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of the City’s internal auditor, and provide direction on any additional Ethics Policy
revisions; and to incorporate Vice Mayor Mohan and Vice MayorCouncilmember Chao’s
items:
Vice Mayor Mohan’s items:
1.That mechanisms for disciplinary actions for ethics violations as detailed in the City
Council Procedures Manual be incorporated into the Ethics Policy.
2.That a mechanism for holding elected and appointed officials accountable to timely
completion of required documentation, including especially Form 700 Disclosures
3.That the City Attorney and City Manager direct staff to periodically review the
policy and provide training to elected and appointed officials; and
Councilmember Chao’s item:
4.Direct the City Attorney to incorporate the comments from all councilmembers and
best practices for implementation for accountability and bring back a revision to
achieve the ethics policy goals, taking into consideration the results of public
outreach and public comments as appropriate.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Chao seconded the second substitute motion with a friendly
amendment to modify Item 4:
4.Direct the City Attorney to incorporate the comments from all Councilmembers and
best practices for implementation, for accountability, and bring back a revision to
achieve the ethics policy goals, taking into consideration the results of public
outreach and public comments, as appropriate; with flexibility for the City
Attorney to include options for Council to choose from. (Wei accepted the friendly
amendment).
The amended second substitute motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Wei,
Mohan, Chao, Fruen, and Moore. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR – CONTINUED
The following item was pulled from the Consent Calendar and placed after the Action Calendar
for discussion.
3.Subject: Approve the July 18 City Council minutes (continued from September 6, 2023)
Recommended Action: Approve the July 18 City Council minutes
Written communications for this item included emails to Council.
Mayor Wei opened the public comment period and the following people spoke.
Peggy Griffin
Louise Saadati
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