AGENDA CAPTION:
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Consider approval of Ordinance 2021-07, on the second of two reading, amending Chapter 2, Article V (Code of Ethics) of the San Marcos City Code; requiring ethics complaints to be sworn before a notary public; establishing a twelve month time period to file a complaint regarding an alleged violation; requiring city employees and officials to cooperate in hearings before the ethics review commission; prohibiting the use of intimidation to discourage employees from filing ethics complaints or testifying at hearings before the commission; prohibiting retaliation in the form of adverse personnel action against city employees who file ethics complaints or testify at commission hearings on pending complaints; and providing an effective date.
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Meeting date: February 2, 2021
Department: Legal
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The amendments to the San Marcos Code of ethics set forth in the attached ordinance were recommended by the San Marcos Ethics Review Commission and previously reviewed by the City Council.
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