board.
The
minnesota
open
meeting
law
requires
the
closure
of
a
meeting
for
preliminary
consideration
of
such
charges
against
an
individual
subject
to
the
board's
authority.
G
G
C
B
B
E
C
G
B
I
don't
think
so.
What
does
it
look
like.
B
Just
to
differentiate
it,
something
at
what
time
is
it
now,
I'm
looking
at
the
account?
Okay,
let's
see,
there's
a
link
here.
It
says:
invite
dot
ics
six
kilobytes.
I
don't
know
if
I
think
that
might
have
been
the
link
for
the
meeting
itself
we're
in
right.
Now
I
don't
see
it,
but
then
I
may
not.
B
Maybe
he
may
be
steering
me
in
the
face
and
I
just
don't
know
what
I'm
looking
for
I.
But
when
I
look
at
my
emails
from
today,
I
see
an
email
that
I
received
from
you
at
one
o'clock
or
109
to
be
exact
about
the
annual
report
and
then
the
emails
that
we
exchanged
right
at
a
little
after
three
to
get
me
into
the
meeting.
B
D
B
Yeah
hold
on
a
second,
because
I
was
looking
at
my
ipad
and
now
I'm
going
to
the
okay
just
a
second
here
I
just
received
an
email.
B
D
C
B
B
Okay,
I
received
a
link
and
it's
it's
forwarded
to
me,
but
I
don't
see
the
link.
I
what
I
see
is
an
email
and
then
it
says
please
respond.
Disappointment
conflicts,
another
one
on
the
calendar,
but
I'm
looking
for
a
link
right
now
and
should
I
should
I
just
hit-
accept.
G
B
E
C
C
C
F
This
is
vice
chair
bulk.
I
move
to
find
that
probable
cause
exists
to
support
the
allegations
contained
within
the
complaint
and
authorize
the
ethics
officer
pursuant
to
bylaws
and
rules
of
procedure,
rule
8.3
to
extend
a
preliminary
recommendation
regarding
resolution
within
the
direction
given
by
the
board.
F
B
C
C
F
Yes,
I
would,
I
would
agree
that
that
stated
amendment
be
added
to
the
motion.
B
B
E
C
C
F
B
E
C
G
Thank
you,
chair
crawl.
The
first
report
is
the
regular
ethics
inquiry
report
and,
as
one
can
see
from
this
report,
there
were
43
inquiries
and
it's
43
excuse
me
42
inquiries
with
43
categories.
Since
the
november
report
was
presented
to
the
board
and
again
they
covered
all
areas
of
the
ethics
code.
With
this
time
outside
employment
being
the
number
one
inquiry
followed
by
gifts
and
complaint
process,
people
are
still
very
interested
in
filing
complaints.
G
The
inquiries
are
anonymized
and
attached
in
the
excel
spreadsheet
attached
behind
the
actual
report,
and
I
can
give
you
further
information
on
any
one
of
them.
If
anyone
on
the
board
has
one
that
they'd
like
to
pull
out,
I
have
none
that
I
felt
the
need
to
specifically
identify.
G
The
other
report
is
the
complaint
status
report.
There
have
been
11
complaints
with
22
allegations
filed
since
the
november
meeting.
Four
of
those
complaints
were
filed
this
year
and
the
remaining
seven
were
filed
in
november
and
december.
G
The
year
end
for
2020
is
54
for
the
total
for
the
year
of
complaints,
not
allegations
of
those
complaints,
12
are
pending
and
42
are
closed.
Now.
That
number
is
going
to
be
different
from
what
was
reported
in
the
board
in
november,
because
other
departments
provide
their
data
to
me
at
the
end
of
the
year,
and
so,
while
we're
working
on
getting
some
of
that
data
earlier
in
the
year
right
now,
it
comes
at
the
end
of
the
year
and
I
add
those
numbers
in
so
all
of
a
sudden.
G
It
looks
like
way
more
complaints
at
the
end
of
the
year
than
there
were
before,
and
then
there's
two
still
pending
from
2019
and
one
open
from
2018
and
the
reason
that
something
could
still
be
open.
