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Bylaws
Creation andPurpo,,ie
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nassion, an PLEXULIVA LO s--ction there has been created the Ethics, Corm
agency oliithe City af'Fybice Island. By cTeatirg the Commission, Counci; intends to:
a) Enhance the public's confidence in the integrity of City goverrariept and ni,,magpement;
and
:b) Provide a facilitative and advisory resource that w,;s1sts the City Council, the City
Minager-and offiers le. Impiernent. administer and enforce the Ethics
Ordinance.
R. As uscd within these bvlaws. "Coninussion" means "the, Ethics Conin.iis.-sion"' or any sulbset of the
F-011cs Coinrnis.sion acnng or, bchalf of the whole Com -mission.
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Section I - Annoi nt:meru. of Mcmsers:
The MavorHaat —Cciuncil oft.hc City MfTybec Island. Georgia shall appoinI Trernbers.
Soc6ori 1 Membersh-
The Ethics Commission is to Composed of sQ,c,en (7) votim., mcrnberswho participate :n
ssion Matters on ar a,,�-nccdcd basis.
Upop anpointment to 5 he Crornrnis,.sicn. a persc$r must have resided in the Cit�, of
Tybee !',I)r at leasi, one Year, be registered to Y(,-,te in City eleeLlOrIS and haVe signed
a SLz�crnent of QualificatioTi
For the duration of service on the Commission a mernbcr must,
a) RQ.,,3ide in the City ot`Tybcc Island: and
b) Lie registered to vote in, city clections; and
0 Not hold any other elected office or bccorne a randidat—, for C!ected office of
'D -e Un'Aed States, this state, this countv-� or this, City;
d a ot be a city:: employee,
t�) lExinibit strong moral, character and good citizenship,
I) 1-3pe 5- to serve as a public ser%mnt (secti-on 2.09.)
11 It is the respon5ibility of any appointed or prospective Commission member -to
disclose interests, bwsiness relationships or other memberships that ma)--
inicrfiere i�,,-fth impartial par4icipation in Cowr.,,is,,-*iu11 work and activity.
Section 3. 'Fernis of Service:
I ) Council intends for Camnilssion -Mcmbers to serve iwo-year "staggered-' ternns SO that ['Our
(4) rneinber terms expirc during odd -numbered vee s and three (3) member terms expire
during even-nurnbcrQd years.
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Mernhen; havilip, odd pos-ftion nUrnbk�rs are to sen. -e terms expirinor. the day beforc the
annual rnecting its odd-nunihei-cd years after 2007. Members having even -number.,, are to
serve terms exp. in,
ng on the day be Core the annual meeting in even-mimbered years after 2008.
Seralon 4, Attendance,
(I ) A rncrnber who lr'aih; to attend Iwo (2) com3ecu'lVe rca-ula.r Meetings Q,- I'Ou-i (4) r,,,gtll;3r
mcc-in gs of the Ftics Comirission in a oric (1) year period, I,FcbruaY;y to last reg -War rneeti.1,19
of Mllliar,,v) without r,.or fioLice Lo the Secretar- an(Yor Chair, shell el'he-Trcsign Cr bccomc
suh,ecL to a rCc(_),IIIrer.daLi0n to Mayor and Council for dismissal Rico. the 1"thics Corlunission.
Thc Chair, will the concurrence of dirce (3) rnember,,,, may neconimend to Mayor and Council
that the vacancy be declared and that the vacant position be filled by appointment.
Amici e 11
Mectings of the Membey's
St ctior, !..vcwtign ofNb�ctlr
:tilt rnect_nus oJ-1-no Commission shall he held at a place Nvithin Tybee ";-;sland, C.00721ia as rniv he ftuni
6M)e to time fixed'j,,, the Chair and -,hall be stated in the notice oFffic meeting pasted at Tyb�ec Island CCIv
!,�11, All vnectinas shO comply \-vith the Georgia Open Records and Meetings Law.
Secdon I annual N-11celing;
Annual mL�ctings of the 'C'OrMI1;ssion shall be held in February. At each stich mceting. tine members shall,
'o itv vot ,-, elecL v fficors.
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Sect on 3.
I -pecial _,MeeLing�:
71je presiding officeTor a majon-P, ol"firic voting members may call addinonal tneetings on an as-n"eed
_basis.
