CITY OF MENOMINEE, MICHIGAN
REGULAR COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
JUNE 20, 2005
A
regular meeting of the Menominee City Council, City of Menominee, County of
Menominee, State of Michigan, was held Monday, June 20, 2005 at 5 p.m. in the
Municipal Complex Council Chambers.
The
Honorable George W. Krah called the meeting to order and led the pledge of
allegiance to the flag.
PRESENT: Mayor
Krah; Council Members Fernstrum, Jasper, Mick, Organ, Plemel, and Schloegel
ABSENT:
Council Members Hudon and Sorensen (both excused)
PRESENT: 7 ABSENT: 2
A
motion was made by Council Member Plemel and seconded by Council Member Organ
to excuse Council Members Hudon and Sorensen from the meeting. This motion was carried unanimously.
A
motion was made by Council Member Plemel and seconded by Council Member Fernstrum
to approve the agenda for the meeting dated June 13, 2005. This motion was carried unanimously.
There being no additions or corrections to the minutes
of the regular meeting of May 15, 2005, the special meeting of May 25, 2005 or
the Committee of the Whole meeting of May 31, 2005, the minutes of all of the
meetings stood approved.
PUBLIC
HEARINGS:
Mayor Krah opened the public hearing that was called
for the purpose of hearing citizen comments on the proposed amendments to
M.O.C. 1:3.1(7) Compensation of Officers, City Manager’s salary.
Doreen Grinsteiner, Daggett MI, reminded council of
the fire fighter hiring issue last year and asked council to vote against any
increase in pay for the city manager.
A motion was made by Council Member Mick and seconded
by Council Member Plemel to close the public hearing. This motion was carried unanimously.
Mayor Krah opened the public hearing that was called
for the purpose of hearing citizen comments on the proposed adoption of M.O.C.
1:11 – Code of Ethics.
No one was heard.
A motion was made by Council Member Jasper and
seconded by Council Member Plemel to close the public hearing. This motion was carried unanimously.
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Mayor Krah opened the public hearing that was called
for the purpose of hearing citizen comments on the proposed establishment of an
industrial development district for Lloyd-Flanders Industries, Inc.
No one was heard.
A motion was made by Council Member Plemel and
seconded by Council Member Jasper to close the public hearing. This motion was carried unanimously.
Mayor
Krah opened the public hearing that was called for the purpose of hearing
citizen comments on the application from Menominee Acquisition Corporation for
new personal property exemption.
No one was heard.
A motion was made by Council Member Plemel and
seconded by Council Member Mick to close the public hearing. This motion was carried unanimously.
Mayor
Krah opened the public hearing that was called for the purpose of hearing
citizen comments on the application from Enstrom Helicopter Corporation for new
personal property exemption.
No one was heard.
A motion was made by Council Member Plemel and
seconded by Council Member Fernstrum to close the public hearing. This motion was carried unanimously.
Mayor
Krah opened the public hearing that was called for the purpose of hearing
citizen comments on the application from L.E. Jones Company for new personal
property exemption.
No one was heard.
A motion was made by Council Member Plemel and
seconded by Council Member Mick to close the public hearing. This motion was carried unanimously.
Mayor
Krah opened the public hearing that was called for the purpose of hearing
citizen comments on the application from Anchor Coupling for new personal
property exemption.
No one was heard.
A motion was made by Council Member Jasper and
seconded by Council Member Fernstrum close the public hearing. This motion was carried unanimously.
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PUBLIC COMMENT:
Mayor
Krah opened the public comment session that was called for the purpose of
hearing citizen comments on agenda items only.
No
one was heard.
A
motion was made by Council Member Plemel and seconded by Council Member
Fernstrum to close the public comment session.
This motion was carried unanimously.
COMMUNICATIONS:
Mike
Dubey, representing the M&M Soccer Association, presented a check in the
amount of $3,000 as a donation to the Spies Field Project. Mayor Krah accepted the check on behalf of
the City.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At
a June 13, 2005 meeting the Buildings and Grounds Committee reviewed the
property located at 1508-17th Avenue (Parcel # 2106-000, Stephenson’s
3rd Add Lot 8 Blk 3) that was foreclosed on by Menominee County and
they recommended purchasing the property at the cost of $2,061.95.
A
motion was made by Council Member Plemel and seconded by Council Member
Fernstrum to adopt the foregoing report.
AYES: Jasper, Krah, Mick, Organ, Plemel, Schloegel,
and Fernstrum
NAYS: None
This
motion was carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At
a June 13, 2005 meeting the Buildings and Grounds Committee reviewed
Certificate of payment #1 to Monosso and Son, Inc. for cornice replacement at
Spies Public Library and they recommended approval of a payment in the amount
of $3,178 to Monosso and Son, Inc. and $26,822 to Monosso and Son, Inc. and
Madison Stone for the total amount of $30,000.00.
A
motion was made by Council Member Plemel and seconded by Council Member
Fernstrum to adopt the foregoing report.
This motion was carried unanimously.
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COMMITTEE REPORT:
At
a June 13, 2005 meeting the Buildings and Grounds Committee reviewed
Application for Payment #1 and final in the amount of $8,730.00 and Change
Order #1 increasing the contract amount by $830.00 to Havelka Construction for
Contract 04-BD-07 - Building Demolition – 422 Second Street and they
recommended that they be approved.
A
motion was made by Council Member Fernstrum and seconded by Council Member
Plemel to adopt the foregoing report.
This motion was carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At a meeting held June 13, 200
the Finance Committee reviewed the claims for the month of May 2005 and they
recommended that checks be drawn on the treasurer in payment of the bills as
follows:
General
Fund $220,733.58
River
Park $ 6,080.17
S/FINANCE
COMMITTEE
A
motion was made by Council Member Plemel and seconded by Council Member
Fernstrum to adopt the foregoing report.
This motion was carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At a June 13, 2005 meeting the
Finance Committee reviewed the proposals received to finance the Spies Field
fundraising pledges and they recommended that the low proposal be accepted from
River Valley State Bank at an interest rate of 3.6% (four annual installments
of $164,415.00).
S/FINANCE
COMMITTEE
A
motion was made by Council Member Plemel and seconded by Council Member
Fernstrum to adopt the foregoing report.
This motion was carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At a June 13, 2005 meeting the
Finance Committee reviewed the contract with the CUPPAD Regional Commission to
update the Comprehensive Plan and they recommended that the city officials be
authorized to sign the contract in the amount of $7,752.00 ($3,876 at the
beginning of the project and $3,876 at completion).
S/FINANCE
COMMITTEE
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A
motion was made by Council Member Fernstrum and seconded by Council Member
Jasper to adopt the foregoing report.
This motion was carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At
a June 13, 2005 meeting the Finance Committee reviewed the costs incurred by
the City for the following property:
Replacement
of concrete sidewalk at 2104-14th Avenue (#1370-000) in the amount
of $897.00
and they recommended that a
special assessment be placed upon the property.
S/FINANCE COMMITTEE
A
motion was made by Council Member Fernstrum and seconded by Council Member
Plemel to adopt the foregoing report.
AYES; Krah, Mick, Organ, Plemel, Schloegel,
Fernstrum, and Jasper
NAYS: None
This
motion was carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At
a June 9, 2005 meeting the Parks and Recreation Committee reviewed Application
for Payment #1 in the amount of $17,304.75 to Kakuk Construction, Inc. for Contract
03-PK-04 Spies Field expansion/renovation and they recommended that it be
approved.
A
motion was made by Council Member Fernstrum and seconded by Council Member
Plemel to adopt the foregoing report.
This motion was carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At a meeting held June 9, 2005
the Parks and Recreation Committee reviewed the transfer process of the
Menominee North Pier light under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation
Act of 2000 and they recommended that city officials be authorized to prepare
an application for ownership.
S/PARKS
& RECREATION COMMITTEE
A
motion was made by Council Member Fernstrum and seconded by Council Member
Plemel to adopt the foregoing report.
This motion was carried unanimously.
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COMMITTEE REPORT:
At
a June 13, 2005 meeting the Public Works Committee reviewed Application for
Payment #4 in the amount of $10,872.48 and Contract Modification #3 increasing
the contract amount by $1,371.48 to Barley Trucking and Excavating, Inc. for
Contract 04-RD-04, 34th Avenue Road Reconstruction and they
recommended that they be approved.
A
motion was made by Council Member Mick and seconded by Council Member Plemel to
adopt the foregoing report. This motion
was carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At
a June 13, 2005 meeting the Public Works Committee reviewed Pay Estimate #1 in
the amount of $131,088.01 and Contract Modification #1 increasing the contract
amount by $15,355.05 to Barley Trucking and Excavating, Inc. for Contract
05-RD-02, 23rd Avenue Road Reconstruction and they recommended that
they be approved.
A
motion was made by Council Member Fernstrum and seconded by Council Member Mick
to adopt the foregoing report. This
motion was carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At
a June 13, 2005 meeting the Public Works Committee reviewed Pay Estimate #1 in
the amount of $25,008.03 to Barley Trucking and Excavating, Inc. for Contract
05-RD-05, 15th Street Road Reconstruction and they recommended that
it be approved.
A
motion was made by Council Member Plemel and seconded by Council Member
Fernstrum to adopt the foregoing report.
This motion was carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At a June 13, 2005 meeting the
Special Projects Committee reviewed the proposals received for the design of
signs using our current lighthouse and slogan and they recommended accepting
the proposal submitted by Signs and Designs at the cost of $600.
S/SPECIAL
PROJECTS COMMITTEE
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A
motion was made by Council Member Fernstrum and seconded by Council Member Mick
to adopt the foregoing report.
AYES: Mick, Organ, Plemel, Schloegel, Fernstrum,
Hudon, and Krah
NAYS: Jasper
This
motion was carried.
COMMITTEE REPORT;
At
a June 13, 2005 meeting the Special Projects Committee reviewed recognizing
Enstrom Helicopter Corporation’s receiving the State Exporter of the Year Award
and they recommended that the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS,
Enstrom Helicopter Corporation is located in the City of Menominee; and
WHEREAS,
the City of Menominee is proud to have Enstrom Helicopter Corporation; and
WHEREAS,
Enstrom Helicopter Corporation was recently recognized by the State of Michigan
Economic Development Corporation as exporter of the year as a result of their
international exporting contracts including the contract with Indonesia;
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Menominee by its City Council
congratulate and recognize Enstrom Helicopter Corporation for this prestigious
award.
S/SPECIAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE
A
motion was made by Council Member Fernstrum and seconded by Council Member
Organ to adopt the foregoing report.
This motion was carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORT:
At
a June 13, 2005 meeting the Special Projects Committee reviewed recognizing
Lance Corporal USMC R. Kent Breese and Corporal USMC David J. Breese’s service
to their country and they recommended that the following resolutions be
adopted:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS,
the City of Menominee has long had a distinguished history of its residents
committing to assorted domestic emergencies during periods of national crisis;
and
WHEREAS,
Lance Corporal USMC R. Kent Breese was summoned to serve our nation in the
ongoing fight against terrorism; and
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WHEREAS,
Lance Corporal USMC R. Kent Breese was ordered to join United States Forces and
allied troops in Iraq, leaving family, friends, and his everyday job to assist
a country under a ruthless dictatorship so that this torn nation, namely Iraq,
could become a free democracy; and
WHEREAS,
Lance Corporal USMC R. Kent Breese performed his task in superb fashion for the
cause of justice and freedom for Iraqi people, and other populations under
threat of dangerous and evil terrorist networks;
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Menominee by its City Council, at
its meeting on June 20, 2005 honor Lance Corporal USMC R. Kent Breese, in
recognition of his splendid performance during his long and rigorous tour of
duty in a perilous war zone, along with the great personal sacrifice and
courage exhibited by him, and whereby the Menominee City Council and all of the
citizens of our community will be forever appreciative for his service.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS,
the City of Menominee has long had a distinguished history of its residents
committing to assorted domestic emergencies during periods of national crisis;
and
WHEREAS,
Corporal USMC David J. Breese was summoned to serve our nation in the ongoing
fight against terrorism; and
WHEREAS,
Corporal USMC David J. Breese was ordered to join United States Forces and
allied troops in Iraq, leaving family, friends, and his everyday job to assist
a country under a ruthless dictatorship so that this torn nation, namely Iraq,
could become a free democracy; and
WHEREAS,
Corporal USMC David J. Breese performed his task in superb fashion for the
cause of justice and freedom for Iraqi people, and other populations under
threat of dangerous and evil terrorist networks;
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Menominee by its City Council, at
its meeting on June 20, 2005 honor Corporal USMC David J. Breese, in
recognition of his splendid performance during his long and rigorous tour of
duty in a perilous war zone, along with the great personal sacrifice and
courage exhibited by him, and whereby the Menominee City Council and all of the
citizens of our community will be forever appreciative for his service.
S/SPECIAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE
A
motion was made by Council Member Plemel and seconded by Council Member
Fernstrum to adopt the foregoing report.
This motion was carried unanimously.
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MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS:
The
first item under motion and resolutions was the following ordinance amendment:
TITLE 1: ADMINISTRATION
1:3.1 COMPENSATION
OF OFFICERS.
(7) CITY MANAGER.
Compensation for the office of city
manager shall be $62,001.00 $63,613.00 per year commencing March
July 1, 20045 and a one time accrued payment for increased
salary from March 1, 2005 to June 30, 2005 in the amount of $537.
A
motion was made by Council Member Plemel and seconded by Council Member Mick to
adopt the foregoing ordinance amendment.
This motion was carried unanimously.
The
following ordinance was presented next:
TITLE
1: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 11: CODE OF
ETHICS 1:11
Section 1 Findings.
It is hereby declared the policy of the City of Menominee that all
officials and employees must avoid conflicts between their private interests
and those of the general public whom they serve. To enhance the faith of the
people and the integrity and impartiality of all officials and employees of the
City of Menominee, it is necessary that adequate guidelines be provided for
separating their roles as private citizens from their roles as public servants.
Where government is based on the consent of the governed, every citizen is
entitled to have complete confidence in the integrity of his or her government.
Each individual official, employee, or advisor of government must help to earn,
and must honor that trust by his or her own integrity and conduct in all
official duties and actions.
Section 2 Statement of
purpose and policy.
(a) This ordinance is
adopted as a code of ethics:
(1) To
state principles of ethics which are to be applied in public service;
(2) To help motivate public servants to pursue ethical ideals
which exceed minimum standards;
(3) To provide a process by which public servants may identify and
resolve ethical issues;
(4) To identify minimum standards of ethical conduct for public
servants;
(5) To inform the public of the minimum standards to which their
public servants are expected to adhere;
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(6) To promote public confidence in the integrity of public
servants;
(7) To encourage members of the public to seek public office or
employment, to serve on public boards, to assist public servants as volunteers,
and to take pride in participating in the governmental process;
(8) To establish sanctions, when appropriate, for public servants
who violate the public trust;
(9) To protect to the fullest extent possible the rights of all
individuals who are subject in any way to the provisions of this ordinance.
(b) This
ordinance is intended to establish the policy that City officials and employees
of the City of Menominee and their relatives shall avoid any action which might
result in or create the appearance of impropriety, including:
(1) Using
public employment or office for private gain;
(2) Giving
or accepting preferential treatment to or from any organization or person;
(3) Impeding
City efficiency or economy;
(4) Losing
complete independence or impartiality of action;
(5) Making
a City decision outside official channels;
(6) Affecting adversely the confidence
of the public or integrity of the City government; or
(7) Giving
or accepting preferential treatment in the use of City property.
(c) The
code of ethics is intended to be preventative and punitive. It should not be
construed to interfere with or abrogate in any way the provisions of any
Michigan statutes, the City Charter, other City ordinances, or any collectively
bargained agreement.
(d) This declaration of policy is not
intended to prevent any City official or employee of the City from receiving
compensation for work performed on his or her own time as a private citizen and
not involving City business.
(e) This declaration of policy is not
intended to apply to contributions to political campaigns that are governed by
state law.
Section 3. Definitions.
Whenever used in this ordinance, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
(a) City means the City of Menominee.
