A panel tasked with suggesting reforms to Cincinnati's economic development process is refining its first draft of recommendations. At a meeting Friday,
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Cincinnati s director of community and economic development says some interaction between council members and her department can be inappropriate. Markiea Carter briefed members of the new Economic Development Reform Panel at its second meeting Friday.
Carter says her team has about 300 active projects at any given time, and something as simple as a council member calling to check on the status of a negotiation can influence the process. How can we ensure that that influence is not undue, or it s not impacting other projects that are just as important, but may not have that voice, Carter said.
By 700 WLW News
Jan 27, 2021
(Cincinnati, OH) - Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley has announced the people he wants to serve on the Economic Development Reform Panel.
During 2020 three members of Cincinnati City Council were charged by the federal government for their alleged roles in separate corruption cases. Former Democratic councilwoman Tamaya Dennard was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for wire fraud. Republican councilman Jeff Pastor is charged with bribery after his arrest in November. Democratic councilman P.G. Sittenfeld was also arrested in November for alleged bribery.
Retired Hamilton County Common Pleas Court judge Ann Marie Tracey has been chosen to chair the panel.
Cincinnati City Hall hopes new ethics panel will shore up public trust after council arrests
After three high-profile arrests involving City Council members accused of cutting crooked deals with local property developers, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley has appointed an ethics panel to reevaluate the cityâs official interactions with developers. The need for it is depressing, he said.
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CINCINNATI â After threehigh-profilearrests involving City Council members accused of cutting crooked deals with local property developers, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley has appointed an ethics panel to reevaluate the cityâs official interactions with developers.
The need for the panel is depressing, Cranley said Wednesday.