Code of Ethics Adjudicating Body - Regular Meeting

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So we could start elections of officers. Any nominations?

I have a nomination.

GO AHEAD.

YES. BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF, TOLA PERKINS, AS CHAIR FOR THE BOARD OF ETHICS. OKAY.

GO AHEAD.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOMINATE GIL VEGA FOR CHAIR FOR BOARD OF ETHICS.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? All right, let's go ahead with the vote. For election to chair, we have myself. So with a show, I guess with a show of hands, we, for elections. Oh, yes. Okay, I'll make a motion for election of the chair. Do I have a second? Second. All right. Of Gil Vega. Second. Yes. Okay. For voting? For voting. Yes. Okay. A motion for voting, yes.

You're doing great.

Okay, I'll do a roll call vote, okay?

Okay.

Okay, Member Perkins? Do you vote yes or no?

So we're voting for Gill right now, right? Yes or no?

That was the second nomination.

No.

Member Trano? No. No. member you any yes. Remember to her. Yes. Remember you know. And remember a bigger yes. The motion passes with. To dissenting.

And then I do I make another motion for Perkins.

So that was for like. We're doing vice chair now.

Oh, for vice chair?

So we need a nomination for vice chair.

OK.

I nominate Perkins for vice chair.

I second it.

Can I nominate myself? Yeah, I would like to nominate myself for vice chair.

So we need a second on?

Second. Second.

Okay, so we're going to vote on the vice chair to be member Threna.

Threna or Perkins.

Or Perkins, yeah.

We can only do one vote at a time. So since there was a second, we'll treat it like a substitute motion. Okay. Wait, but the first one got a second. Yes. Perkins got a second. So we'll do Perkins first. OK. So I'll do a roll call vote. Member Perkins. Yes. Member Trano.

No.

Member Fanning. No. No. And Member De Herrera.

We're voting for vice chair right now, not. For vice chair, for member. For member Perkins. Perkins. Okay, perfect. Yes.

Member Yoho.

No.

And member Vega.

Yes.

The motion passes with three no votes. Dissenting votes. Thank you.

Okay.

Okay.

That passed.

The first motion for vice chair had a second and it passed. Oh, okay. For three and three? Oh my gosh, I'm so confused. One, two, and...

Yeah. There was just three. Okay, so the motion didn't pass. I apologize. Right.

Okay, so we'll move to member, the second, member Threno, vice chair.

Threno, okay. All right.

So who motioned that? I apologize. Who motioned for the second?

I did the second.

You did the second. Member Threno motioned. Okay, so we'll do a vote for vice chair for member Threno. Member Perkins. Perkins.

No. No.

Member Threno. Yes. Member Fanning. Yes. Member De Herrera. Yes. Member Yoho.

Yes.

And Member Vega.

No.

Okay, that motion carried with two dissenting votes. Thank you.

Okay.

It was.

So we have elected chair, myself, and vice chair is Threno. All right. Okay. Congratulations.

Thank you.

Okay. Do we have phones ready there for public comments?

No callers on the line?

Okay. And we already played that to the mic. Okay. All right. Okay, we get public comment, number two, and then number three. Okay, the overview of the Riverside Municipal Code, 2.78. And presenter?

Member Perkins, were you going to present that? Did you want to go to the podium? The presentation is up. okay oh I apologize remember Perkins that was the city attorney but she was willing to yes I stayed seated for a reason thank you honorable board

Senior Deputy City Attorney Ramon Guerin, and I'm here to present on prohibited conduct. Riverside City Council has established a code of ethics and conduct that applied to the mayor, members of the city council, and all the members of appointed boards, commissions, and committees. The purpose of the code of ethics and conduct is to achieve fair, ethical, and accountable local government for the city of Riverside. To submit a complaint, a party must either live, work, which including vendors and contractors, or attend school in the city of Riverside unless the alleged violation took place outside the boundaries of the city of Riverside and the complaining party personally witnessed or observed the alleged violation. City of Riverside public officials shall refrain from endorsing or recommending for compensation any commercial product or service in the name of the City of Riverside or in their official capacity within the jurisdictional bounds of the City without prior approval of City Council policy. Examples of prohibited endorsements or recommendations of commercial products services for profit include planning commissioner accepting payment to endorse an architecture firm at a construction seminar held at the Riverside Convention Center. Another example is a council member accepting payment to recommend XYZ food distribution company. to restaurant owners in the city of Riverside. Another example is a Board of Ethics member accepting payment to endorse, on behalf of the city, a cryptocurrency during a Memorial Day celebration at Fairmont Park. Exceptions to the prohibition of public officials endorsing products, services for compensation, if the endorsement or recommendation of the commercial product or service occurs outside of the city's jurisdictional boundaries, or there's prior approval of a city council policy. Is there any questions regarding this prohibition?

