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1 EthicsCommission Meeting Minutes 2 City Hall Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive 3 Wednesday, May 14, 2025 4 5 I.Call to Order 6 Chair Murphy called the meeting to order at 6:00p.m. 7 8 Members Present:Chair Robert Murphy; Members NickBoulton, Jarrod Cicha, Steve 9 Cyra, and Prajwal Vemireddy 10 11 Members Absent:Member Anna Vervoort 12 13 Others Present:City Manager Patrick Trudgeonand City Attorney Rachel Tierney 14 15 II.Receive Public Comment 16 None. 17 18 III.Approval of Meeting Minutes 19 a.Approve Ethics Commission Meeting Minutes from December 5, 2024 20 21 Commissioner Boultonmoved to approve the December 5, 2024, minutes, seconded by 22 Commissioner Cyra. 23 24 Ayes All: Motionpassed. 25 26 IV.Business Items 27 a.Consider Complaints Alleging Violations of the Ethics Code Against Coun- 28 cilmember Strahan 29 City Manager Trudgeon introduced the ethics complaint,which involved Councilmember 30 Julie Strahan. 31 32 Mr. Trudgeon explained the complaint was received on April 23 and 24, 2025, regarding 33 statements made by Councilmember Strahan at the April 21, 2025, meeting regarding the 34 vacation of AldineStreet. Under the City Code, City AttorneyTierney was required to 35 investigate the complaint. 36 37 Mr. Trudgeonoutlined the potential actions the commission can take: agreeing with the 38 findings, issuing their report, or forwarding the investigative report to the city council with- 39 out any recommendation. He noted this was the city's first ethics complaintsince 2016. 40 41 City Attorney Tierney explained her approach to the investigation, focusing on the video 42 recording of the council meeting and creating a rough transcript of key portions. She high- 43 lighted the confusion about the resolution drafted by her office and the likelihood of the 44 matter being tabled regardless of the decision on the right-of-way vacation. Whetherthe Qbhf!99!pg!385