PUBLIC INTEGRITY COMMISSION

AGENDA

October 16, 2012

10:00 A.M.

Margaret O’Neill Building

2nd Floor Conference

410 Federal Street

Dover, DE 19901

1. Minutes of September 18, 2012

2. Administrative Items

a. hiring of part time employee to assist the Commission in complying with the new lobbying law in terms of transitioning to new searchable database required S.B. 185.

b. training

Date / Agency / Title
10/8/2012 / Delaware Transit Authority / Ethics in Government 44 attendees
10/10/2012 / Persons from any Agency may attend / Ethics in Government Class.
Register on Line by clicking above link
01/17/2013 / DelDOT / Ethics in Government
04/30/2013 / DelDOT / Ethics in Government
07/20/2013 / DelDOT / Ethics in Government
10/22/2013 / DelDOT / Ethics in Government

c. Hanson v. PIC – Notice of Appeal filed on Sept.

3. Election of Officers – pursuant to the Commission’s procedures on Election of Officers, nominations and voting.

4. Requests for Advisory Opinions, Waivers and Complaints[1]

12-39 City Code of Conduct 10:30 – pursuant to 29 Del. C. § 5802 (4) City has requested the Commission to review its Code of Conduct to decide if it is as stringent as the State Code of Conduct

12-29 Nepotism 11:00 – pursuant to 29 Del. Super. Ct. Rule 59 at request of State employee the Commission will reconsider its prior opinion on an issue of nepotism.

12-40 Personal/ Private Interest 11:30 - pursuant to 29 Del. C. § 5806 (d) State employee filed a disclosure of outside employment where he contracted with a State agency other than his own to be reviewed for any conflict.

5. Adjournment

[1] Pursuant to 29 Del. C. § 10004(6 ) to discuss non-public records (29 Del. C. § 10002(6) Any records specifically exempted from public disclosure by statute or common law), as the written statements required for advisory opinions and complaints are subject to the confidentiality standards in 29 Del. C. § 5805(f), 29 Del. C. § 5807(d) Advisory Opinion Requests, and 29 Del. C. § 5810(h) for Complaints. Further, the proceedings, like personnel actions are, by statute, closed unless the applicant for the advisory opinion requests a public meeting, 29 Del. C. § 5805(f), 29 Del. C. § 5807(d), or the person charged in a complaint requests a public meeting. 29 Del. C. § 5810(h). No applicant for an advisory opinion has requested an open meeting. There are no complaints or waivers scheduled for this meeting.