Section 4. NOLICCof'Meetings,
Written notice cat -.all regula-, mectingS StaLing day and boar shall be deiivc!7Qd Tiot less fhart seven
7 _4 the place., EalL
7) or triore thar NAV (30� days, before the date of the n s
I �ieetl -and shall be potedatTybeeCity
Section 5, 13 t i s -, n c ss cal" Me es i I I'as,
The business gat" the. njeetJng shall be so slated ;-n a meeLing agenda. Member,, sha,l �jave an uppoi-Lunity to
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riodif'r: 1 h age7ida rrc
akiig Li �-qkje5l to the chair at the opening rat the meeting,
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I 2rurn: all call the roll to
A quorumshall constitute iolcss than Four Of the voting mernbership. The. secretary sIN
co,nfirn i the presence ol'a quorum, as a tegula'T part oft ie agenda.
Section 7. Y_,qjjQriiv:
11',,-2 quoru-irj Is prcsen% the affilrinati ve vote of a r"ltijority of the members entitled to vote amdr represented
at the Meetings eetings shall be the act of fie merribers. 2
sec,,ion 8. Voting.-
V),e Ethics Commission shall conduc- meetings by Robert's Rule.-, of Order. A simple ma ority shall
prevail excep, Ir. zhe cases of bylaws amendments a -rid removal.
scetion 1 officers:
At each arriii.-I rneeliqg thc voting, panel is to elect Mo (2.) Principal members to
serve as a chain,,e7,son a-Tid vicc-chairperso-P Of theCom-rrlission. These officers are to
,L,cr�,c as such uritfl the ne-xt annual n-veting. if for some reason the voting panel fails
!t,, el cc- a c ha I `-chair at ,m q rLr, uZ meeting, the ; M Lil-ibcnt rna y re T -n ai n -M
lffl-,,�c, �u-jjij a pro-) elected by the principal members.
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Ar, lricLrnbent may bere-ciected to serve as an officer.
11 TC dic, chair Or v,ce-cha!r Icaves office belbre tile term of't)Cjjcc expireo, but retrains
on Lhe Commission- fhe noting paile', is to elect a Tlrinclpaj member Lo serve fn tl e
office jllti I the next annual meeting
0) if an off"ice becomes vacan' heCaUNC Of ar Principal position vacancy. the voting panel -1-,, 3(1
elm --rcpiacernenl officer afler the principal position is filled by Council app0-.ntmCTII.
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Additional Qffic-,7s aP-d--A ti �n
he IFth'cs Conarnission may appoint other such officers. as it shall deem nects,,;;ary. Such ofan
fic rs d
kgonLls ,hal' hold their respective oF1 ices and perform Such duties as shall be determined frorn tirne to til'TIC
11V the rncrr-Lbership.
5 c c:L io n 3. Salaries I laries aird Fxp nses,-
The: ol"ficet-, shall receive r-.,) comperisallion. Should ars officeT(s) Of the [,,thus
be called upon
by the Citv of Tee. ybIsland to m -epruscthe. L- Roa rd at a co r Q!ren cc. meeting; o;, Otfi er official occ asi
ned in r )-incl, olICNI,
-sed for expenses as deli the Cily-s pe s( P
111- offccr shalt he ro'mbu.
Secuork 4, Rgrnovali'Va cari c i e s:
City may remove a rn--inber at ani, time. at Will, With Or Without CaWie. Each vacated commission
th d adopted by
Position is to be EMed by Ci-ty "l-'ournnil appointment based omn vine or other me 0
Council. 6;;e -C Ethics Ordmance Sectim-L 4.08 for details}
Scelior, 5, %Chair -
4 n and shall preside at ill Meetings or
Th-. Chairshall ',-,c Ole chie0,'cxec,,g.;ve �qCccr Of tile Fthics corin-ussio
ve Managem s
tile Member'XI, Shall have genera:, and actiIent of the business ol'the ('ornmIssion, and shall ee
that alq orders and resolutions, of :he Commission are carried into effect- He/she shall be 'he halson to the
Elland cLectce officials. the Cit-, Manager and 7eprr,-sent the islardat-large.
