Director have been placed on unpaid leave. Im willing to put it on the leave. This after the chief operator at the plant says that indicates that the water that was dumped into the bay was not safe. Not healthy for the eco system or the people surrounding that. And the whistle blower and plant and capacity problems down the road. And the mayor said that he and the council nerve saw that. And. And st. Petes public works administrator said he is one of many plant operators stands by the safety of the discharged water maintaining that there was it goes beyond that as well. Who is liable and culpable. Rick scott has called for an investigation by the department of enviromental protection, and the mayor said the dep is already involved in the issue and given that the governor is singling out st. Pete and ignoring the actions of governments across the region. We have to chalk this up to the mayor not happy. And will address the council about the situation and the future of the workers right
Think maybe that is something ms. Pelham maybe that is something raised addressed by regulation we do get this implemented but sounds like you may have a suggestion. Mr. Pilpal question about the different phrasing under the section 41 hundred is certainly language that needs to evolve a definition to distinguish behind that language in 41 hundred start on line 17 well find that the charter protects those including contractors, operating within the scope of a contract so the protection is to those operating within the scope of a contract with the city and county then when you read section one 05 this speaks to improper government activity so it uses the phrase with regards to the contracts when someone files a complaint alleging improper activity by somebody use the language operating employer contractors operating pursuant to the city and county uses instead of operating within the scroll but pursuant to the contractor presumably didnt involve improper government activity it could be
Questions that might be answered so in that sense whats the harm i see nun i see also a certain degree of credibility coming to the commission for stepping forward and doing that and it is beyond the protocol but ill say in terms of my own observation of the City Government it is anecdotal for me, i see a lot of corruption that is soft corruption from the top down and i think many other members of the public the editorial boards of newspapers do it is more us of sticking our toe the water and put him in the audit so mr. Chair, i respectfully move we audit mayor ed lee. So i think there is two pending questions me to take them one at that time for the general powers to audit the subsection the government could code provides the Ethics Commission shall audit the committees in addition his or her description to take a the ram selected members eir receptionist from the committee gets the local fund thats what we prescribed. But mayor ed lees committee didnt receive the public funds i know
Is reviding in my office. Welcome. I will ask for Public Comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda and believe madam assesser is here to make a few words thank you. Good afternoon commissioners. Executive director pelm. We were in the crowd wondering about commissioner hurs name tag. Glad to hear you have one. Today i want to come here because today is commissioner hurs last day with the Ethics Commission and would prefer to find a way to extend his term but i want to express my gratitude and present you with a certificate of honor on the Ethics Commission. The mission of the Ethics Commission is promote the highest level of ethics in government and know how fundamental it is so the people of the city have the trust and faith in government we all kneis so importantism there is a very fast 6 years, not sure if you feel the same way. I believe you have been able to serve in this role with great distinction. [inaudible] insureing not only fair processes and also transpar
Hur. Let me say we welcome you back and particularly in the view the fact well cover the wistal blow rr regulations we passed at the last meeting and i see you didnt bring your plaque that you stethly took away in february. It wasnt given to me but it is reviding in my office. Welcome. I will ask for Public Comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda and believe madam assesser is here to make a few words thank you. Good afternoon commissioners. Executive director pelm. We were in the crowd wondering about commissioner hurs name tag. Glad to hear you have one. Today i want to come here because today is commissioner hurs last day with the Ethics Commission and would prefer to find a way to extend his term but i want to express my gratitude and present you with a certificate of honor on the Ethics Commission. The mission of the Ethics Commission is promote the highest level of ethics in government and know how fundamental it is so the people of the city have the trust and