Board agrees to leave proposed wording in section 2-103 on sanctions for violations

The Independent Ethics Review Board reviewed a proposed minor revision to section 2-103, the code section that addresses sanctions for violations.

Chair presented the amendment clarifying that a "letter of notification" may be used when the violation appears clearly unintentional, when the respondent acted in reliance on a written city-attorney opinion, or when the conduct conflicts with the values in division 1 of the article. Members recalled prior discussions about retaining the reliance-on-city-attorney language and agreed it had been material in earlier deliberations.

A member asked whether the proposed wording required a formal vote. The Chair indicated there were no further changes and the board would leave the revision as drafted. No roll-call vote was recorded on the revision during the meeting.