BOARD OF ETHICS HEARING PANEL
Pre-Hearing Conference
STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND DECISION
Complainant: Jenn Larratt-Smith
Public Official: Councilmember Conder
Alleged Violation Date: 9/2021, 11/9/ 2021, 2/24/2022, 5/18/2022, 8/18/2022, and 9/7/2022
Hearing Panel Decision: Thursday, October 6, 2022
Alleged Violation: Riverside Municipal Code Section 2.78.060 (M) Violation of federal, State, or local law prohibited.
Hearing Panel Members
Present: Chair Foley, Member Foreman, Member De Herrera, Member Huerta, and Member Demont, and Alternate
Member Vega
Staff Present: Deputy City Clerk Christiana Kalawa, Assistant City Clerk Eva Arseo, and Deputy City Attorney Aaron Chandler
Findings and Decision
Following review of the Code of Ethics and Conduct complaint filed by Jenn Larratt-Smith against Councilmember Conder alleging a violation of Riverside Municipal Code Section 2.78.060(M) Violation of federal, State, or local law prohibited, it was moved by Hearing Panel Member Foreman and seconded by Hearing Panel Member Demont to proceed with the complaint determining the complainant has shown that the evidence, if taken as true, more likely than not shows that there may be a potential vi olation of the prohibited conduct in regard to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.060(M) Violations of federal, State, or local law prohibited. The motion failed for lack of majority vote with Members Demont and Foreman voting aye and Chair Foley and Members, Huerta, and De Herrera voting no.
Chair Foley instructed the City Clerk to prepare a Statement of Findings of the Hearing Panel stating there was no evidence presented in the record of any violation of Riverside Municipal Code Section 2.78.060 (M) Violation of federal, State, or local law prohibited. The complaint was dismissed.
Attest:
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk
Dated this 14th day of October, 2022.