HomeMy WebLinkAbout017 - 02/16/1993 - AMENDING CITY CODE PERTAINING TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST COMPLAINTS ORDINANCE NO. 17, 1993
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE V, OF THE CODE PERTAINING
TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST COMPLAINTS
WHEREAS, under Section 2-569(1) of the City Code, any person who believes
that a councilmember or a board or commission member has violated any provision
of state law or the Charter or Code pertaining to ethical conduct may file a
complaint with the Mayor; and
WHEREAS, any such complaint is to be placed on the agenda for the next
special or regular City Council meeting for review and possible action by the
City Council , including, without limitation, review by the Council Ethics Review
Board; and
WHEREAS, in the event that a particular complaint is filed against four or
more councilmembers, the City Council may be unable to obtain a quorum to
determine, as required by the foregoing Section of the Code, what action should
be taken with regard to the complaint; and
WHEREAS, the Council wishes to amend the Code so as to provide an
alternative procedure for obtaining an advisory opinion and recommendation
regarding any such complaints.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
that Section 2-569 of the Code of the City is hereby amended by the addition of
a new subparagraph (d) (1)c, to read as follows:
Sec. 2-569. Board of Ethics.
(d) (1) c. In the event that a complaint is filed with the
Mayor under the provisions of this subsection
which alleges a violation on the part of four (4)
or more councilmembers, such complaint shall not
be referred to the Council for review but shall
instead be submitted to an alternate review
board. Said board shall consist of any remaining
councilmembers who are not named in the complaint
and as many members of city boards and
commissions as are necessary to constitute a
seven (7) member board. Said board and
commission members shall be selected at random by
the City Clerk within ten (10) working days of
the date upon which the complaint is filed with
the Mayor. Any board and commission members
selected by the City Clerk who elect not to serve
on the alternate review board shall immediately
so notify the City Clerk, who shall thereafter
select as many additional board and commission
members as are necessary to constitute the seven
(7) member board. The procedure utilized by the
alternate review board for reviewing the
complaint and rendering an advisory opinion and
recommendation shall be as provided in
subparagraph (e) below.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published
this 2nd day of February, A.D. 1993, and to be presented for final passage on the
16th day of February, A.D. 1993.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day >of February, A.D. 1993.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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