REGULAR CALLED MEETING of the ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION AUGUST 27, 2025 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. The meeting may be viewed online at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely via telephone. Speakers may register to speak on any number of agenda items, either in-person or remotely, and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation by telephone. To register to speak remotely, contact Lizette Benitez at (512) 974-2915 or lizette.benitez@austintexas.gov. CURRENT COMMISSIONERS: Chair William Ross Pumfrey Patrick Keel Amy Casto Haksoon Andrea Low Wallace Lundgren Brian McGiverin Jordan Preddy Luis Figueroa William King Vice-Chair Brittany Sharkey Secretary Adam Materne AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL There is no limit on the number of speakers who may speak on agenda items. There is a limit on the number of speakers who may speak on items not posted on the agenda—only the first ten speakers who register prior to the meeting being called to order will be allowed a three-minute allotment to address non-agenda items. For more information on public communication, please see the “Notice Regarding Public Communication” at the end of this agenda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Ethics Review Commission Special meeting on July 30, 2025. 1 EXECUTIVE SESSION The Ethics Review Commission may announce it will go into Executive Session pursuant to Chapter 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to receive advice from legal counsel on any matter listed in this agenda. 2. 3. The Ethics Review Commission may announce it will go into Executive Session pursuant to Chapter 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to receive advice from legal counsel to discuss: a jurisdictional determination regarding the Chair’s initial decision that the Commission lacks jurisdiction over City Code Section 2-3-5 (Powers and Duties) and lacks jurisdiction over a complaint alleging a violation of Section 2-7-62 (Standards of Conduct), by a City employee in the position held by the Respondent, as alleged in the complaint filed on June 6, 2025, by Andrew Rivera against Lauren Elisabeth Middleton-Pratt. The Ethics Review Commission may announce it will go into Executive Session pursuant to Chapter 551.071 of the Texas Government Code …
ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 27, 2025 The Ethics Review Commission convened in a regularly called Commission meeting on August 27, 2025, at Austin City Hall, B&C Room #1101, at 301 W 2nd Street in Austin, Texas and via Videoconference. Chair Pumfrey called the Ethics Review Commission meeting to order at 6:06 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance In-Person: Chair Ross Pumfrey, Vice-Chair Brittany Sharkey, Secretary Materne and Commissioners Luis Figueroa, William King, Wallace Lundgren, Brian McGiverin and Jordan Preddy. Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: None. Commissioners Absent: Commissioners Amy Casto, Patrick Keel and Haksoon Andrea Low. Staff in attendance: Caroline Webster, Executive Liaison & Assistant City Attorney; and Lizette Benitez, Staff Liaison. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Andrew Rivera was allotted three minutes to speak on a non-agenda item, three minutes to speak on Item 4 and three minutes to speak on Item 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Ethics Review Commission Special meeting on July 30, 2025. Commissioner Preddy’s motion to approve the minutes was approved on an 8-0 vote of all members present. Vice-Chair Sharkey seconded the motion. Voting in favor: Chair Pumfrey, Vice-Chair Sharkey, Secretary Materne and Commissioners Figueroa, King, and Lundgren, McGiverin and Preddy. Commissioners Casto, Keel and Low were absent. EXECUTIVE SESSION The Ethics Review Commission may announce it will go into Executive Session pursuant to Chapter 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to receive advice from legal counsel on any matter listed in this agenda. 2. The Ethics Review Commission may announce it will go into Executive Session pursuant to Chapter 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to receive advice from legal counsel to 1 3. discuss: a jurisdictional determination regarding the Chair’s initial decision that the Commission lacks jurisdiction over City Code Section 2-3-5 (Powers and Duties) and lacks jurisdiction over a complaint alleging a violation of Section 2-7-62 (Standards of Conduct), by a City employee in the position held by the Respondent, as alleged in the complaint filed on June 6, 2025, by Andrew Rivera against Lauren Elisabeth Middleton-Pratt. The Ethics Review Commission may announce it will go into Executive Session pursuant to Chapter 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to receive advice from legal counsel to discuss: a jurisdictional determination regarding the Chair’s initial decision that the Commission lacks jurisdiction over City Code Section 2-3-5 (Powers and Duties) and lacks jurisdiction over a complaint alleging violations of Section 2-7-62 …
