Versión en español a continuación. Regular Meeting of the Ethics Review Commission Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Ethics Review Commission to be held February 10, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance no later than Tuesday, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 by noon. All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the February 10, 2021 Ethics Review Commission Meeting, members of the public must: •Call or email the board liaison at 512.974.2915 and sue.palmer@austintexas.gov no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). The following information is required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). •Once a request to speak has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start time in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to sue.palmer@austintexas.gov by noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If the meeting is broadcast live, it may be viewed here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live 1 Reunión del ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION FECHA de la reunion February 10, 2021 La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social. Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación February 9, 2021 antes del mediodía. Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los miembros del público deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en 512.974.2915 and sue.palmer@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). Se requiere la siguiente información: nombre del orador, número (s) de artículo sobre el que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutral, dirección de correo electrónico (opcional) y un número de teléfono (debe ser el …
ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, February 10, 2021 The Ethics Review Commission (“Commission”) convened in a regular meeting on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, Austin, Texas via Videoconference. Chair Luis Soberon called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Commissioners in attendance: Chair Luis Soberon and Commissioners Debra Danburg, Betsy Greenberg, Donna Beth McCormick, Nathan Ryan, and Pedro A. Villalobos were present at the beginning of the meeting. Secretary Gober and Commissioner Mary Kahle joined the meeting by 6:10 p.m. Commissioner Raafia Lari joined the meeting during executive session. Vice-Chair J. Michael Ohueri and Commissioner Robin Lerner were absent. City Staff in Attendance: Lynn Carter, Commission Executive Liaison & Assistant City Attorney and Sue Palmer, Staff Liaison, Law Department. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION Each person who signed up to speak prior to the meeting being called to order and who designated this item on which to speak, or who did not designate an agenda item on which to speak will be allowed three minutes to speak. Donna Davidson registered to speak during citizen communication but was not present for the meeting. There were no other speakers for citizen communication. 3. NEW BUSINESS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION ON: (a) Evidentiary matters, including requests for records and/or witnesses in regard to the complaint(s) filed on October 13, 2020 by Mark Littlefield against Save Austin Now, which complaint alleges violations of City Code Chapter 2-2 (Campaign Finance) Sections 2-2-23 (Political Committees) and 2-2-26 (Filing Campaign Finance Report Data) of Chapter 2-2 (Campaign Finance). Chair Soberon took up this item out of order. Chair Soberon informed the Commission of Respondent’s request for postponement due to a family emergency and Complainant’s agreement to postponement. Chair Soberon explained that the Commission rules do not provide a process for addressing requests for postponement outside of a meeting for this circumstance. Chair Soberon made a motion to postpone this item and the accompanying executive session item [item 1(a)], which was seconded by Commissioner Danburg. The motion passed on a unanimous vote of 8-0 of the Commissioners present. Three members were absent. Voting in favor of the motion: Chair Soberon, Secretary Gober, and Commissioners Danburg, Greenberg, Kahle, McCormick, Ryan and Villalobos. Vice-Chair Ohueri and Commissioners Lari and Lerner were absent. 1 1. EXECUTIVE SESSION The Ethics Review Commission may announce it will go into Executive Session pursuant to Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code to receive advice from legal counsel on …