I have a question on, it says slides five here, prohibited, oh no, I'm sorry. It says, the first slide, complaining qualifications. Yes. I understand the first bullet about live work or attend school in Riverside. I don't understand the second part of it.

The second part has to do with there's a violation that took place, say, with a council member, and it took place outside of the city of Riverside, and the complaining party actually witnessed that violation. They can still bring that complaint. No problem. Any other questions? Thank you for your time.

Okay, under the consent calendar, just the approval of the minutes. Anyone have any questions on minutes or any concerns?

I make a motion to approve the minutes.

Anyone seconding?

I second.

Okay.

No issues and concerns then. Without delay, we can move to...

I'll call for the vote, Chair Vega.

Okay.

Member Perkins. Yes. Member Threno, sorry. Yes. Member Fanning. Yes. Yes. Member De Herrera? Yes. Member Yoho?

Abstain.

And Chair Vega?

Yes.

Thank you. The motion carries. We're going to abstention.

Okay. I know for the discussion calendar, you were talking about the annual review of the code of ethics and conduct for its effectiveness. We've been gone for a while. And. You can have a presentation on that or or you could make some comments on it.

Yes, I will. Chair Vega, I will be presenting the Riverside Municipal Code RMC 2.7, a code of ethics and conduct COE and your review. OK. Next slide. SO BOARD MEMBERS, AS I STATED, I WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH THE BOARD OF ETHICS, THE PURPOSE AND THE SCOPE OF CODE OF ETHICS TO ACHIEVE FAIR, ETHICAL AND ACCOUNTABLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE. The COE shall apply to, number one, mayor and city councils at all times during their term of office, and two, all members of appointed boards, commissions, and committees appointed by city council and or mayor only while they are acting in their official capacities or affecting the discharge of their duties. Next slide. RMC 2.78.040, implementation. To achieve the objectives of the COE, refer to RMC 2.78.040, regarding the responsibilities of public officials, meeting bodies, and their chairs and staff. This section also specifies who can bring a complaint. Letter D, only those who live, work, including vendors and contractors. Board members, please take note the asterisk mark was adopted by city council on January 27th, 2026. or attend school in Riverside may bring a complaint unless alleged violation took place outside city limits and complaining party personally witnessed or observed the alleged violation. Next slide. RMC 2.78.050, core values, guiding principles that emphasize building a trust, fair, respectful, diverse, well-informed, nonpartisan, local government where public officials are prepared, independent in their decisions, and committed to active participation. and digital communications must reflect the city commitment to impartiality, fairness, and integrity. Board members, please take note. The blue asterisk, TURNS, was adopted on May 19, 2026, by city council. Next slide. RMC 2.78.060, prohibited conduct. A, use of official title or position for personal gain. B, use of divulgence or confidential or privileged information. C, use of city resources for non-city purposes. D, advocacy of private interest of third parties in certain circumstances. E, endorsements for compensation. F, violation of government code section 87100, regulating financial interest and governmental decisions. G, display of campaign materials in or on city vehicles. Next slide. prohibited conduct continues H knowingly assisting another public official in violating this code of ethics and conduct I Interest in governmental decisions made by public officials. J, negotiation for employment with any party having a matter pending. K, ex parte, contact in quasi-judicial matters. L, attempts to coerce official duties. M, violations of local law. N, convictions of federal or state law affecting their office. Please take note that letter O was adopted on May 19th, 2026 by city council, which reads digital misconduct. Next slide. RMC 2.78.070. Written complaint procedures, referred to RMC 2.78.070. For filing complaint procedures, please note the most recent amendment to the section adopted by the city council on January 27, 2026, which reads, letter A, only alleged violations of prohibited conduct shall be grounds for a complaint. Complainants are covered by whistleblower policies and the city will not retaliate nor tolerate retaliation against those who in good faith report suspected fraud, waste or abuse or participate in any investigation of a suspected violation. Next slide. RMC 2.78.075, pre-conference procedures. A, complainants may submit one revised complaint only to add additional allegations within 30 days of the original filing. B, city clerk sets matter for a pre-conference for no later than 45 city business days. C, city clerk provides a copy of complaint to public official within 10 calendar days. D, all