§ 2-457. Local ethics advisory board.

A county-wide ethics advisory board may be established by resolution for the purpose of monitoring ethics compliance, recommending the need for subsequent amendments to this article or additional regulatory requirements, overseeing and evaluating ethics training and education opportunities offered by the county, and encouraging similar ethics policies in other jurisdictions in Orange County. The ethics advisory board shall be funded and staffed by the county.

At a minimum the resolution establishing the ethics advisory board shall provide as follows:

(a)

The ethics advisory board shall consist of no fewer than five (5) members and no greater than seven (7) members who are residents of Orange County and members may be appointed by the chief judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit;

(b)

The chief judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit may select a chair and vice-chair or if the chair and vice-chair are not selected by the chief judge, the members may select a chair and vice-chair;

(c)

The term of each member shall be appointed to serve until the task force is adjourned as provided herein;

(d)

No current elected government official shall be a member of the ethics advisory board;

(e)

Ethics advisory board members shall serve on a voluntary basis and shall not receive any compensation except for reimbursement of direct out-of-pocket expenses, if any, and as allowed under Florida law and county rules and regulations; and

(f)

The ethics advisory board shall meet within one (1) month of its initial appointment and shall meet as necessary to carry out the business of the ethics advisory board.

(g)

The ethics advisory board shall present its report to the board of county commissioners no later than six (6) months from the date of its first meeting.

(Ord. No. 2008-15 , § 2, 7-8-08; Ord. No. 2010-08 , § 7, 6-29-10)