B O A R D O F E T H I C S
APPROVED PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES
June 9th, 2009
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Acting Chairman Debra Jelley called a Board of Ethics meeting to order at 6:35 PM in the upper conference room of the New Durham Town Hall located off Main Street.
Present:
Debra Jelley, Chairman Marcia Clark Skip Fadden
Barbara Hunter, Deputy Chairman Jan Bell
Also Present:
April Whittaker Recording Secretary
The Board of Ethics welcomed Skip Fadden as the newest member to the Board of Ethics (BOE).
Approval of Minutes
The BOE reviewed the minutes of May 12th, 2009.
Motion Bell, second Clark to approve the minutes of May 12th, 2009 as written, vote 4 –0; Fadden abstaining due to lack of oath of office at said meeting.
Debra Jelley commented to her Board the value that she had found in reading the book acquired from the Local Government Center titled “Ethics for Land Use Board members.” She encouraged other board members to take the time to review the same for the next meeting. She opined some of the content may influence or impact the current language in the proposed “Rules of Procedure.”
Annual Chairman & Vice Chairman Vote
The acting Chairman advised the BOE of the annual vote called for a chairman and vice-chairman. She recapped that the BOE declined to vote at the last meeting in order to afford Mr. Fadden the opportunity to participate in the vote for the officers of the BOE.
Motion Clark, second Bell to nominate Debra Jelley for another term as the BOE’s “Chairman,”
Discussion: All board members felt that she had conducted herself as an excellent chairman and consensus was that she should continue. Mrs. Jelley thanked the board for their confidence, and reaffirmed that she would be willing to take up the chairman position provided that there was no one who felt that they would like to take the lead. There being none, she called for the vote; vote unanimous.
Motion Jelley, second Bell to nominate Barbara Hunter as “Vice-Chairman” for another term,
Discussion: Again, the same sentiments were echoed regarding Mrs. Hunter and her capabilities as vice-chairman; vote unanimous.
OLD BUSINESS
The BOE reviewed the proposed final draft of the “Rules of Procedure.” Upon re-reading of the document, there remained corrective grammatical errors and rewording in various sections of the document. Mrs. Whittaker will take up the corrections and prepare the same for the next scheduled meeting.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Chairman Jelley reminded the BOE to review the booklet entitled “Ethics for Land Use Members” as preparation work for the next scheduled meeting slated for July 14th, 2009.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion Hunter, second Fadden, to adjourn at 8:35 PM, vote unanimous.
Respectfully submitted
April Whittaker, Recorder
NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING
TUESDAY, JULY 14TH, 2009 @ 6:30 PM
TOWN HALL UPPER CONFERENCE ROOM
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