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State Ethics Commission
Quarterly Rulings for Third Quarter 2021
ADVICES (Ethics):
21-535 (Brandt): Re: Whether, pursuant to the Public Official and
Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101
et seq., an individual (the Individual) serving as a
Township Supervisor would be permitted to resign
from the Township Board of Supervisors and
subsequently be appointed as the Township Manager
by the remaining two Members of the Township Board
of Supervisors?
21-536 (Freethy): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose restrictions upon you with regard to
seeking employment as a “Carpenter/Foreman”
following termination of your employment as a
Transportation Construction Inspector for the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(“PennDOT”)?
21-537 (Perri): Re: As the former Commissioner of the Department
of Licenses and Inspections for the City of
Philadelphia, what is your “former governmental
entity” for purposes of Section 1103(g) of the Public
Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65
Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.?
21-538 (Slizofski): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose restrictions upon a former employee of
the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) with
regard to him, as an employee of an engineering firm,
assisting with the management of the Automated
Work Zone Speed Enforcement (AWZSE) project,
which would include him coordinating with both the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT) and PTC?
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21-539: Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose prohibitions or restrictions upon you
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following termination of your employment as
\[EMPLOYMENT POSITION\], for the \[CITY
DEPARTMENT\]?
21-540 (Koser): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose restrictions upon you with regard to
performing work for a civil engineering consulting
company following termination of your employment as
a Highway Administration Program Manager 1 for the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(“PennDOT”)?
21-541 (Droppa): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa. C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose prohibitions or restrictions upon the
naming of a Borough owned, public access garden,
after a currently serving Borough Council Member?
21-542 (Kovacs): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose restrictions upon you with regard to
being employed as a Transportation Assistant for a
construction consulting firm that operates in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania following termination
of your employment as a Roadway Programs
Technician 1 for the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (“PennDOT”)?
21-543: Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa. C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose prohibitions or restrictions upon a
Township Supervisor personally and privately
providing a gift of cash to a Township Manager in lieu
of a publicly funded employment bonus?
21-544 (Wilt): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose restrictions upon you following
termination of your employment as an Agency IT
Director 3 for the Employment, Banking and Revenue
Delivery Center under the Governor’s Office of
Administration (Office of Administration)?
21-545 (Fransen): Re: Whether, pursuant to Section 1103(a) of the
Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act),
65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., you would have a conflict
of interest in your capacity as a Supervisor for Salem
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Township (Township) with regard to participating in
discussions, votes, or other actions of the Township
Board of Supervisors in matters involving a power
plant’s proposal to build a data center on land
adjacent to a 36-acre parcel of property which you
own and use for farming?
21-546 (Reed): Re: Whether, pursuant to Section 1103(a) of the
Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act),
65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., you would have a conflict
of interest in your capacity as a Member and Chair of
the Board of Supervisors of Bern Township
(Township) with regard to voting on matters involving
a facility that your husband’s former employer, the
Penske Corporation, proposes to build in the
Township?
21-547 (Worthington): Re: Does the Public Official and Employee Ethics
Act, 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., place any restrictions
upon a Member of a Municipal Authority (who is an
approved vendor of a corporation) from leasing real
estate owned by the Municipal Authority and
subleasing the real estate to the corporation?
21-548 (Colebank): Re: Whether, pursuant to Section 1103(a) of the
Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act),
65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., you would have a conflict
of interest in your capacity as a Member of Council for
Scottdale Borough (Borough) or in your capacity as a
Member of the Board of the Fayette Westmoreland
Sewage Authority (Sewage Authority) with regard to
participating in matters involving the takeover of the
Borough sewage lines by the Sewage Authority?
21-549: Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose restrictions upon you following
termination of your employment as the \[POSITION\],
\[BUREAU/DEPARTMENT\]?
21-550: Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee
Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.,
would impose prohibitions or restrictions upon an
individual serving as a \[PUBLIC OFFICIAL\] of a
\[GOVERNMENTAL BODY\] with regard to voting on a
Land Development Plan or other land development
submission(s) involving a developer’s Proposed
Development, where the individual owns property that
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the developer would purchase and develop as part of
the Proposed Development.
21-551 (Botd): Re: Does the Public Official and Employee Ethics
Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., place
restrictions upon a County Commissioner who, in his
private capacity, wishes to engage in a private
business endeavor marketing services to
municipalities within the County?
ORDERS (Ethics):
1787 (Lark): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission
1788 (Sees): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission
1789 (Storm): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission
1790: Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission
1791 (Hamlet): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission
ORDERS (SFI):
684-S (Bryant): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
685-S (Cornell): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
686-S (Davis): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
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1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
687-S (Gordon): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
688-S (Ellis): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
689-S (Bertolini): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
690-S (Seigle): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
691-S (Sinkovich): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
692-S (Dunleavy): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
693-S (Crowley): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
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required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
694-S (Wilson): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
695-S (Morales): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
696-S (Parks): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
697-S (Salgado): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
698-S (Okert): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
699-S (Parker): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
700-S (Fowler): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
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deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
702-S (Nilsen): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq.
703-S (Green): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq
704-S (Arrington): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq
705-S (McNulty): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq
706-S (Hawk): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq
707-S (Brown): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq
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708-S (Whitaker): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq
709-S (Dezzi): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq
710-S (Weathington): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement(s) of Financial Interests
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 1104 and
1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq
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