ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING APRIL 27, 2022 at 6:00 P.M. Austin City Hall, Boards & Commissions Room, # 1101 301 W 2nd Street, Austin, Texas 78701 Some members of the Ethics Review Commission may be participating by videoconference. Public participation will be allowed in-person or by telephone. The meeting may be viewed online on ATXN2 at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Public Speakers: Speakers providing in-person testimony can register to speak either online or in- person prior to the meeting. Following are instructions for registering for Remote Public Communication (formerly “Citizen Communication”): • All interested in speaking remotely during public communication or on an agenda item must register in advance no later than: Tuesday, April 26, 2022 by noon. • Call or email the staff liaison at 512-974-2915 or lizette.benitez@austintexas.gov, no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). The information required is the speaker’s name, telephone number (must be the same number the speaker will use to call into the meeting), and e-mail address. If speaking on an agenda item, please provide the agenda item number(s) you wish to speak about. • • Once a request to participate has been made to the liaison, the information about how to call into the meeting on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. Additional Instructions for Public Speakers, including how to register in person during the thirty minutes prior to when the meeting being begins, are provided at the end of this Agenda. COMMISSION MEMBERS: Chair Luis Soberon Debra Danburg Michael Lovins Mikki Teneyuca Vice-Chair Mary Kahle Betsy Greenberg Donna Beth McCormick Sidney Williams AGENDA Vacancy – Mayor’s nominee Raafia Lari Nguyen Stanton CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL (formerly CITIZEN COMMUNICATION) There is no limit on the number of speakers who may speak on agenda items. A maximum of ten persons will be allowed to speak during general citizen communications on non-agenda items. 1 Each person must register to speak prior to the call to order of the meeting. Each speaker who registers to speak will be allowed three minutes to speak. Please also see the “NOTICE Regarding Public Communication (formerly “Citizen Communication”) at the end of this agenda. 1. NEW BUSINESS Discussion and possible action regarding the following: a. Annual Election of Commission Officers (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Parliamentarian) b. Ethics Code Overview of Section 2-7-62 (Standards of Conduct) and conflict of interest provisions, …
ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES 18, August, 2022 ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, April 27, 2022 The Ethics Review Commission (“Commission”) convened in a regular meeting on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, Austin, Texas. Chair Soberon called the meeting to order at 6:08 p.m. Location: City Hall, Room 1101, 301 W 2nd Street, Austin, Texas and via Videoconference. Commissioners in Attendance: Chair Luis Soberon and Commissioners: Betsy Greenberg, Michael Lovins, Donna Beth McCormick, Nguyen Stanton, Mikki Teneyuca, and Sidney Williams were present at City Hall. Vice-Chair Mary Kahle attended via videoconference. Commissioner Williams arrived before the first vote on item 1(a). Members Absent: Commissioners: Debra Danburg and Raafia Lari. Vacancy: Mayor’s nominee. City Staff in Attendance: Lizette Benitez, Staff Liaison; Lynn Carter, Commission Executive Liaison & Assistant City Attorney. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL (formerly 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 No one registered to speak during Public Communication. 1. NEW BUSINESS Discussion and possible action regarding the following: a. Annual Election of Commission Officers (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Parliamentarian) Commissioner Greenberg nominated Commissioner Stanton as Secretary. Commissioner Teneyuca seconded the nomination. Commissioner Stanton was elected as secretary on a unanimous vote of the eight members present. Voting in favor: Chair Soberon, Vice-Chair Kahle, and Commissioners Greenberg, Lovins, McCormick, Stanton, Teneyuca, and Williams. Secretary Stanton made a motion to approve Chair Soberon, Vice-Chair Kahle, and Parliamentarian Greenberg continuing in their current officer positions. Commissioner McCormick seconded the motion. The motion passed on a unanimous vote of the eight members present. Voting in favor: Chair Soberon, Vice-Chair Kahle, Secretary Stanton, and 1 ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Commissioners: Greenberg, Lovins, McCormick, Teneyuca, and Williams. Commissioners Danburg and Lari were absent. 18, August, 2022 b. Ethics Code Overview of Section 2-7-62 (Standards of Conduct) and conflict of interest provisions, Section 2-7-63, 2-7-64, and 2-7-65, and Section 2-7-2 (Definitions) Item 1(b): Commission Executive Liaison, Lynn Carter, gave a partial presentation (about 30 minutes). The presentation will continue at one or more future meetings. 2. OLD BUSINESS Discussion and possible action regarding the following: a. Review and evaluation of the dollar limits established in Chapter 2-2 (Campaign Finance) and consider making recommendations to the city council as …
