Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 112.324, Florida Statutes*, and 2010-172E, of the Jacksonville Ordinance Code, a shade meeting will be convened of the Hotline Subcommittee of the Jacksonville Ethics Commission to be held Monday, July 30, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. in Conference Room 2C, Second Floor - City Hall, St. James Building. This purpose of the meeting will be to discuss preliminary investigations of hotline matters. See the Ethics Commission webpage for the agenda.
*112.324(2)(a) provides in pertinent part: “The complaint and records relating to the complaint or to any preliminary investigation held by…a Commission on Ethics and Public Trust established by any…municipality…are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24, Art. I of the State Constitution, and any proceeding conducted by…a Commission on Ethics and Public Trust, pursuant to a complaint or preliminary investigation, is exempt from the provisions of s. 286.011, s 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution, and s. 120.525, until the complaint is dismissed as legally insufficient, until the alleged violator requests in writing that such records and proceedings be made public, or until the…Commission…determines, based on such investigation, whether probable cause exists to believe that a violation has occurred.”
Please contact Susan Stewart, Ethics Coordinator, at (904) 630-1680 for additional information or correspondence.