parties are to attend the pre-conference. However, the absence of a party shall not be grounds for a continuance. The pre-conference shall be conducted as follows. Number one, Board of Ethics, also known as the BOE, reviews complaint for compliance. two if majority of the boe determines that the complaint does not comply the chair calls for a vote to dismiss the complaint without a hearing if a majority of the boe determines that the complaint complies then the pre-conference proceeds next slide pre-conference procedures continues Three, BOE shall facilitate settlement discussions between the parties. If a resolution is reached, no hearing is necessary. If not, the pre-conference continues. Four, BOE reviews the submitted tangible evidence to determine if it is relevant to the issues raised. Evidence deemed irrelevant by majority of vote will be deemed inadmissible and excluded at the hearing. Five, complainant may verbally present evidence that will be presented at the hearing. The public official has same opportunity. Six, BOE shall determine by majority of vote whether the complainant has shown that the evidence, more than likely than not, shows that there may be a potential violation of the prohibited conduct. Please take note, board members, that an asterisk mark that I'm going to read was adopted on January 27, 2026 by city council, which reads, all evidence shall be taken in its totality with equal weight given to both parties. Next slide. Continuous of pre-conference procedures, number seven, it is determined that the evidence show it is more likely than not that a potential violation of prohibited conduct has occurred. The city clerk shall select a hearing panel by random draw to consist of five members and one alternate and set a hearing date for no later than 45 city business days following the pre-conference. Eight, if it is determined that the complainant failed to show that it is more likely than not that a potential violation of prohibited conduct occurred, the chair shall instruct the city clerk to prepare a statement of findings for adoption at the next regular meeting of the BOE. Next slide. Going into RMC 2.78.080, hearing procedures. A, public official shall file written reply no later than 20 calendar days prior to hearing date. B, city clerk shall provide copy of written reply to complainant no later than 10 city business days after receipt. C, BOE shall have the authority to adopt hearing procedures not in conflict with this chapter. Pre-conferences and hearings on their merits are not formal judicial proceedings. Technical rules of evidence do not apply. Chair of hearing panel presides over the hearing F no new witnesses nor evidence of other than what was submitted may be introduced at the hearing unless hearing panel determines complaint at discovering after the following next slide continuing of hearing procedures G prior to commencement of the hearing Either party may ask for a continuance. H, only one continuance of the hearing shall be granted to each party. I, complainant goes first and shall have burden of proof by preponderance of the evidence. J, public official proceeds second and may make an opening and closing statement, examining witnesses, evidence, and introduce rebuttal evidence. K, neither party shall be allowed to examine the other party. However, may cross-examine. L, hearing panel may ask questions of the parties or witnesses. And M, parties may present rebuttal evidence. Next slide. Continuing of hearing procedures, letter N. Upon conclusion of evidence presented, the chair shall facilitate verbal deliberations by the hearing panel. O, all findings shall be approved by majority vote and panel shall direct city clerk to prepare statement of findings or designate members to prepare statement of findings to include recommendation for sanctions. Panel must approve within 30 city business days. P, within five city business days of approval, city clerk notifies all parties in writing of the decision of the hearing panel and the appeal procedures. Q, no member of the Board of Ethics who is the complainant of a subject of the complaint shall sit as a member of the hearing panel. are neither the complainant nor the public official against whom the complaint is filed shall be represented at the hearing by an attorney. Although an attorney may be present and consulted at the hearing, the attorney shall not address the hearing panel nor participate in any aspect of the hearing. Next slide. Going into the appeal procedures, under RMC 2.780, nine zero a decision of the hearing panel may be appealed to the city council appeals of pre-conference decisions may only be appealed if the appeal is based upon a clear procedural error appeals are filed in writing with the city clerk within ten city business days following the date of the decision appellant must specify the clear procedural error or abuse of discretion The city clerk shall place the appeal on a city council agenda within 30 city business days. B, if there is no appeal, the decision of the hearing panel