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CITY OF NORTA OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2013 - 71 BY: Council Member Orlowski AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 107.14 OF THE ETHICS CODE IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE ETHICS COMMISSION AND TO REFER ALL COMPLAINTS TO THE OHIO ETHICS COMMISSION. yVHEREAS, the Intra-Governmental Committee of City Council reviewed the City Ethics Code and recommended that it be eliminated and that any complaints be referred to the Ohio Ethics Commission; and WHEREAS, it is accordingly the desire of this Council to amend Section 107.14 to eliminate the Ethics Commission and refer all complaints to the State of Ohio. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 107.14 ("Board of Review Established") of the Administrative Code, which presently reads as follows: ? 107.14 ETHICS COMMISSION; POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) There is hereby established an Ethics Commission in the City which shall consist of five members, namely, the Director of Finance, the Director of Personnel and Administrative Services, the President of Council and one Councilman at large and one Ward Councilman, both of whom shall be appointed by a majority vote of Council. Neither the Ward Councilman nor the Councilman at large shall be of the same political party, unless all members of Council are of the same political party. The Chairman of the Commission shall be a member of the Commission and shall be chosen by the members of that Commission. The Commission shall meet within thirty days after the effective date of this section to hold an organizational meeting to name its Chairman and further shall hold an organizational meeting in January of each year thereafter. (b) (1) The Ethics Commission established in subsection (a) hereof shall be charged with the duty of investigating any charge of conflict of interest and/or unethical conduct brought against any appointed or elected official, member of any duly constituted committee or commission, or employee of the City, pursuant to this chapter, or any other ordinance adopted by the City. The Commission shall meet within seventy-two hours of a charge of conflict of interest and/or unethical conduct having been made in writing and placed before the Chairman of the Commission. (2) The Commission shall then meet only if a charge of conflict of interest and/or unethical conduct has been made and placed before them. All meetings, except the organizational meeting, shall be private and closed to the public. If, after meeting on a question of conflict of interest and/or unethical conduct on the part of an appointed or elected official, committee or commission