(b) City
official means any person
elected, appointed, or otherwise serving in any capacity with the City of
Menominee in any position established by the City Charter or by City ordinance
which involves the exercise of a public power, trust, or duty. The term
includes any official or employee of the City, whether or not they receive
compensation, including consultants and persons who serve on advisory boards
and commissions.
(c) Compensation means any money, thing of value, or
other compensatory or pecuniary benefit conferred upon, received, or to be
received in return for, or as reimbursement for, services rendered or to be
rendered.
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(d) Controlling
authorities means those
persons identified in section 6 to whom inquiries must be directed.
(e) Decision making means to exercise public power to adopt ordinances, regulations,
administrative procedures or standards, render quasijudicial decisions,
establish executive policy, or render a governmental decision as that term is
defined in section 2a of Public Act No. 196 of 1973 (MCL 15.342a).
(f) Economic
interest means any interest
having value or capable of valuation in monetary terms.
(g) Employee means an individual employed by the
City, whether part-time or full-time, but excludes elected officials and City
contractors.
(i) Gift means anything of value given without
consideration or expectation of return.
(j) Official
duties or official
action means a decision,
recommendation, approval, disapproval, or other action or failure to act that
involves the use of discretionary authority.
(k) Person means any individual, entity, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, firm, association, union, trust, estate, and any parent
or subsidiary of any of the foregoing, whether or not operated for profit.
(l) Relative means a person who is related to an
official or employee as spouse or as any of the following, whether by blood or
by adoption: parent, child, brother or sister, aunt or uncle, niece or nephew,
grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
stepfather or stepmother, stepson or stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister,
half-brother or half-sister.
(m) Substantial means anything of significant worth and
importance, or of considerable value as distinguished from something with
little value, social tokenism, or merely nominal.
Section 4 Conflict of
interest in contracts with City officials prohibited.
No City official or employee shall be a party, directly or
indirectly, to any contract with the City or directly or indirectly solicit any
contract with the City, except as may be permitted by the provisions of Public
Act No. 317 of 1968 (MCL 15.321 et seq.).
Section 5 Code of ethical
conduct.
(a) Gratuities. No City official or employee of the City shall solicit, accept,
or receive, directly or indirectly, any substantial gift, whether in the form
of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing, promise of
future employment, promise of benefit, or in any other form of an economic
interest, under circumstances in which it can reasonably be inferred that the
gift is intended to influence him or her in the performance of his or her
official duties or is intended as a reward for any official action or inaction
on his or her part.
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(b) Preferential
treatment. No City official
or employee of the City shall use, or attempt to use, their official position
to unreasonably secure, request, or grant any privilege, exemption, advantage,
contract, or preferential treatment for themselves, a relative, or others.
(c) Use
of information. No City
official or employee of the City who acquires information in the course of
their official duties, which information by law or policy is not available at
the time to the general public, shall use or withhold such information to
further the private economic interests of themselves, a relative, or anyone
else.
(d) Full
disclosure.
(1) No City official or employee of the City shall participate,
as an agent or representative of the City, in approving, disapproving,
debating, voting, abstaining from voting, recommending, or otherwise acting
upon any matter in which he or she or a relative has a direct or indirect
economic interest without disclosing the full nature and extent of their interests.
Such a disclosure must be made before the time to perform their duty or
concurrently with that performance. If the City official or employee is a
member of a decision-making or advising body, they must make disclosure to the
chairman and other members of the body on the official record. Otherwise, a disclosure would be
appropriately addressed by an appointed City official or employee to the
supervisory head of their organization, or by an elected officer to the general
public. In the case of the City manager or City attorney, he or she shall make
such disclosure to the mayor.
(2) All City council members, the City manager, all City
department heads and all regular full-time and part-time City employees, shall
file an annual disclosure statement with the City clerk on or before April 15
of each year. The statement shall disclose and detail any interest of the filer
in any company, business, trust or entity of any kind doing business with or
licensed or regulated by the City for the past year and state the type of
interest, cost, income and benefits received and present value. The statement
shall also include any interest of the filer's immediate family in any such
company, business, trust or entity. The disclosure statement shall be a public
document.
