Town of Pittsfield, New Hampshire

Ethics Committee

85 Main Street

Pittsfield, New Hampshire 03263

ETHICS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES – !draft!
Date/Time : Wednesday February 15, 2006 7pm

Location : Town Hall, Small meeting room

Attending : G. Amnott , M. Bahr, H. Sanborn, H. Vogt

Members of Public : none

Excused Absence : D. Chase

Unexcused Absence : none

Quorum? : Yes

MINUTES OF MEETING

1. Meeting was called to order at 7:06pm

2. Minutes from 02/08/06 were unanimously approved.

3. The updating of documentation was discussed by the Committee.

4. Motion made to accept the Rules of Procedure, Complainant Letter and Respondent Letter as edited. GA motion, HS second, unanimous pass.

5. Motion made to accept the Complaint Form as edited. HS motion, GA second, unanimous pass.

6. Motion made to accept the Acknowledgement Form as edited. HV motion, HS second, unanimous pass.

7. The next meeting time was set at Wednesday, March 8 2006.

8. Meeting was adjourned by the Chairman at 8:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Secretary M. Bahr

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ETHICS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES – !draft!
Date/Time : Wednesday February 8, 2006 7pm

Location : Town Hall, Small meeting room

Attending : G. Amnott , M. Bahr, D. Chase, H. Sanborn, H. Vogt

Members of Public : none

Excused Absence : none

Unexcused Absence : none

Quorum? : Yes

MINUTES OF MEETING

1. Meeting was called to order at 7:00pm

2. Minutes from 02/01/06 were unanimously approved.

3. Motion made to accept the Findings as written for Mr. Schroth’s complaint. MB motion, HS second, unanimous pass.

4. The Rules of Procedure, revised to incorporate Mr. Bates’ recommendations, were reviewed.

5. Motion made to accept the revised ROP. GA motion, DC second, unanimous pass.

6. Michelle agreed to develop a document control sheet, listing all documents for the committee.

7. Meeting was adjourned by the Chairman at 8:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Secretary M. Bahr

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ETHICS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES – !draft!
Date/Time : Wednesday February 1, 2006 7pm

Location : Town Hall, Small meeting room

Attending : G. Amnott , M. Bahr, H. Sanborn, H. Vogt

Members of Public : Tim Bates, Town Attorney

Excused Absence : D.Chase

Unexcused Absence : none

Quorum? : Yes

MINUTES OF MEETING

1. Meeting was called to order at 7:04pm

2. Mr. Bates met with us to discuss our Rules of Procedure, and a list of questions we had submitted regarding various topics. In summary he recommended the following :

A. All Ethics Committee Meetings, Hearings and Investigations should be public unless there is a compelling reason to move to non-public. This should only happen when the need for privacy outweighs the significant right of the public to know.

B. When complaints are received, we should notify the respondent as soon as possible with a copy of the complaint.

C. Findings may be signed by only one member of the Committee, we do not need every member to sign.

3. Motion made to accept all of Mr. Bates’ recommendations, and to restructure or edit all our documents and forms accordingly. GA motion, HS second, unanimous pass.

4. Hugh agreed to take the responsibility to collect all complaints from Town Hall and immediately copy the respondent and the Committee.

5. Minutes were unanimously approved from 1/25/06.

6. Meeting was adjourned by the Chairman at 9:22 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Secretary M. Bahr