HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-566 HarralSTATE ETHICS COMMISSION
308 FINANCE BUILDING
P.O. BOX 11470
HARRISBURG, PA 17108 -1470
TELEPHONE (717) 783 -1610
ADVICE OF COUNSEL
August 31, 1989
Mr. William B. Harral
Municipal Administrative Consultant
Department of Community Affairs
3rd & 5th Floors, Forum Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Re: Simultaneous Service, County Planning Commission and Municipal
Administration Consultant in DCA.
Dear Mr Harral:
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This responds to your letter of July 31, 1989, in which you
requested advice from the State Ethics Commission.
Issue: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Law imposes
any prohibition or restrictions upon a Municipal Administration
Consultant from also serving or being employed as a County Planning
Commissioner.
Facts: You have recently been appointed by the Cumberland County
Board of County Commissioners to the County Planning Commission. In
addition you are employed by the Department of Community Affairs
(DCA) as a Municipal Administration Consultant. Upon the advice of
the Chief Counsel of DCA, you request advice from the Commission as
to whether you may simultaneously serve as a County Planning
Commissioner while being employed as a Municipal Administration
Consultant in DCA. The position of County Planning Commissioner is
advisory and the members serve without compensation. You have also
submitted a copy of your current job description as well as several
pages from the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code which sets
forth the position of Planning Commissioner as well as the duties
and responsibilities of an individual in that position.
Mr. William B. Harral
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will be scheduled and a formal Opinion from the Commission will be
issued. Any such appeal must be in writing and must be received at
the Commission within 15 days of the date of this Advice pursuant to
51 Pa. Code 52.12.
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Vincent 3`'. Dopko
Chief Counsel