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Three pages as redacted by miss herrick. Is there such a motion . So moved. To release the documents as redacted by miss herrick. Second. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Hearing none, that motion passes and the record should be produced as redacted. As a result of having produced agreed to produces the record as redacted, i think we should address the issue of whether the failure to release these documents was a willful violation of the sunshine ordinance. I think i have given my view that in ligh...

Violation of the sunshine ordinance . I move that we find that the failure to release these documents was not a willful failure a willful violation of the sunshine ordinance. Is there a second . Second. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Motion passed. I also want to say in response it to a number of the members of the public that i understand the frustration with not being able to see what we get to see, what the Controllers Office sees, and what the commissioner itself sees. These investigations ar...

Hemo, the official information privilege is a privilege in state law that protects information gathered in confidence with an expectation of confidentiality from the informant. And involves a level of balancing by the Government Entity looking at the record, whether the Public Interest favors disclosure or nondisclosure. Interesting. A little background music for your viewing pleasure. I have arranged for that for all of my legal advice to be scored. [ laughter ] choreography comes next. Chair h...

Investigative file and the degree to which it could have well been made with good faith and that we have teased apart this particular category of communication within the ethics staff as being the one place where there might be documents that were appropriately disclosed suggests to me that was a reasonable basis. Would any of the commissioners like to hear from mr. St. Croix on this . Yes. I think that would be helpful. Mr. St. Croix, can you come to the podium, please . In terms of the three p...

I do take mr. Menat shaws point that they are separately enumerated within item no. 4. But i do think we can take them together. Is that right, mr. Givner . Yes. Okay. Although it is sort of difficult to not take them in order. Lets make the motion on whether or not to release the three pages as redacted by miss herrick. Is there such a motion . So moved. To release the documents as redacted by miss herrick. Second. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Hearing none, that motion passes and the record sh...

Investigation or the controllers investigation and also they are not covered by the official information privilege. I think that is miss herricks recommendation to you. That we find that they are not part of in reacted form part of the official exemption could you just i got the first part that the redacted document are not records of a Ethics Commissions investigation and controllers investigation. I believe miss herrick spoke about that in her first hemo, the official information privilege is ...

Your viewing pleasure. I have arranged for that for all of my legal advice to be scored. [ laughter ] choreography comes next. Chair hur you have answer d my question on the analysis. I just need to be reminded of the analysis that had been rendered at the october meeting. [tkpwhra ufrpblgt ] what. Thank you what would be the appropriate motion do we need to take an action or is that the sanfords city attorneys determination . My understanding is that we would have to vote to release. What would...

From the staff and a chance for the complainant and respendent to speak. We have heard from the complainant and we have not heard from the respondent and it would help me to hear from mr. So st. Croix the rationale for disclosure. So i would encourage you to ask him that. Other questions from the commissioners . Commissioner studley, you wanted to wait until there was Public Comment. Is there anything else that you want to share is in . No, i agree with you and commissioner liu. I dont find this...

I think certainly the public relies on us to some extent for our investigatory work and we want to continue that and certainly not diminish that result of budget cuts, in my opinion. Any other comments . Is there Public Comment on this matter . David pilpel, a number of items starting with memo. I dont know why commissioner renne fell off the letterhead here. I apologize and i hope he is still with us and perhaps its just an oversight. Plus the date should be 2013. This is actually not a lot of ...

Able to see what we get to see, what the Controllers Office sees, and what the commissioner itself sees. These investigations are factintensive. The commissioner spends a lot of time on them, and i would really like for you to be able to know and to prove that to you. We are bound by rules of nondisclosure. We are bound by the charter and state law and there is good reason for confidentialitis, i think as i set at the last meeting. We need to protect whistleblowers and need to protect people who...