Anne Arundel County Ethics Commission met March 12.
Here is the minutes provided by the Commission:
The regular meeting of the Anne Arundel County Ethics Commission was convened at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, March 12, 2018, at the office of the commission. Commission members in attendance were Emerson C. Davis, Chair, Karl Appel, Vanessa Carter, Katherine Cawood, Thomas J. Mulrenin and Adger Stokes. John W. Van de Kamp was absent. Also in attendance were Michael S. Botsaris, Executive Director, and Gina Scerbo, Secretary.
The minutes of the meeting on Dec. 18, 2017, having already been approved by email and posted, were not reviewed.
Executive Director’s report:
▪ There are currently 40 registered lobbyists representing 60 employers. The website was updated on March 1, 2018.
▪ Financial Disclosure Statement requests were sent March 1; the filing due date is April 30, 2018. Financial Disclosure Statements were distributed to members.
▪ Approximately 50 FDS/COI received to date and 24 candidate FDS received.
▪ 1 request to examine records was received. A $1.00 per page will be charged for any copies made for requests to examine records.
▪ The 2017 Annual Report was posted to the website Jan. 29, 2018.
▪ The Ethics Bulletin was issued to County employees and posted online March 5, 2018.
▪ The Public Ethics Law review meeting is scheduled for March 14, 2018.
▪ The FY2019 Budget review meeting is scheduled for March 19, 2018.
The Director gave a status report on the proposed changes to the County Public Ethics Law made by the Office of Law in order to comply with the recent changes to the State Public Ethics Law. The Director and the Chair will be attending a meeting on March 14 with the Administration and the Office of Law to review and discuss the changes that have been made and those that still need to be made. The commission will review the draft legislation for later discussion after the March 14 meeting.
It was moved and seconded that the meeting be closed to the public to discuss confidential and administrative matters. Under GP Art., §3-305 of the Maryland Open Meetings Act, the motion was made, carried, and approved by a unanimous written vote.
During the closed meeting, the following actions were taken (except for complaints, and unless otherwise stated, decisions reflect a unanimous vote). The minutes do not include matters for which there was no action taken.
I-18-9: The Director gave a status report on an inquiry regarding a conflict with a contract awarded to a Dept. of Public Works employee. The commission authorized the director to draft an opinion for its review.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for April 9, 2018, at 4:00 p.m., and the next contingent meeting is scheduled for March 19, 2018, if it is called.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
http://www.aacounty.org/boards-and-commissions/ethics-commission/meeting-minutes/20180312.pdf
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