Centennial council approves subcommittee to review council code of conduct

Mayor Sweetland told the council on Jan. 20 that the council code of conduct has not been reviewed since 2012 and asked for direction to form a subcommittee to update it.

The proposed subcommittee would include two council members, two or three citizen members, the city attorney’s office and staff as needed. Mayor Sweetland said the existing document is on the council dashboard and that staff had discussed the idea individually with each council member. Council member Holt asked whether a specific incident prompted the review; the mayor and other council members said the intent was periodic review and onboarding for newly elected members rather than a response to a particular event.

Council member Dwiggins volunteered to serve on the subcommittee and another council member agreed to serve with Dwiggins. Staff will recruit citizen members, set the timeline (expected to be similar to the bylaws review and likely conducted over a few meetings), and return with a packet for review before any formal vote on changes.

The council provided direction by thumbs-up to proceed with forming the subcommittee.