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MINUTES
LANSING CITY BOARD OF ETHICS
REGULAR MEETING
APRIL 12, 2005 - 5:30 P.M.
TENTH FLOOR COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM, LANSING CITY HALL
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 P.M. in the Tenth Floor Council Conference Room, City Hall, Lansing, Michigan.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nole, Chairperson
Ellen Sullivan, Ph.D, Vice-Chairperson Mary Claiborne Ronald Frybort Rev. John Folkers
David Merchant
ABSENT: Jason Amen Hetep, LaSandra Jones
A QUORUM WAS PRESENT Yes
OTHERS PRESENT: Jack Roberts, Chief Deputy City Attorney
Debbie Miner, City Clerk M. Denise Griffin, Deputy City Clerk
PUBLIC COMMENT: There was no public comment
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Member Folkers to approve the agenda as
submitted. MOTION CARRIED 6/0
SECRETARY’S REPORT: Approval of Minutes: Motion by Vice Chair Sullivan to
approve the minutes of November 9, 2004 and February 8, 2005 as corrected.
MOTION CARRIED 6/0
Communications and Petitions sent and received since the last meeting:
1. Letter to Paul H. Baerman, Public Service Board Member, notifying him of the
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disposition of the Affidavit of Disclosure he filed
RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE
2. Letter to Susan M. Topping, Deputy Treasurer for the City of Lansing, notifying her of
the disposition of the Affidavit of Disclosure she filed
RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE
3. Affidavit of Disclosure filed by Seon Arthur, of the Water Production Department at
the Board of Water & Light
Deputy City Attorney Roberts reported speaking to Mr. Arthur and learning that he is an Instrument Control Technician in the Water Production Department at the BW&L. He
asked Mr. Arthur to describe his job at the BW&L. Mr. Arthur said that he performs
calibration of the equipment and keeps track of the pressure, processes instruments, fixes the compressor and does routine maintenance, and maintains, repairs and stores new equipment and instruments at the Water Treatment Plant. He was hired in January 2002 and received on the job training. He is not a licensed electrician in the United States, but
he was licensed in Trinidad. Mr. Roberts reported asking Mr. Arthur about his job for CSI
(Control System Integrators). Mr. Arthur said that he has worked for CSI for 7 years before coming to work for the BW&L. The work he does for them involves building control panels and electrical control panels for VSD’s (variable frequency drives and starters). He works for the BW&L from 6:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Monday through Friday,
and is on call for 2 weeks at a time, every other month.
His outside work does not conflict with his work at BW&L. The work done for CSI is on an as-needed basis when they are really busy and have more work than they can handle. It could involve 20-25 hours per week, and sometimes as much as 30, and sometimes it
is zero. He works for them after his regular shift at the BW&L and when he is on his own
time. This usually means 2-3 hours per night with some weekend work. He does not work for them if he sees that it would conflict with being on call for the BW&L. As far as he knows, CSI has only bid on one job for the BW&L in the 7 years that he has worked there. He does not have anything to do with the BW&L bid or contract process.
Mr. Roberts stated that he believes that the BW&L knows he works another job and asked
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him to file the affidavit of disclosure by way of being preemptive, because they were interested in having CSI make a bid on one of their contracts. Otherwise, Mr. Arthur would not even have known that CSI was bidding on the contract. From his discussion with Mr. Arthur he has no reason to believe that this affidavit is anything other than what
it appears to be on it’s face.
Motion by Member Frybort to write to Mr. Arthur and notify him that based on the information provided in his affidavit he appears to conform with the requirements of the Ethics Ordinance and to thank him for being proactive in bringing this issue to the Ethics
Board for their consideration. Additionally, that the Board has received his affidavit of
disclosure and placed it on file with no other action required, or contemplated at this time. MOTION CARRIED 6/0
CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT: The City Attorney did not give a report.
CHAIR’S REPORT: Chairman Nole reported that the May 2005 meeting will be his last meeting as a member of the Board of Ethics. He stated that his resignation will be effective as of May 2005.
OLD BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS:
BOARD ROUND TABLE: Discussion was held regarding the procurement of the City
Suite at Oldsmobile Park for the use of Ethics Board.
Member Claiborne reported that she has taken back her maiden name. It is Mary Estes.
ADJOURNED P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Debbie Miner, Recording Secretary Date Minutes Placed on File: