Board reviews code of ethics, weapons policy and potential public participation policy

The board’s policy committee reported on three items the committee reviewed and expects to return to the full board with revisions.

Director Friedman told the board members the committee revisited the administrative code of ethics and will bring revisions back at a later meeting. The committee also reviewed updates to the district weapons policy to align its language with the state model policy and applicable state statutes and noted at least one community member urged that the board decline to adopt some exceptions (for example, hosting gun shows) even where state policy allows exceptions by board approval.

The committee also began preliminary conversation about whether the district should adopt a standalone public participation policy and what that policy might look like; no final action was taken and updated policy language will return to the board at a subsequent meeting.

Provenance: Policy matters discussed at SEG 193–223 in the meeting transcript.