DeKalb County Ethics Board to Meet Jan. 19

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Elisa Murphy, Chief Ethics Officer
P: 470-774-3684

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 12, 2023

DeKalb County Ethics Board to Meet Jan. 19

DECATUR, Ga. – The DeKalb County Board of Ethics will conduct a board meeting on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held via Zoom at https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/j/88137432677.

Join by phone at 602-333-0032 or 888-270-9936 and use conference code 171493.

Agenda

I. Adoption of Agenda

II. Administrative Items

           A. Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of December 15, 2022

           B. Office Update Construction of Wall for Ethics Administrator’s Office (tabled from the October 20, 2022 Board of Ethics meeting)

III. Operations Update

           A. Personnel Evaluations

           B. Motion to eliminate Supervising Attorney / Deputy Ethics officer position as part of operational restructuring (see attachment 1)

           C. Proposed Ethics Board Rules Amendments

                    1. https://dekalbcountyethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Rules-of-BOE-2021.pdf : Proposed amendment regarding Judicial Review (see attachment 2)
                    2. https://dekalbcountyethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Parliamentary-Rules-for-Ethics-Board.pdf : Proposed amendment regarding Quorum (see attachment 3)

IV. Cases

           A. Stacey Kalberman v. Terrell Davis [2017-20]

           B. Viola Davis and Joel Edwards v. Nina Hall, Kelvin Walton [filed 2014]

           C. Tanya Demjanec v. Timothy Hardy [2021-9]

           D. Loretta Washington v. Thurmond, Towler, Clark & Rhinehart [2018-2]

           E. Case Updates from December 2022

V. Public Comment

VI. Board Comments/Future Action Items

VII. Announcement of Next Regular Meeting Date of Thursday February 16, 2023

VIII. Adjournment