HomeMy WebLinkAbout1.14.25 Board of Ethics Minutes DRAFT MINUTES
LANSING CITY BOARD OF ETHICS
REGULAR MEETING
January 14, 2025, 5:30 PM
Reo Elections Office
1221 Reo Rd Lansing
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Jim DeLine, Chairperson
Keith Kris, Vice Chairperson
R Cole Bouck,
John Folkers
Jim Cavanagh
Louise Alderson
Rachelle Franklin
ABSENT: Janielle Houston, Excused
A QUORUM WAS PRESENT
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brian P Jackson, City Clerk’s Office
Joe Abood, City Attorney’s Office
Katherine Nichols-Leindecker, City Attorney’s Office
PUBLIC COMMENT:
There was no public comment
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
Moved by Keith Kris to approve the agenda as submitted.
MOTION CARRIED
SECRETARY’S REPORT:
Approval of Minutes
Moved by Cole Bouck to approve the Minutes of November 12, 2024 with
edits.
Notified that the City Clerk’s Elections Office will be moving to 701 West Jolly
Road sometime in 2025.
Reminded of the annual completion of the City of Lansing Boards and
Commission’s Ethics Training video.
MOTION CARRIED
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Affidavit of Disclosure, Jason Davis, Lansing Police Department
Moved by Cole Bouck to place Affidavit of Disclosure on file having found
no violation of the Ethics Ordinance or other issues to further debate or
discuss at this time.
CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT:
Defered report until Unfinished Business agenda items are discussed.
CHAIR’S REPORT: None.
TABLED ITEMS: None.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Rules of Procedure Review
Multiple edits were recommended to be made to the Rules of Procedure that
were documented by the Chief Deputy Clerk.
While many were of typographical, the recommendations that impacted policy
are as follow:
•Clarification that the Secretary is not elected but designated by the Rules
of the City Clerk as an ex officio member.
•Clarification that all ex officio members are non-voting members, which is
past practice.
•Board operations will follow Robert’s Rules of Order instead of Mason’s.
•The Law Department will provide suggested language to clarify the
recusal process in Item 7.
Ethics Manual Review
The Board wanted a recommendation sent to the Mayor to add a new cover page
to the Ethics Manual.
Deputy Clerk Jackson shared that pages 10-27 were reprinted copies of the
Ethics Ordinance and the Lansing City Charter Chapter 5.
Chairperson DeLine asked for any additional editing recommendations to be
brought to the February meeting.
ADJOURNED 6:34 p.m.