HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-070-07/28/2020-ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING ETHICS OPINION NO. 2020-02 OF THE ETHICS REVIEW BOARD ADVISING COUNCILMEMBER RESOLUTION 2020-070
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING ETHICS OPINION NO. 2020-02
OF THE ETHICS REVIEW BOARD ADVISING COUNCILMEMBER
EMILY GORGOL IN RESPONSE TO HER REQUEST FOR AN ADVISORY OPINION
WHEREAS, the City Council has established an Ethics Review Board (the "Board")
consisting of designated members of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Board is empowered under Section 2-569 of the City Code to render
advisory opinions and recommendations regarding actual or hypothetical situations of
Councilmembers or board and commission members of the City; and after review and
investigation, to render advisory opinions or interpretations pertaining to such complaints or
inquiries under the relevant provisions of the Charter and Code and the applicable provisions of
state law, if any, and to make written recommendations to the City Council and any affected
board or commission concerning the same; and
WHEREAS, on July 8, 2020, Councilmember Emily Gorgol requested that the Board
consider and provide an advisory opinion regarding the following questions related to her
participation in Council's upcoming.decis ions regarding manufactured housing:
1. Under the conflicts of interest provisions in the City Charter, does my employment and
role at the Family Center/La Familia prevent me from participating in the City Council's
decision(s) regarding (1) the establishment of manufactured housing zone district; or (2)
the rezoning of particular manufactured housing communities; and
2. Under the ethics provisions in the laws of the State of Colorado, does my employment
and role at the Family Center/La Familia prevent me from participating in the City
Council's decision(s) regarding (1) the establishment of manufactured housing zone
district; or(2)the rezoning of particular manufactured housing communities; and
WHEREAS, the Board, comprised of Mayor Pro Tern Kristin Stephens, chair,
Councilmember Ken Summers and Councilmember Julie Pignataro, met on July 15, July 17, and
July 24, 2020, to consider Councilmember Gorgol's inquiry; and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of its review and discussions, the Board unanimously
adopted and issued an ethics opinion, Ethics Opinion 2020-02, describing and explaining its
advisory conclusions and recommendations to Councilmember Gorgol; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-569(e) of the City Code provides that all advisory opinions and
recommendations of the Board be placed on the agenda for the next special or regular City
Council meeting, at which time the City Council shall determine whether to adopt such opinions
and recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the opinion of the Board and wishes to adopt
the same.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that Opinion No. 2020-02 of the Ethics Review Board, a copy of which is
attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as Exhibit "A," has been submitted to
and reviewed by the City Council, and the Council hereby accepts and adopts the opinion
contained therein.
Passed and adopted at an adjourned meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins
this 28th day of July, A.D. 2020. Y --
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