That
long
is
because
it
could
be
going
through
a
grievance
or
an
arbitration
process
is
my
best
get
guess
on
that
one.
G
I
can't
actually
remember
why
it's
still
open,
but
that's
what
we
have
so
two
pending
from
2019
and
one
pending
still
from
2018,
in
addition
to
the
12
that
are
carried
over
on
the
other
activity
report.
These
are
the
things
that
we've
been
working
on
outside
of
the
meeting
and
complaints
and
advice.
G
G
This
is
a
tentative
timeline
at
this
point,
but
it
takes
into
account
the
various
ethics
board
meetings
and
we
will
be
back
in
march
with
some
some
comparison,
data
of
our
code
with
various
current
ordinances
and
statutes
in
minnesota
that
will
be
applicable
along
with
codes
from
other
section
other
governmental
entities.
G
Matt
can
talk
more
about
the
research
that
he's
done
if
he
wants
to
say
a
few
words
on
that,
and
the
only
other
thing
to
note
is
that
on
that
timeline
we
would
come
back
to
you
probably
in
july,
with
a
near
completed,
proposed
ethics
code
rewrite,
and
it
would
go
to
council
in
september.
G
So
some
of
that
there's
a
lot
of
things
going
on
in
the
city
right
now.
I've
heard
that
there's
potentially
four
to
five
or
more
proposed
charter
amendments
that
may
detract
from
some
of
the
work
we're
intending
to
do
here.
Just
want
to
forewarn
you
that
if
there's
that
many
charter
amendments
coming
through
there
may
be
a
need
for
legal
services
there.
G
So
that's
what
we've
got
so
I
stand
for
any
questions
and
I
would
say
that
it's
matt
who
has
researched
legislative
immunity
and
done
some
research
on
non-financial
conflict
of
interest.
So
he
can
maybe
speak
to
that
briefly.
H
As
as
the
ethics
officer
mentioned,
we
are
taking
a
look
at
a
number
of
additional
cities,
so
seattle,
denver,
san
francisco,
portland,
atlanta
and
chicago,
are
the
six
cities
that
we've
identified
to
compare
our
our
code
with,
and
at
this
point
we
have
reviewed
not
only
the
sanctions
power
associated
with
each
of
those
codes,
but
also
the
the
financial
conflict
of
interest
provisions
as
well,
and
at
your
next
meeting
we
will
have
a
comparative
chart
in
a
nice
table
form
for
you
to
be
able
to
review
that
data.
H
The
one
thing
that's
already
you
know
been
definitely
stuck
out
to
me
is
the
fact
that
there's
a
wide
range
of
of
what
these
cities
do
right,
particularly
when
you
look
at
the
sanctions,
ability
and
the
power
to
you
know
even
sanction
elected
officials
or
or
appointed
officials,
and-
and
you
know
whether
it's
a
fine,
whether
it's
up
to
expulsion
from
from
the
positions
they
hold
and
or
simply
a
a
censure
type
provision
so
wide
range
here.
C
Wonderful,
thank
you
both
do
we
have
any
discussion
on
the
or
questions
on
the
reports?
Okay
and
then
just
following
up
on
that,
the
the
last
second
kind
of
latter
half
of
what
you
were
just
talking
about
the
comparative
analysis.
C
I
was,
I
know,
we're
getting
close
to
the
end
here.
I
wonder
if
you
might
briefly
kind
of
explain
the
process
of
choosing
those
other
cities
for
this
analysis
and
whether
you
know
st
paul
was
considered
just
pretty
close.
I
don't
know
if
they
have
an
ethical
practices
board,
but
there's
something
akin
to
it.
G
G
You
know
other
information
to
help
guide
us
here,
not
someone
who's
just
copied
us.
C
Already
I
see
okay,
thank
you,
okay!
Well,
without
objection,
I
will
direct
the
clerk
to
receive
and
file
the
reports,
and
with
that
we
have
completed
all
items
on
the
agenda
for
this
meeting.