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THIS IS THE CARROLL COUNTY ETHICS COMMISSION AND WE HAVE ARE NOW COMING OUT OF CLOSED
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SESSION. WE WENT INTO CLOSED SESSION IN ORDER TO DISCUSS FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORMS.[00:21:05]
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 33, CAROLINE COUNTY CODE IS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION[00:21:13]
THREE 305 B7. WE MADE NO DECISIONS DURING THE CLOSED SESSION,[00:21:20]
AND WE'RE NOW OPENING IT UP IN OPEN SESSION FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION.AND ALL SIX OF US HERE WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE PRESENT DURING THE CLOSED SESSION.
AND IF WE CAN START WITH THE FAR LEFT.
BOB WILLEY, CHAIRMAN. MEMBER JESSE HAMMACK, ATTORNEY.
KIM RAEDER BOARD ADMINISTRATOR.
OKAY. I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AND SOME PERCEIVED CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE THERE TO JUST MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONES ARE ON.
I FORGOT TO TELL YOU TO TURN THEM BACK ON IF THEY WANT.
IT APPEARS THAT IT IS BASICALLY THE CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED ARE TO CORRECT TERMINOLOGY IN THE RULES OF PROCEDURE HAVING TO DO WITH REFERENCE TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
AND I'M GOING TO ADD CHIEF OF STAFF.
WE DON'T HAVE CHIEF OF STAFF ANYMORE, DO WE? OKAY. I, WE HAD DISCUSSED EARLIER THAT MAYBE THE TERMINOLOGY SHOULD JUST BE CHANGED WITH REFERENCE TO THE ATTORNEY.
LEGAL COUNSEL SHOULD BE SIMPLY BE THE COMMISSION'S ATTORNEY.
CORRECT. YEAH. AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
OKAY. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER FOR THAT IS THAT STEWART BARROLL IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. THAT IS HIS POSITION.
I AM AN ATTORNEY FOR THE COMMISSION.
I AM AN ATTORNEY FOR SEVERAL OTHER BOARDS, BUT I AM NOT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
SO WHEN THE RULES SAY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SHALL DO X IF I'M THE ONE THAT DOES IT, WE HAVEN'T COMPLIED WITH THE RULES.
SO THE COMMISSION'S ATTORNEY WOULD COVER IF IT WAS STEWART THAT WAS HERE ONE NIGHT.
MR. BARROLL THAT WAS HERE ONE NIGHT, OR IF IT WAS ME, IT WOULD COVER BOTH. OR IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT ATTORNEY THAT REPRESENTS THE COMMISSION.
AND I WOULD ADD THAT LOOKING BACK AT THIS 2015.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS BEFORE WE HAD AN OFFICE OF LAW.
WE SIMPLY HAD THE COUNTY ATTORNEY THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, RETAINED. RIGHT. AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS BACK THEN.
WOULD YOU AGREE? YOU'VE GOT A SENSE OF THE HISTORY.
WAS IT JUDGE PRICE? NO, NO, THIS WAS BEFORE.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WAS HIS NAME ELMER SOMETHING? HE DOESN'T MATTER. BUT HE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OFFICE OF LAW IN CAROLINE COUNTY BACK THEN.
WE DIDN'T HAVE IN-HOUSE COUNSEL.
RIGHT. SO HOW DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE CHIEF OF STAFF THING? BECAUSE IT'S REFERRED TO IN HERE SEVERAL TIMES.
IN ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF FIRST.
RIGHT IN SECTION ONE. PROBABLY BE BOARD ADMINISTRATOR.
THAT'S HOW I HAVE IT IN MY OTHER RULES OF PROCEDURE, SINCE I'M THE BOARD ADMINISTRATOR.
OKAY. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? MEMBERS. OKAY. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S PERFECT.
OKAY, SO WE KEEP IN THE ANNUAL MEETING THE SAME DATE THAT WAS HERE.
FIRST THURSDAY OF JUNE KIND OF COINCIDES WITH IT KIND OF COINCIDES WITH THAT DUE DATE OF THE. YEAH. OF THE FINANCIAL FORMS.
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ARE THERE ANY OTHER. I DID A WORD SEARCH THROUGH HERE TO, TO IDENTIFY THAT THERE THERE IS ONE.IF YOU LOOK IN SECTION FOUR, PARAGRAPH B, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN, THERE IS A COUNTY ATTORNEY REFERENCE AND CHIEF OF STAFF THAT WASN'T HIGHLIGHTED.
I'LL ALSO DO A WORD SEARCH TO MAKE SURE I DON'T.
AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO CHANGE THE MEETING PLACE.
RIGHT. YES. THE MEETING PLACE.
AND I'LL ALSO CHANGE THE HEADING SO THAT THE CURRENT COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE ON THERE AND THEN THE ADDRESS OF THE MEETING PLACE.
AND THEN LET'S SEE WHERE THE REQUEST FOR AN ADVISORY OPINION.
I WILL PUT THE CURRENT ADDRESS OF WHERE THE OFFICE OF LAW IS HERE IN DENTON.
IS THE BECAUSE THEY HAVE IT AT THE BUILDING WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT'S WHERE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WAS AT ONE POINT AND THEN OVER AT THE COURTHOUSE.
AND NOW WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED.
RIGHT. WE'RE IN THE OLD HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUILDING ON FRANKLIN.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ON COLONIAL DRIVE NOW FOR 25 COLONIAL DRIVE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THAT IS. OFF OF CAMP ROAD, WHERE THE BULLOCKS IS. AND THEN COME UP CAMP ROAD WHERE THE IS.
YEAH. THE WEST. YEAH. SIMILAR TO THERE.
YEAH. WHERE THE WESLEYAN CENTER IS IN THE NURSING HOME.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS THERE.
THEY MOVED UP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MARTIN MARTIN MARKET STREET, AND THEN THEY MOVED US FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OVER. ANYWAYS, I DID NOT KNOW THAT EITHER. YES, I COME QUITE OFTEN.
I'LL MAKE SURE YOU ALL HAVE THE ADDRESS OF WHERE JESSIE AND I ARE LOCATED, AS WELL AS STEWART, AND THEN WHERE OUR MEETINGS WILL BE.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THE FORMS ONLINE SHOULD BE UPDATED NOW, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE GETTING THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE SENT DIRECTLY TO OUR OFFICE AND ANY OTHER ETHICS COMPLAINTS OR REQUESTS TO REVIEW.
I SEE UNDER SECTION SIX ON THE LAST PAGE, YOU DO HAVE HIGHLIGHTED AMENDMENTS TO THESE RULES OF PROCEDURE MAY BE INTRODUCED AT ANY MEETING, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. IS THAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED? NO, I WAS JUST LETTING YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE COULD DO IT THIS EVENING.
IF WE SO CHOOSE TO. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO MEET AGAIN, WHICH WE ALL DECIDED THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING.
DO WE NEED A MOTION AND A VOTE TO.
WE'VE KIND OF DISCUSSED IT HELTER SKELTER HERE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD DO A MOTION.
YOU CAN DO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGES AS DISCUSSED AND INSTRUCTED AS YOU'VE INSTRUCTED US TO MAKE THEM. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CHANGES AS AS DISCUSSED, AND INSTRUCT MISS RADER TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
AND SECOND MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION IS CARRIED.
GREAT. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION TONIGHT? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE CAROLINE COUNTY ETHICS COMMISSION.
ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.