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Home My WebLink About3rd Qtr 2019 INDEX State Ethics Commission Quarterly Rulings for Third Quarter 2019 ADVICES (Ethics): 19-531 (Andrews): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would impose restrictions upon employment of an Assistant Highway District Engineer following termination of employment with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”). 19-532 (Foster): 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 employed as the Bradford County Airport Manager with regard to purchasing a used airplane from the Bradford County Airport Authority. 19-533 (Kreiser): 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 borough council member with regard to simultaneously serving as a backup borough employee assisting with mowing, weed whacking, and flagging work. 19-534 (Quimby): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would impose restrictions upon employment of a Public Health Program Administrator following termination of employment with the Pennsylvania Department of Health. . 19-535 (Gabel): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would impose restrictions upon employment of a Transportation Construction Manager 3 following termination of employment with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”). 19-536 (Overly): 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 with regard to being elected and serving as - 1 - a Member of Council for Hunker Borough, where the individual serves as President of the Hunker Borough Civic Association. 19-537 (Grove): 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 constable with regard to utilizing his official website to endorse copyrighted “no trespassing signs” that are sold to property owners by a non-profit association, where the constable is not a director or officer of the non-profit association. 19-538: 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 an A for Political Subdivision B with regard to purchasing a parcel of property owned by Political Subdivision B. 19-539 (Nixon): 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 member and president of a city council with regard to voting on an agreement between the city and a water company under which the water company would handle all sewer and refuse billing for the city, where: (1) the individual owns 10,000 shares of stock in the water company; and (2) there are approximately 13 million outstanding shares of stock in the water company. 19-540: Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would impose restrictions upon employment of an A for the B following termination of Commonwealth employment. 19-541: 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 an A and B of a \[type of political subdivision\] C with regard to voting on zoning amendments and land development plans involving a developer’s proposed development, where the individual’s \[type of relative 1\] owns a property that the developer would purchase and develop as part of the proposed development. - 2 - 19-542: 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 an A of the B of the C with regard to participating in discussions or votes of the C B pertaining to the appointment of D as the C E and the approval and payment of invoices from D, where: (1) the individual is employed as the \[title of position\] of the F; (2) the F will be purchasing the G H and incorporating it into the F’s regular operations; (3) D currently serves as the I for the G H; and (4) in order to complete various G H projects currently underway, the F will likely retain the services of D for an undetermined period of time after purchasing the G H. 19-543 (Dragicevic): 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 with regard to serving in a volunteer, non- compensated position as a coach, advisor or driver for a school district’s sports teams if the individual would be elected as a school director for the school district. 19-544 (McCabe): Re: Whether the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (“Ethics Act”), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., would impose restrictions upon employment of a Senior Civil Engineer Supervisor – Transportation following termination of employment with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”). 19-545 (Helsel): 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 Member and Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission of Springfield Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, with regard to participating in matters involving Simon Property Group or its successors/designees, where: (1) Simon Property Group owns the Grove City Premium Outlets; (2) Gap Inc. leases space at the Grove City Premium Outlets for an Old Navy store; and (3) the individual is employed with Gap Inc. as a part-time Brand (Sales) Associate for the Old Navy store located at the Grove City Premium Outlets. - 3 - ORDERS (Ethics): 1756 (Brown): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission 1757 (Fike): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission 1758 (Pickett): Re: This is a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission - 4 -