The City of Tallahassee is looking for people to serve on the newly-creating ethics board.
Tallahassee voters approved a referendum creating an independent ethics panel for the city. And now, it’s time to fill those slots. Under the plan, the city commission will appoint one member to the board while the other six seats will be made up of people appointed by the Chief Judge and State Attorney for the second judicial circuit, and presidents of Florida State University, Florida A&M University and Tallahassee Community College. Those members would then select the final appointees.
The role of the Ethics Board will be to develop an ethics code, manage the City’s ethics and fraud hotline and be responsible for training all employees and officials in accordance to state and local ethics requirements. The Ethics Board will also propose ordinances and charter amendments to the City Commission, investigate ethics complaints and employ an Ethics Officer.
Applications are due to the city December 31st.
