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Home My WebLink About4th Qtr 2021 INDEX State Ethics Commission Quarterly Rulings for Fourth Quarter 2021 ADVICES (Ethics): 21-552 (Wolfgang): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would impose restrictions upon a former public employee’s new employer from submitting applications for funding to the former governmental entity of the employee? 21-553 (Collins): 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 Senior Project Manager for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”)? 21-554 (Martin): 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 as a Municipal Engineer following termination of your employment as the City Engineer for the City of Harrisburg? 21-555 (Mosca): Re: Would the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., place any restrictions upon the Township serving as the location of a County Board of Elections Ballot Drop Box? . 21-556: 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 your new employer, \[COMPANY\], following termination of your employment as the \[POSITION\] for the \[COMMONWEALTH OFFICE\]? 21-557 (Lawry): Re: Would the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., permit a Member of Council for Wall Borough (Borough) to simultaneously serve in a compensated position as - 1 - the Borough Code Enforcement Officer and issue citations in such position? 21-558 (D’Alessandro): Re: Would the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., prohibit you from serving in the position of Zoning Officer for the Borough of East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, when: (1) you are a former employee of the engineering firm which serves as the Borough Engineer; and (2) the engineering firm rents space in a building that you own in the Borough? 21-559 (Stickney): Re: Whether, pursuant to Section 1103(a) of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1103(a), you would have a conflict of interest in your capacity as the Zoning Enforcement Officer for Summit Township (Township), Butler County, Pennsylvania, with regard to enforcing the Township Zoning Ordinance with respect to buildings which Hunter Realty Co., LP proposes to construct for a truck sales and service business located in the Township, when your husband owns a business that provides automotive and truck repairs and customization? 21-560 (Bannon): Re: Would the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., prohibit you from seeking election as the Mayor of the City of Carbondale (City) in 2023 while you are serving as the City Clerk? 21-561: Re: Where an individual (the Individual) serving on a three-Member \[GOVERNMENTAL BODY\] has a conflict of interest with regard to voting on matters pertaining to a developer’s proposed development, would the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., permit the Individual to second a motion on a matter pertaining to the proposed development if one of the two non- conflicted \[GOVERNMENTAL BODY MEMBERS\] makes the motion and the other non-conflicted \[GOVERNMENTAL BODY MEMBER\] declines to second the motion? 21-562 (Freidman): Re: Does the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act place any prohibitions or restrictions upon a Township Supervisor who is a plaintiff in a lawsuit - 2 - against the Township in which he serves as a public official? 21-563 (Fields-Faus.): Re: Is a Member of the State Charter Appeal Board prohibited from taking action pursuant the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., on any matters before the State Charter Appeal Board involving the City of Philadelphia School District, when the Member is also an employee of a management entity which manages charter schools within the City of Philadelphia School District? 21-564 (Cohen): 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 the developer would purchase and develop as part of the Proposed Development. 21-565 (Knoll): 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 with a transportation engineering consulting firm following termination of your employment as a Senior Civil Engineer Manager for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”)? 21-566 (McCabe): Re: Would an employee of the County Treasurer’s Office be prohibited by the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., from receiving referral fees through an LLC which is paid by entities serving as a vendor to the County Employee Retirement System Board, on which the employee’s supervisor/superior (County Treasurer) serves as a Member? 21-567: Re: Whether, pursuant to Section 1103(a) of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1103(a), you would have a conflict of interest in your capacity as the \[PUBLIC POSITION\] for \[MUNICIPALITY\] with regard to providing assistance to the \[GOVERNMENTAL BODY\], which - 3 - allocates municipal funding to the \[COMPANY\] and two other \[TYPE OF COMPANIES\], where: (1) you serve as a \[POSITION 1\] with the \[COMPANY\]; and (2) your \[RELATIVE\] serves as a \[POSITION 1\] with the \[COMPANY\] and is employed as the \[POSITION 2\] to the \[POSITION 3\] of the \[COMPANY\]? 21-568: Re: Whether the \[DIRECTOR\] of the \[CITY\] would have a conflict of interest pursuant to Section 1103(a) of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1103(a), with regard to participating in matters involving the \[ENTITY\], when the \[DIRECTOR\] will, in a private capacity, be employed as a part-time \[EMPLOYEE\] at the \[ENTITY\]? ORDERS (Ethics): 1792 (Miller): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission 1793 (Kenyon Anthos): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission 1794 (Schneider): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission 1795 (Honebrink): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission ORDERS (SFI): 711-S (Villeneuve): 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. 712-S (Williams): 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. 713-S (Hubert): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or - 4 - 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. 714-S (Tejada): 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. 715-S (Laws): 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. 716-S (Gilmore): 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. 717-S (James): 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. 718-S (Gilchrest): 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. 719-S (Crumbly): 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. - 5 - 720-S (Cafazzo): 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. 721-S (Yevics): 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. - 6 -