code of conduct
Guidelines for how city officials should treat residents and each other.
Whether the final adopted version keeps any penalty language and how it spells out who can speak and how complaint hearings work.
Typically discussed at City Council. Check back when the next agenda is published.
Council has been working on a shorter rewrite of the rules for how elected officials are expected to behave. The big sticking points have been vague wording, whether to police phone/device use during meetings, and whether to keep any penalty language at all. Staff was told to revise the draft again and bring it back for a vote.
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A public hearing was scheduled/held on the elected-official code of conduct.
Code of Conduct Public Hearing -
An agenda item appeared titled “Alleged Code of Conduct Violation Section 5: Elected Official Conduct Towards the Public.”
City Council -
Council and staff reviewed a shortened rewrite of the elected-official code of conduct intended to replace a longer, more legalistic complaint process with a more day-to-day usable document.
City Council Work Session -
Council raised concerns about vague language and about trying to regulate phone/device use during meetings due to potential enforcement disputes.
City Council Work Session -
Council supported removing or changing sections tied to penalties (including language about removing a member).
City Council Work Session -
Council asked for a tighter rule limiting who can speak during any complaint hearing to the complainant and witnesses only.
City Council Work Session -
Staff was directed to revise the draft and bring it back for a future vote.
City Council Work Session -
A Council agenda item (26-059) proposed adopting a 2026 code of conduct for elected officials, with a recommended action to waive reading and adopt.
City Council -
The agenda summary described the rewrite as streamlined from 14 pages to 4 and as removing requirements like sworn complaints, notarization, affidavits, and quasi-judicial hearing procedures.
City Council