Section 6 Vice- Chair;
Ilie Vice -Chair, in tile absencc, or disability of the Chair. shall perforni the dirties and exercise �he powers
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U11UT1 t . Duties ani POWeTt4:
The Ethics cominission has the duty and authority t.,,):
Establish (and anen d as needed) bylaws, policies and procedures consistent with flee
Ethics Ordinance that govem.. interna) organization and conduct of'Cornmission affaiis,
11) Sche(lult and hold 'ommission meeiings as needed to dischvac duties;
(38) Receivc and consider complaints that this code wa- violated,
0N InLcrpret the Ethics Ordinance as it applies to violation and other issues in 01 -der Lo reach
opil�ions as to w-hether certain actions.. belraxiors. or conduct consiitutc violation of this
Ordinance:
i it f on-nally present or Mliver the Cornmission"s opinions to Council.:
PubhA opinions and citheTdocurnents related to the ethics Ordinance.
(7) Make proposals or recommendations to the CiLy Council for the adoption of any revisio-ns
Or anIcn.dmerits to this Ethics Ordinance:
(8) ngape In training activities,
(9) Issue advisory opinions as provided in the Ethics Ordinance;
I I0) Initiate investigation or perform any ot:-icr Rinction deterrnined by the Corru-nis-sion to
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N. csscr.tial to Fulfilling its piirpose or discharge dutics established within the F(hics
Ordinance
Section 2: Limitations:
The Lthics Comr-nission -is to be an advisory bodyMth. serni-.judicial authority.
Fach rrcrnber del the Corn -mission has a special responsibility to identify and acknowledge
intLC;_CSt'S ("cCrlon M6.) in Comrnission matters and abide by the rules of recusal
%N -hon thLy �avQ conflicting interests in a padding coT=is-sion decision -
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0 1 Niembets cif Tht Board j7i-v,,q IMA Individiial ly or coIjeQtIvc]y int, ere with the p rf - ia c
Li`duties bN CitY Staff
SeC,_Ori '.r
Iministration,and Support.
The City Manager is to ass -En a capable staff membc-r to serve as zecording
sc-,etarN,r and to nm -kc available appropfidate ansufficient Ceti L
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(2) The C'--rk of Council or delireis to scree as the filingelerk for the
Co.-nrr.iiS10n, reccjvt� complaints and publish notices of Ethics Co�a.jnisrSion
rnet,.Aings upon recluest of the Conimission's presiding officer.
-lie Clerk oi"C'oancll and the C& N
I y . 4anager are to provide other support
requested by 'Irbc Cornmission and approved by Courcil-
,Secuoq 4� Cotinsel
The Cit�` Attorneyi jo serve as tits; CorriTnission's legal advisor e,xcept in
circumstances where doing so would TCSU]t In the City Attorney's Conflictillo-
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ii,,�frcsts in a complaint Vr Ing a Council triember as a respondent,
coniplainarit, or otherwise,
If the C ornmission req,'jilTes Itgal sen1ces that the City AtTorriev, cannot provide
L rd assisted In carry1p
or Is no, avalaHe to provide, the Commission is to be represented a
creat its tesponsiIbilities, by an atto:rney appointed by the Ethics Commission witl�
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con 5mation by City Council, A pct on sen� ng as Coirrniissl (in attorney iS SLIjest to the
Fthics Ordiruince
Articles V
General Provisions
Sccncm ". Lim-Lw1-or of Liabilit-v:
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To the fullest extem pernm;tl.t�dby law. no --nember of the Ethic i Comrnission. of ary persim acting or.
N4�half of the Ethcs Commission. is w bo liable to any Person for any damages amid ng oral. (A the
Crlf' rcei ern' or opurai'm c�.'Fthis "'thics Ordinance except in the ca -se of wiliful or wanton misconduct.
This 11im"'La'likin is to applLy to the City� the memhcrs ul'the Ethics Commission and wny pe: -smart acLinV, Under
111C dirwliorl Of *11C E'thics C'ornm 1 1 ssion
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Section I Rv-I.aw Arnmd-marts:
ThCSCr bv-taws 7.r,,,;jv ",)eJlLtfTed- amended or repealed- Nevi by-laws, may be adopted by an affimriati�c vole
of t�� o-th.rd of the mc.m'Denz of'Clic Fthics Commission after 30, days -;AT.;tter notice of the mee,'.Ing and
r.olice sLatirig the changkcs to the membe-S-Tho changes shall also filed -wth fie Clerk of Council.
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Appuw,-M:
Record-jilu, Secretary
Date
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