GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The city of Green Bay has unveiled a draft of a proposed “Code of Conduct for Elected Officials”.
This comes on the heels of recent incidents and allegations surrounding members of the City Council and Mayor Jim Schmitt.
The policy, which you can view by clicking on the PDF above, will be discussed by the Ethics Board at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The meeting will be in room 207 of Green Bay City Hall and is open to the public.
In the policy’s opening section, the intent listed is:
“It is the policy of the City of Green Bay to uphold, promote and demand the highest standards of ethics from all of its officials, whether elected to the City Council or appointed to advisory boards. Accordingly, all members of City boards, commissions, committees, and members of the City Council shall maintain the utmost standards of personal integrity, trustfulness, honesty and fairness in carrying out their public duties, avoid any improprieties in their roles as public servants, comply with all applicable laws, and never use their City position or authority improperly or for personal gain.
The City of Green Bay and its elected and appointed officials all share a commitment to ethical conduct and service to the City of Green Bay. This code has been created to ensure that all elected and appointed officials have clear guidelines for carrying out their responsibilities in their relationships with each other, with the staff, with the citizens of Green Bay, and with all other private and governmental entities.”
