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Ethics Committee Meeting Minutes – April 6, 2009 – Page 1
BLOUNT COUNTY ETHICS COMMITTEE MEETINGMonday, April 6, 2009 - 6:00 p.m.Room 315, Blount County CourthouseMINUTESMembers Present:
Roy Crawford, Jr., Gary Farmer, Ron French, Joe McCulley and Wendy PittsReeves
Members Absent:
None
Others Present:
Joe King, Linda King, Carol Ross, Rhonda Pitts and others
1.
 
Call to Order
Chair Wendy Pitts Reeves called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
2.
 
Roll Call
Rhonda Pitts called the roll.
 3. Approval of Minutes
Ron French made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 5, 2009, Ethics Committee meeting.Joe McCulley seconded the motion. A voice vote was taken with Chair Reeves declaring the motionapproved.
4. Public Input on Items on the Agenda
There was no public input on items on the agenda.
5. Old Businessa. Committee Membership
The Ethics Committee discussed the addition of citizen members to the Ethics Committee. ChairReeves reviewed the previously distributed draft membership proposal regarding adding citizens to theEthics Committee. Roy Crawford explained a proposal he had drafted concerning changes to theEthics Policy, Section 5, Ethics Complaints. He asked if the committee might consider recommendingto the full Commission the addition of 2 citizen members now and to be appointed through September,2010; and in September of 2009, appoint 3 additional members with 2 year terms. He stated the Mayorwould nominate and the Commission would appoint. Mr. Crawford stated the members could not beemployees or officials of Blount County Government, nor could they have direct relatives who wereofficials or employees of Blount County Government, with direct relatives defined as spouse, parents,or children. Mr. Crawford stated until September, 2009, there would be 7 members; and after that,there would be 5 members on the Ethics Committee. The committee discussed making the term limitsfor all members a maximum of (2) two year terms. The committee discussed removing the words“each year” from the third line of the first paragraph of the proposed policy for Section 5 of the Code.The committee discussed turning in the applications and resumes to the Human Resources Departmentto Betsy Cunningham for review before the applicants’ names and information are given to the Mayorfor nomination. Chair Reeves summarized the procedure as follows: 1.) The application would bepublished on line. 2.) The openings for citizens to serve would be announced in the newspaper. 3.)The Human Resources Director would accept the applications and review as needed. 4.) The Human
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