For an anticipated three hours, public officials will get a lesson on what is ethical conduct for public officials.
The Imperial Irrigation District is set to hold a public workshop today to go over different ethical issues that the district specifically, and public agencies as a whole, are facing, as well as going over its procurement policy updates.
“I expect that the ethics workshop will deal with the Brown Act, the fiduciary responsibilities of elected officials and particularly the IID board, and I expect it will touch on the new challenges of public agencies in dealing with the free flow of information in the digital age,” said General Manager Kevin Kelley.
Because district staff is introducing an ethics policy and has named an ethics officer, it seems like the right time to bring in someone to go over ethics for public officials, he said.
A partner with the employment law and labor relations law firm Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s Los Angeles office, Mark Meyerhoff will be the main presenter during the three-hour-long scheduled workshop. Meyerhoff has expertise in class-action litigation, employment law, investigations, labor relations, litigation services and public safety, according to the Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Web site.
After the ethics policy, scheduled to start at 2 p.m., the board is set to talk over other issues, including changes to its procurement policy. Last week the board got its first look at the first of two bidding process changes, and the second one is set to be presented today.
Many of the changes that IID staff and board members have talked about are set to be included in the policy presented today. Those changes include prequalification of bidders, justification of why the lowest bid isn’t chosen and an appeal process.
Staff Writer Elizabeth Varin can be reached at evarin@ivpressonline.com or 760-337-3441.
If you go
What Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors meeting
When 2 p.m. today ethics workshop, 5 p.m. today meeting
Where W.R. Condit Auditorium, 1285 Broadway, El Centro
The Imperial Irrigation District is set to hold a public workshop today to go over different ethical issues that the district specifically, and public agencies as a whole, are facing, as well as going over its procurement policy updates.
“I expect that the ethics workshop will deal with the Brown Act, the fiduciary responsibilities of elected officials and particularly the IID board, and I expect it will touch on the new challenges of public agencies in dealing with the free flow of information in the digital age,” said General Manager Kevin Kelley.
Because district staff is introducing an ethics policy and has named an ethics officer, it seems like the right time to bring in someone to go over ethics for public officials, he said.
A partner with the employment law and labor relations law firm Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s Los Angeles office, Mark Meyerhoff will be the main presenter during the three-hour-long scheduled workshop. Meyerhoff has expertise in class-action litigation, employment law, investigations, labor relations, litigation services and public safety, according to the Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Web site.
After the ethics policy, scheduled to start at 2 p.m., the board is set to talk over other issues, including changes to its procurement policy. Last week the board got its first look at the first of two bidding process changes, and the second one is set to be presented today.
Many of the changes that IID staff and board members have talked about are set to be included in the policy presented today. Those changes include prequalification of bidders, justification of why the lowest bid isn’t chosen and an appeal process.
Staff Writer Elizabeth Varin can be reached at evarin@ivpressonline.com or 760-337-3441.
If you go
What Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors meeting
When 2 p.m. today ethics workshop, 5 p.m. today meeting
Where W.R. Condit Auditorium, 1285 Broadway, El Centro
