Members of the Wheeling Board of Ethics this week met with village trustees to discuss proposed revisions for the village’s ethics code.
In 1975, the village adopted an ethics code that would work to govern the actions of elected and appointed officials and employees.
Despite the approval of minor amendments in 1977, ethics code essentially has remained the same for more than 20 years.
“We felt after 20 years, it was an opportune time to review it,” Board of Ethics Chairman Ed Spriegel said. “What we came up with was the result of a year reviewing it.”
Village Board members, meeting as a committee of the whole Monday night, expressed their appreciation for the work it took to revise the ethics code. But the trustees expressed concerns over a number of proposed revisions.
One revision that came in for criticism was a proposed, $1,000 penalty for any public official or employee who violated any of the provisions of the code.
