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State Ethics Commission
Quarterly Rulings for First Quarter 2006
ADVICES (Ethics):
06-500 (Balint):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; County
Deputy Controller/Director of Auditing; Employee of
County Tax Claim Bureau; Purchasing Property At
County Judicial Sale or Tax Sale.
06-501 (Peirce):
Re: Public Officials; Statement of Financial
Interests; Township; Planning Commission; Advisory
Body.
06-502 (Lomma):
Re: Simultaneous Service, Chairman of County
Railroad Authority and Chief Executive Officer of
County Railroad Authority; Former Public
Official/Public Employee; County Director of
Transportation; Section 1103(g); Section 1103(a).
06-503 (Benner):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Human Services Program Specialist Supervisor;
Department of Public Welfare; Office of Medical
Assistance Programs.
06-504 (Lisko):
Re: Conflict; Public Official; Township Supervisor;
Political Contribution; Subdivision Plan; Incumbent;
De Minimis.
06-505 (Gatehouse):
Re: Conflict; Public Official; Borough Council
President; Immediate Family; Daughter-In-Law;
Applicant for the Position of Borough Secretary.
06-506:
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Legislator;
General Assembly; Private Business Activities;
Legislative Actions.
06-506-CL:
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Legislator;
General Assembly; Honorarium; Clarification; Advice
of Counsel, 06-506.
06-507:
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Public Employee;
Executive-Level State Employee; A of Unit B;
Commonwealth Agency C; Commonwealth
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Assistance to Businesses; Business With Which
Immediate Family Member is Associated; Spouse.
06-508 (Metzgar):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Auditor II; Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of
Long Term Care Programs, Division of Nursing Home
Rates.
06-509 (Brazil, Jr.):
Re: Conflict; Loan/Grant Program; Participation by
Public Official; Borough; Council Member; Zoning
Hearing Board; 2005 Home Program; Department of
Community and Economic Development.
06-510 (Barbieri):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Public Employee;
Township Supervisor; Solicitor; Partner; Political
Contribution to Supervisor.
06-511 (Kircher):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Township
Supervisor; County Employee; Sewer Authority Board
Member; Board of Directors of Library Association;
Governmental Body; Business With Which
Associated.
06-512 (Spruill):
Re: Simultaneous Service, Borough Council
Member and Borough Code Enforcement Officer.
06-513 (Shearer):
Re: Conflict; Public Official; Borough Council
Member; Use of Authority of Office or Confidential
Information; Borough Committees; Immediate Family;
Son; Borough Employee.
06-514:
Re: Simultaneous Service, Township Supervisor
and Part-Time A for Another Township.
06-515 (Lagana):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Public Employee; City
Councilman; Community Development Block Grant
Facade Program; Participation by City Council
Member.
06-516 (Leonard):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Highway Foreman 3; PennDOT; McKean County.
06-517 (Hiscott):
Re: Conflict; Public Official; Township Supervisor;
Plaintiff in Litigation Against Developers and/or
Township; Voting On Matters Pertaining to
Developers or Lawsuits; Membership in Non-Profit
Association That Gave Financial Support to Plaintiffs.
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06-518 (Dixon):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; School
Director; Director of Family Center of Community
Action Program; Business; Business With Which
Associated; Governmental Body; Political Subdivision;
Services to School District; Grant; Cash Match.
06-519 (Laub):
Re: Simultaneous Service, County Commissioner
and Employed County Deputy Coroner.
06-520 (Williams, Jr.):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Government
Affairs Officer; Allegheny County Controller’s Office;
Immediate Family Member; Spouse; Application to
Distribute Slot Machines; Pennsylvania Race Horse
Development and Gaming Act.
06-521 (Scherer):
Re: Simultaneous Service, Borough Utility
Coordinator and Member of Borough Civil Service
Commission.
06-522 (Krumenaker):
Re: Simultaneous Service, Borough Council
Member and Sewage Plant Operator Trainee for the
Borough.
06-523 (Mackey, P.E.):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Senior Assistant Construction Engineer; Senior Civil
Engineer Manager; District 6-0; PennDOT.
06-524 (Sennett):
Re: Public Official; Statement of Financial Interests;
Member; Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority.
06-525 (Sekula):
Re: Conflict; Public Official; School Directors; Use
of Authority of Office or Confidential Information;
Immediate Family; Spouse; Retired Teacher in School
District; Collective Bargaining Agreement; Contract;
Negotiate; Vote.
06-526 (Sywensky):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Criminal Justice System Planning Manager 1;
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and
Delinquency.
06-527 (Dirvonas):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; School
Director; Use of Authority of Office or Confidential
Information; Immediate Family; Spouse.
06-528 (O’Connor):
Re: Former Public Official; Section 1103(g);
Borough Council Member; Accepting Appointment to
a Compensated Position With Borough.
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06-529:
Re: Conflict; Public Official; Member; Municipal
Authority; Former Employee of A; Independent
Contractor; D; Vote; Business Relationship.
06-530 (Toft, Jr.):
Re: Public Official; Statement of Financial Interests;
Financial Disclosure Requirements; Conflict of
Interest.
06-531 (Ropelewski):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Township
Supervisor; Reimbursement for Expenses Incurred By
Attending PSATS Convention; Contract.
06-532 (Dunn):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Administrative Officer 2; Pennsylvania Department of
State.
06-533 (Mastrilli)
: Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Structure Control Engineer; District Office 6-0;
PennDOT.
06-534 (Genits):
Re: Simultaneous Service, Borough Council
Member and Code Enforcement Officer; Service
Without Compensation; Payment/Reimbursement of
Expenses.
06-535 (Montgomery):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Civil Engineer Consultant; Negotiation Engineer;
Consultant Agreement Section; Bureau of Design;
PennDOT.
06-536 (Yosh):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Constable;
Candidate; Ballot; Election Polls.
06-537 (Lloyd):
Re: Conflict; Public Official/Employee; Township
Supervisor; Business With Which Associated;
Business Competitors.
06-538 (Roan):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Legislative Specialist II; Department of Public
Welfare.
ORDERS (Ethics):
239-S-R (Brake):
The State Ethics Commission received a request for
reconsideration on December 28, 2005, with respect
to Order No. 239-S issued on December 23, 2005.
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Pursuant to Section 21.29 of the Regulations of the
Commission, the discretion of the State Ethics
Commission to grant reconsideration is properly
invoked as follows:
1380 (Perrotti):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1381 (Britton):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1382 (Lapi):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1383 (Makar):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1384 (Cianci):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
1385 (Stacknick):
This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics
Commission.
OPINIONS (Ethics):
06-001:
Re: Conflict; Public Official; Commonwealth
Agency A; C; Sale of Real Property Owned by C in
Private Capacity; Business Relationship.
06-002 (Metzgar, Jr.):
Re: Former Public Employee; Section 1103(g);
Auditor II; Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of
Long Term Care Programs, Division of Nursing Home
Rates; Appeal of Advice.
06-003 (Cowden):
Re: Public Employee; Statement of Financial
Interests; Department Chairperson; University; State
System of Higher Education.
06-004:
Re: Challenge to Nomination Petition of Marie
deYoung
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