§ 2-64. Violations.  


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  • Complaints regarding alleged violations of this division by an official or appointive official may be referred to the presiding officer by any person having personal knowledge of such violation. A complaint shall be in writing and specify in detail the circumstances constituting the violation, the transaction to which the violation relates and the official or appointive official alleged to have violated this division. Upon receipt of a complaint, the presiding officer shall cause a committee to be formed consisting of the presiding officer, the chief executive and one (1) member of the board of commissioners to be appointed by the official or appointive official alleged to have violated this division. If the presiding officer or the chief executive is the subject of a complaint or is otherwise unable to serve, the deputy presiding officer shall serve on the committee instead. The committee thus formed shall make such investigation of the complaint as it deems appropriate with respect to the matters contained in the complaint and, within thirty (30) days of its appointment, shall report its findings to the full board of commissioners. If the committee finds that a violation has occurred, it shall also recommend whether the board of commissioners shall either censure or reprimand the official or appointive official or take no further action. The board of commissioners at its next regular meeting, not less than fifteen (15) days after the committee makes its report, shall, by an affirmative vote of not less than four (4) members, act upon the report by either censuring or reprimanding the official or appointive official or, in its discretion, taking no further action. The report of the committee shall be made a part of the minutes of the board of commissioners and a copy thereof forwarded to the district attorney.

(Code 1976, § 1-1010(m))