HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005 04 12.notes.Board of Ethics NOTES FROM THE APRIL 12, 2005 ETHICS BOARD MEETING
Present: Nole, Claiborne, Folkers, Frybort, Merchant, Sullivan Absent: Jason Amen-Hetep, Rev. LaSandra Jones
Others Present: Jack Roberts Deputy City Attorney, Debbie Miner City Clerk, Denise
Griffin Deputy City Clerk APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion by Member Folkers to approve the agenda as submitted.
MOTION CARRIED 6/0 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 SENT AND RECEIVED
1. Letter to Paul H. Baerman, Public Service Board Member, notifying him of the
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 thejob training. He is not a licensed electrician in the United States, but he was licensed in Trinidad. Mr. Roberts reported asking Mr. Arthur what 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 from 6:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Monday through Friday for 2 weeks at a time on an on-call basis, every other month. This 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. 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 know he works another job and asked
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 these documents are anything other than what they appear to be on their 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.
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.