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CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
MINUTES OF A
BOARD OF ETHICS MEETING
March 20, 1995
City Attorney's Conference Room
3:30 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Harriet Acton, Jerry McNutt, Joanne Carson,
Susan Herney and Richard Schulman
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Billy Kelley (excused) and Martha Villegas
(excused)
STAFF PRESENT:
Bruce M. Boogaard, City Attorney
Toni McKean, Training Coordinator
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Acton at 3:35 p.m.
Roll was called and all members were present except Members Kelley
and Villegas. MSUC (McNutt/Carson) to excuse Martha Villegas due
to a work conflict and to excuse Billy Kelley due to military
training.
MSUC (Schulman/McNutt) to approve the minutes of the March 6, 1995.
Oral Report bv Toni McKean on Train-the Trainer Session.
Toni McKean gave the Board information on her function as Training
Coordinator with the City of Chula Vista. As for the Train-the-
Trainer session, Ms. McKean's reported it was a full 3-1/2 days
from March 1-4, 1995. There were 28 people involved in the
training with such diverse backgrounds as the City Manager of
Culver City, Police Chief of New York, employees from the U. S.
Defense Systems, Martin Marietta, universities and an Ethics
Coordinator.
Michael Josephson, who is a very powerful speaker, taught the whole
program. His training is more specific and concrete than other
training. He did not use a lot of overheads nor have much group
participation but talked about the differences between values
clarification and ethics and is very clear about right and wrong.
Toni is now licensed to teach ethics training and will receive a
quarterly publication from the Institute. She distributed a
handout with a biographical sketch of Mr. Josephson, The Domains of
Ethics and an excerpt from Western city Magazine.
She announced she has set up the Ethics training for June 17, 1995
for the City Council, selected members of b/c/c's and department
managers invited by John Goss.
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After checking a variety of sources, Toni reported that Josephson
was the best provider for the training session. Member McNutt felt
her findings validated what the Ethics Board had found.
General discussion ensued among the members regarding the June 17
training:
· Participants: Which other outside agencies should be
invited such as the school district, water districts,
SDG&E, and at what cost?
· Best Location: Council Chambers, EastLake Theater, County
Cafeteria?
· Program: Whether the panel of attorneys will be there?
Lunch to be provided? Videotape of presentation?
Attorney Boogaard reviewed the 1/17/95 Council minutes to determine
it's intent regarding the panel of attorneys being combined with
the Josephson presentation. Council's motion was to incorporate
the legal panel into the presentation, but if it was not feasible
there could be a separate panel for legal issues. The consensus of
the Board was for the Chairman, the City Attorney and Toni McKean
to meet with Mayor Horton to get further clarification on Council's
intent.
MSUC (Carson/Schulman) to excuse Susan Herney at 4:35 p.m. to
attend a study group.
Member McNutt distributed his "homework" regarding suggested
prohibitions for inclusion in Section 2.28.050. His scenarios and
others raised by the members were briefly discussed by the Board,
but will be placed on the next agenda to discuss in more detail.
MSUC (Schulman/McNutt) to adjourn the meeting at 4:45 p.m. to the
next meeting scheduled for April 17, 1995 at 3:30 p.m.
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