(3) Provided however, that disclosure need not be made of
benefits received from any entity when an ownership interest is the only
connection, and: (i) the company has stock traded on a national exchange and
the filer owns $25,000.00 or less of stock of the entity; or (ii) the stock
holder owns one percent or less of the total stock by value; whichever is
greater, provided further that wages or salary received from a public community
college, junior college or state college or university need not be reported.
(e) Outside
business dealings.
(1) No City official or employee of the City shall
engage in or accept employment or render services for a private or public
interest when that employment or service is incompatible or in conflict with
the discharge of the City official's or employee's official duties or when that
employment may tend to impair his or her independence of judgment or action in
the performance of official duties.
(2) No City official or employee shall engage in a business
transaction in which the City official, or employee may benefit financially
from his or her official position or authority or benefit financially from
confidential information which the City official or employee has obtained or
may obtain by reason of that position or authority.
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(f) Doing business with the City. No City official or employee shall
engage in business with the City, directly or indirectly, without first filing
a complete written disclosure statement for each business activity having an
economic interest. Such disclosure shall be made on an annual basis or before
any business activity or decision affecting an interest not previously
disclosed by an annual disclosure.
(g) Suppression
of public information. No
City official or employee of the City shall suppress any public City report,
document, or other information available to the general public because it might
tend to affect unfavorably his or her private financial or political interest.
(h) Use
of City property. No City
official or employee of the City shall, directly or indirectly, make use of or
permit a relative or other person to make use of City property of any kind or
City personnel resources for purely personal gain or economic benefit. City
officials or employees shall strive to protect and conserve all City property
including equipment and supplies entrusted or issued to them.
(i) Legal
process. No City council
member, City official, or employee shall interfere with the ordinary course of
law enforcement within the City, and no special favors, consideration, or
disposition shall be suggested to or requested of any law enforcement person of
the City including City manager, police chief, police officers, code
enforcement officers, City attorney, and/or administrative staff concerning any
City law enforcement matter including (but not limited to) parking tickets,
traffic tickets, ordinance tickets, or municipal civil infraction citations.
This subsection shall not prohibit the City manager, City attorney, and all law
enforcement officials from exercising the usual power, control, and discretion
which are part of their duties. Nor shall this subsection prohibit the mayor
and City council from making policy decisions, enacting legislation, and
directing the affairs of the City in accordance with their legal powers and
responsibility.
Section 6 Violation,
enforcement, controlling authority, and advisory opinions.
(a) All
matters concerning conflict of interest as set forth in section 4 and the code
of ethical conduct as set forth in section 5 shall be directed to one of the
two following controlling authorities depending upon the employment status of
the City official or employee involved, or group concerned, and the nature of
the action requested:
(1) Elected
and appointed City officials to the mayor, City council, and City attorney.
(2) Employees,
full- and part-time, of the City to the City manager and City attorney.
(b) The
above-listed authorities, when requested, shall take appropriate action on the
basis of consensus upon any complaint or request for information, or to
otherwise resolve matters concerning this code of ethics. The appropriate action to be taken in any
individual case shall be at the discretion of the controlling authority
involved, which may include but is not limited to any of the following:
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(1) Referral
of the matter to a higher authority.
(2) Pursuing
further investigation by the controlling authority.
(3) Taking or recommending appropriate disciplinary action
including removal from office, appointed position, or employment, in accordance
with the Menominee City Charter, City Code, state law, or the regulations or
policies of the City of Menominee, or any collectively bargained agreement.
(4) Deeming
no action to be required.
(5) Pursuing such other course of action which is reasonable,
just, and appropriate under the circumstances.
(c) The
above-listed controlling authorities may render written advisory opinions, when
deemed appropriate, interpreting the code of ethical conduct as set forth in
section 5. Any City official or
employee may seek guidance from the controlling authority upon written request
and an advisory opinion shall be requested on questions directly relating to
the propriety of their conduct as City officials and employees. Each written
request and advisory opinion shall be confidential unless released by the
requester.
(1) Request
for opinions shall be in writing.
(2) Advisory
opinions may include guidance to any employee on questions as to:
a. Whether an identifiable conflict exists between his/her personal
interests or obligations and his/her official duties.
b. Whether his/her participa