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INDEX
State Ethics Commission
Quarterly Rulings for Forth Quarter 2005
ADVICES (Ethics):
05-577-(Richards)
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; School
Director; School District; Retired Nurse’s Aid for
School District; Former PSEA Member.
05-578 (Rodella):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; School
Director; Trustee; Non-Profit Organization; Parents
Athletic Council; Business With Which Associated.
05-579(Kotch):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee;
Simultaneous Service; Member of Township Planning
Commission and Township Supervisor; Five-Member
Board.
05-580 (Millard):
Re: Conflict; Public Official; Member; General
Assembly; State Representative; Private Employment
or Business; Board of Directors; State Fair; Firemen’s
Relief Association.
05-581 (Shelly):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Geotechnical Engineer; Engineering District 6-0;
PennDOT.
05-581-CL (Shelly):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Geotechnical Engineer; Engineering District 6-0;
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of
Transportation (“PennDOT”); Clarification; Shelly,
Advice of Counsel 05-581.
05-582 (Butterworth):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Township
Supervisor; Immediate Family; Parents of Daughter-
In-Law.
05-583:
Re: Former Public Official/Public Employee;
Section 1103(g); Township Commissioner; Township
Solicitor; Attorney; Legal Representation; Shaulis v.
Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission, 574 Pa. 680,
833 A.2d 123 (2003).
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05-584 (Koast):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Vice
Chairman of Municipal Authority; Immediate Family;
Son; Applicant; Laborer for the Authority.
05-585 (Toothman):
Re: Public Official/Employee; County; Solicitor;
President of Board of Directors of Private Non-Profit
Entity; Business With Which Associated.
05-586 (Bunting):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Assistant
Secretary-Treasurer of Municipal Authority; Applicant;
Distribution Manager for the Authority; Bassi, Opinion
86-007-R; Woodring, Opinion 90-001.
05-587 (McGrory, Jr.):
Re: Public Official/Public Employee; Solicitor;
Retained/Employed; Conflict of Interest.
05-588 (Beck):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Vice-
Chairman, Board of Supervisors; Second Class
Township; Immediate Family; Son; Tie Vote; Three-
Member Board.
05-589 (Kotjarapoglus):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Borough;
Council; Business With Which Associated; Oil and
Gas; Lease; Vote; Contract.
05-590:
Re: Simultaneous Service, A and E.
05-591 (Stewart):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Higher Education Associate 2; Pennsylvania
Department of Education; Bureau of Teacher
Certification and Preparation; 95-day Annuitant
Program.
05-592:
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; County;
Commissioner; Business With Which Associated;
Lease Agreement; Vote; Three-Member Board.
05-593 (Watson):
Re: Public Official; Statement of Financial Interests;
Member; Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board.
05-594:
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; School
Director; Head Coach; Volunteer.
05-595 (Love):
Re: Public Employee; Statement of Financial
Interests; Section 1103(g); Business Intern;
PennDOT.
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05-596 (Kilkenny):
Re: Conflict; Public Official; Borough Council
Member; Business With Which Associated; Ongoing
Business Relationship; Client; Vote.
05-597 (Birbeck):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Criminal Justice System Planner 1; Pennsylvania
Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
05-598:
Re: Conflict; Public Official; A Board; Business
With Which Associated; Law Firm; Private Clients.
05-599 (Niles):
Re: Simultaneous Service, Secretary in One
Township and Supervisor in Another Township.
05-600:
Re: Conflict; Public Official; Township; Supervisor;
Immediate Family; Subdivision Plans Pending Before
Township.
05-601:
Re: Conflict; Public Official; County Commissioner;
Business With Which Associated; Three-Member
Board; Vote.
05-602 (McMahon):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Executive Director; Office of Economic and
Community Development, City.
05-603:
Re: Conflict; Public Official; County Commissioner;
Business With Which Associated; Budget; Vote.
05-604 (Gornish):
Re: Conflict; Public Official; Chairman;
Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement
Board; Collective Bargaining Officer.
05-605 (Genard):
Re: Former Public Official/Public Employee;
Section 1103(g); Retired Borough Director of Public
Works; Simultaneous Service, Temporary Part-Time
Authority Manager, Authority Member and Borough
Council Member.
05-606 (Palcsey):
Re: Public Official; Emergency Management
Coordinator; Borough; Statement of Financial
Interests.
05-607 (Starr):
Re: Conflict; Public Official; Township Supervisor;
Immediate Family; Spouse; Business With Which
Associated; Business Relationship.
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05-608 (Swartz):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Assistant Director and Operations Manager;
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Bureau of
Correctional Industries.
05-609 (D’Onofrio, Jr.):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Senior Civil Engineer; Department of Environmental
Protection, Bureau of Water Management Program.
05-610 (Dufton Clark)
: Re: Simultaneous Service, County Auditor and
Substitute Teacher.
05-611 (Morrison):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Assistant Bureau Director for Administration;
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Bureau of
Community Corrections.
05-612:
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Township
Supervisor; Class/Subclass Exclusion; Three-Member
Board.
ORDERS (Ethics):
191-S (Paylor):
WHEREAS, on August 19, 2003, the Investigative
Division initiated these proceedings by filing with the
Legal Division a Petition for Civil Penalties.
237-S (Page Wooten):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement 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.
238-S (Lese):
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 4/1104 and
5/1105 of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act
("Ethics Act"), 65 P.S. §401 et seq./65 Pa.C.S. §1101
et seq.
239-S (Brake):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission as to the alleged delinquency and/or
deficiency of Statement of Financial Interests required
to be filed pursuant to Sections 4/1104 and 5/1105 of
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the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics
Act"), 65 P.S. §401 et seq./65 Pa.C.S. §1101 et seq.
1371 (Snyder):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1372 (Schlegel):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1373 (regola, Jr.):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1374 (Bovard):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1375 (Fillippi):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1376 (Kunselman, Jr.):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1377 (Shick):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1378 (Young):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1379 (Gradizzi):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
OPINIONS (Ethics):
05-008 (Moore):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Attorney; Unemployment Compensation Board of
Review; Democratic Caucus; Pennsylvania House of
Representatives; Shaulis v. Pennsylvania State Ethics
Commission, 574 Pa. 680, 833 A.2d 123 (2003).
05-009:
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; State
Legislator; Business With Which Associated; A
Organizations; Legislative Actions; Legislation
Affecting Business Clients; Regulation of Business
Clients by State Agencies.
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