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18-136 03/12/2018
CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Council Meeting Date: March 12, 2018
Item No: 18-136
Responsible Dept: Legal
Action Requested: Ordinance Map/Lot: N/A
Amending Chapter 33, Code of Ethics, Section 33-11 — Municipal Budget
Summary
This ordinance would amend the Code of Ethics to add a provision that Councilors shall not abstain nor be
prohibited from voting on the municipal budget when it comes before the Council for approval. Regardless of
whether there may be items in the municipal budget on which a councilor has been previously determined to
have a conflict or has previously abstained during the budget workshops.
If during the Council discussion of the approval of the municipal budget the Council decides to deliberate upon a
line item of the budget on which a councilor has been previously determined to have a conflict or has previously
abstained, then the Councilor shall not participate in the deliberations on that particular line item. At the
conclusion of the deliberation, the Councilor shall continue to participate in other budget deliberations and vote
on the municipal budget.
It is the intent of this provision that all Councilors shall participate in the deliberation and vote on the municipal
budget when it is presented to the Council for approval, but that no Councilor shall participate in the deliberation
on or vote on any specific provision in the municipal budget for which the Councilor has previously been
determined to have a conflict or has previously abstained.
Committee Action
Committee: Council Workshop
Action:
Staff Comments & Approvals
Meeting Date:
For: Against:
Vr'LE� r-A-;�K
City Manager City Solicitor
Introduced for: First Reading and Referral
Finance Director
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE
Date: March 12, 2018
Assigned to Councilor: Supica
18-136 03/12/2018
ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 33, Code of Ethics, Section 33-11 — Municipal Budget
WHEREAS, the City's Ethics ordinance provides that a Councilor may not vote on a matter after he or she has
abstained or it has been voted that the Councilor has a conflict of interest; and
WHEREAS, it in the best interest of the City that all Councilors vote on the municipal budget when it comes
before the Council for approval; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to amend the Code of Ethics to clarify that although Councilors shall not
participate in the deliberation of any line item on which they have previously abstained or been determined to
have a conflict, they shall deliberate and vote on the final municipal budget.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR AS FOLLOWS, THAT
Chapter 33 of the Code of the City of Bangor be amended as follows:
By adding the following:
§ 33-11 F — Municipal Budget
Notwithstanding the provisions of 03-11 and 03-11.1, no City Councilor shall abstain from or be prohibited
from votina on the municipal budget when it comes before the Council on a Council agenda for approval.
If durina the Council discussion of the approval of the municipal budget the Council decides to deliberate upon
a line item of the budget on which a councilor has been previously determined to have a conflict or has
previously abstained, then the Councilor shall not participate in the deliberations on that particular line item.
Upon the conclusion of any such deliberation, the Councilor shall continue to participate in other budget
deliberations and vote on the municipal budget.
It is the intent of this provision that all Councilors shall participate in the deliberation and vote on the
municipal budget when it is presented to the Council for approval, but that no Councilor shall participate in a
deliberation on or vote on any specific provision in the municipal budget for which the Councilor has previously
been determined to have a conflict or has previously abstained.
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IN CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 12, 2018
CO'(8-136
FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
COMMITTEE MEETING OF MARCH 19, 2018
CITY CLERK
IN CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 26, 2018
COr 18-136
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE
VOTE: 8-0
COUNCILORS VOTING YES: DAVITT, GRAHAM, NEALLEY, NICHOLS, PERRY
SUPICA, WESTON, TREMBLE
COUNCILORS VOTING NO: NONE
PASSED
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CITY CLERK