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January 27, 2006 - Recessed Meeting Page 485 . How is a Code of Ethics enforced? Highlights of the presentation by Dr. Toenjes and Dr. Souffrant included the following: . The Ethics Center defines ethics basically as what is right and wrong in human behavior and serves to guide one's behavior; . Persons generally think of ethics as a subset of law or a code of behavior that is beyond what the law would offer; . There is a variety of codes of ethics, most of which have specific guidelines to govern conflicts of interest I procedures for hearing cases, receiving allegations, etc.; . Reasons for having a Code of Ethics include the following: o Help the members of an organization to explain and clarify their actions and achieve the organization's goals. e Achieve the goals of an organization in clearing up any gray areas, specifically going beyond the broad and minimum character of the law. o Allows members to have confidence that no one is putting their private agenda or personal agenda ahead of the public agenda; . Developing a Code is a long process and should be specific to the organization. . Enforcement procedures vary from organization to organization and could include such things as sanctions, letter of reprimand, etc. There was general discussion by the Board. Issues addressed during the discussion included the following: (1) Recent complaint forwarded to the District Attorney by the County Manager due the lack of procedure to deal with such matters; (2) Absence of any recall procedure for Board members and the Board's accountability to the voters; (3) Varying perception of what is ethical or unethical by different individuals; (4) Establishment of a citizen review board and membership; and (5) Use of financial disclosure statements and whether those statements should include a member's spouse and/or child. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded Carpenter and unanimously carried, the Board asked the proceed with putting together some options for the Board or April regarding the development of a Code of Ethics. by Commissioner County Manager to to review in March Dr. Toenjes and Dr. Souffrant left the meeting at 3:58 p.m. Proposal by Chairman Carruth Chairman Carruth reported that some members of the Concord City Council had suggested at the rezoning public hearing that the Board take another opportunity to hear from downtown residents concerning the jail project. He presented the following proposal: Sheriff's Office and Detention Center Review Proposal 1. February 21 is the regularly scheduled meeting of the Concord P&Z Board. At that meeting, the current plan for the facility, as adopted by the BOC at its January work session meeting, will be presented for a Conditional Use Permit. 2. Prior to that day, I propose a review committee, similar, in make up to the Blue-Ribbon Commission proposed by the CBC, be formed. This committee will be composed of the following members: a. 1 Representative from Citizens for a Better Concord. b. 1 Representative from the Residents of Historic Concord. c. 1 Representative from the Concord Downtown Development Commission d. 2 Representatives from the Judicial/Courts system. e. 2 Representatives from the County and City Staffs (non-voting) The committee will be facilitated by WBA, the project architect. Turner Construction, the Construction manager for the jail project, will also participate as a non-voting member.