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Wichita city leaders may limit gifts to city council
April 18, 2021
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita city leaders are considering overhauling their ethics code and for the first time setting a limit on gifts to city council members.
The proposed rules drafted over the past year would ban gifts worth more than $150 a year, establish an anonymous hotline for reporting ethics violations and set up an appointed commission to review complaints. Violating the new ethics code could result in a fine between $100 and $1,000, according to The Wichita Eagle.
The City Council will decide later this spring whether to adopt the new rules, which are set to be reviewed at an April 27 meeting.
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Wichita City Council member James Clendenin has resigned, the latest politician to leave office after becoming entangled in an attack video from the 2019 mayoral campaign.
Clendenin, who represents District 3, made his announcement during Tuesday’s council meeting. He said he will resign Dec. 31. I recognize that I have become a distraction from the critically important work of this council and from this city that I love and have served for nearly a decade,” he read from a prepared statement. “I cannot in good conscience allow that to continue. There are too many important hills we need to climb together to get this city moving again after the pandemic. It would be selfish and unproductive for me to continue in my council position if other events in any way diverted attention from the important city work that must go on.