Concerned Citizens; Please get behind the Ethics Commission; our city needs this!

Please get behind Carla on this...............We need to get his in place and the sooner the better.

 

To: Interested, Alert and Concerned Citizens

From: Carla Miller, Ethics Officer, City of Jacksonville

With the help of many citizen groups, Government Ethics provisions were placed back into our City Charter in November, 2010; the details were to be worked out in future bills. The bills that give life to the Charter Ethics Section are now pending with City Council:

Bill 2011-167 Details on the powers and duties of the Independent Ethics Commission for the city.

Bill 2011-197 Details of the creation of the citywide Ethics, Compliance and Oversight Office (an office to coordinate anti-corruption and ethics activities for all agencies of the city--to be done with no additional cost to the city--just rearranging existing resources); The Executive Director of this office is hired by the Independent Ethics Commission.

These bills will advance anti-corruption efforts in our city and are based upon 3 years of study by the Ethics Commission, national best practices and much citizen input.

What to do to help:

1. Contact the 7 City Council Rules/Ethics Committee members-- CALL AND/OR EMAIL (see names below or send to me to forward to them: ethics@coj.net ) between now and May 22, 2011.

2. Send this email to your friends and ask them to get familiar with the bills and to also get involved.

2. Sign up for the "interested party list" to be sent emails on updates to what is going on with the bills. Do this by sending an email to ethics@coj.net and put "sign me up for IP list!" in the subject line of your email.

3. When (and if) the bills get passed by Rules, they go to all 19 Council members for a final vote. Then send another email or call urging passage of the bills in June.

Timetable for bill to be passed by July 1: (important date, because new Mayor and City Council come in then and all focus will be on the budget.)

Must get to Rules Committee and be passed out on June 6 or June 20; to be forwarded to the full Council the following Tuesday (June 14 or 28).

Thank you for your help -- it is needed now.

Regards,

Ethics Officer

City of Jacksonville

(Email: Dear Council Member____, I am writing you about the Ethics Bills that Council is now working on. (then a few sentences on ethics/the bills.)

(Phone call: "I am a citizen (give name, occupation if you like) and I am calling to tell you my thoughts about the ethics bills pending in Council now. Then say a few words about the bills.)

OR

Write your email on the ethics bills and send it to me, Carla Miller, Ethics Officer, send to ethics@coj.net and I will forward to all of the Council Members

Committee Members (Rules Sub-committee on Ethics Bills)

Art Shad - Chair Phone: (904) 630-1382; Email: AShad@coj.net
Richard Clark - Vice Chair Phone: (904) 630-1386; Email: RClark@coj.net
Bill Bishop Phone: (904) 630-1392; Email: WBishop@coj.net
John Crescimbeni Phone: (904) 630-1381 Email: JRC@coj.net

Stephen Joost (904) 630-1396; Email: Joost@coj.net
E. Denise Lee (904) 630-1385; Email: EDLee@coj.net
Clay Yarborough Phone: (904) 630-1389; Email: Clay@coj.net

Also contact Council President Jack Webb at: 630-1388; Email: Webb@coj.net

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More data for those really interested!

a list of all council members:

CITY COUNCIL WEB PAGE ON ETHICS BILLS

This is the City Council summary page on the 3 ethics bills:

All 3 bills are listed on this page and there is a video of the Rules Sub-Committee hearing on the ethics bills held on April 20th.

The Chair of that subcommittee (Council Member Art Shad) who is the sponsor of these 3 bills is trying to get another meeting set for the week of May 23rd to discuss any amendments to the bill.

Since so many citizens came and spoke in favor of the bills at the April 20th meeting, I believe the next meeting will just be for the Council Members to discuss the bills.

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Comment by Patricia M. McBride on May 24, 2011 at 8:29pm
JL.........lots of reminders!  Thanks, I wrote as well to both Governor scott and the Ms. Carla Miller, the ethics officer.  Be sure to read the ethics bills before taking action.......think I said that already too :). 
Comment by JL Gawlik on May 24, 2011 at 6:35pm
I wrote a blog, on this also, but apparently you were first which is fine as long as the word gets out, i got a response from Scott acknowledging my emails.
Comment by Patricia M. McBride on May 24, 2011 at 6:01pm

As far as the reply.  I thin these folks on city council that don't have a rep for responding are getting the idea they should maybe do it if they like what they are doing and want to stay there or get another position when they max out on terms..............or they could be a Jack Webb!

 

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on May 24, 2011 at 5:59pm
Check another listing I just put up today about education.  We can use some support from everyone.  Governor Scott needs to hear from some folks on this if we are going to keep a voice in the textbooks used to teach our children/grandchildren.  And JL, please cut and paste and share if you can.  Thanks!
Comment by JL Gawlik on May 24, 2011 at 4:48pm

Received my first reply back from council member William Bishop:

Mr. Gawlik:  I am familiar with the bills you referenced.  In fact, there will be a special Rules Committee meeting tomorrow morning about them.  I agree they are good bills and believe they will pass.  Thank you for writing.

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