becomes final and there shall be no further right to appeal. The city council would then determine if sanctions should be imposed, if applicable. C. The record on appeal shall consist of a transcript of the hearing, the complaint and tangible evidence and testimony considered at the hearing. No new evidence will be received nor considered by the City Council at the hearing on the appeal. Next slide. Going into appeal procedures, continuance. D, city council shall review record. If no finding of clear procedural error or abuse of discretion, the city council shall adopt findings of the hearing panel. If there is a finding by the city council of a clear procedural error or abuse of discretion by the hearing panel, that finding shall be clearly stated the matter shall be referred back to the hearing panel for a rehearing to consider the matter in light of the findings of the City Council on appeal II if the City Council finds a violation was committed the City Council may determine sanctions and F city clerk notifies all parties and there is no further right to appeal G Complaints, replies, supporting documentation, transcripts of hearings, notice of appeal, and all decisions thereon shall be public records and retained by the city clerk for a period of two years. H, no public official who is a party to a complaint shall participate in the appeal of a decision of the hearing panel and must recuse from participation. Next slide. RMC 2.78.100, Enforcement and Sanctions. A, elected officials. One, public apology to complaint. Two, recommendation for training. Three, removal from regional committees. Four, removal from mayor pro tem rotation. Five, public censure. Or six, Restrict from traveling to attend meetings, conferences outside city limits. B, appointed officials of boards and commissions. One, public apology to the complainant. Two, recommendation for training. Three, referral to the board, commission, or committee of which the appointed official is a member for the public censure. Four, public censure by the mayor and city council. Five, removal from chair, vice chair, or other leadership positions. Or six, removal from office as provided by city charter. Next slide. Going into monitoring and oversight. Pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.110, A, prior to end of July each year, the boards and commissions shall discuss at regular meeting the effectiveness of this code of ethics and conduct code and make recommendations to the board of ethics for consideration. B, prior to end of August, board of ethics shall discuss effectiveness of this code, consider board commission recommendations and submit recommendations for amendments to the governmental process committee GPC for consideration. c prior to end of september the gpc shall discuss effectiveness of this code and instruct the city manager to present a report to the city council for its discussion and consideration d prior to the end of the year the chair of the gpc shall present A report to the city council at a public hearing in the evening. The city council shall make an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the code and consider those recommendations of the BOE, boards, commissions, and GPC. Next slide. Recommendation. that the Board of Ethics, number one, perform the annual review of the Code of Ethics and conduct COE for its effectiveness. Two, consider amendment recommendations to COE from the boards and commissions. 3. Submit any proposed amendments to the COE to governmental processes committees as required by RMC Section 2.78.10.10. Let me repeat that again so we can get the correct section, which is RMC Section 2.78.110. And for delegated Board of Ethics members to present its recommendations to the Governmental Processes Committee. Board of Ethics, I would like to state that I, Tola Perkins, board member for the Board of Ethics, have presented to you the annual review of the Board of Ethics Code of Ethics as well. Also, I would like to state that from the previous boards and commissions that I presented to you, At that time, no one had any additions. And if they had questions, I referred them to the clerk office. And at that time, the clerk office would have received those recommendations and or comments and would have presented them to us. So at this time, I would like to say thank you for the opportunity to present to you the Board of Ethics, this commission board itself. Thank you so very much. Any questions?

Sure.

Is there any public comments on the phone? Anyone online? We don't have anyone here. Yes?

Is there a further definition of digital misconduct on slide six? Because that seems like a pretty broad topic.

Yes. Board fanning, inside your package, there's complete definition of this digital misconduct that can be further reviewed upon your review. Any other questions or concerns?

I don't have anything. No.

I don't know.

NO PHONES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, BOARD, AND I WILL TAKE MY SEAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE'RE UP TO NUMBER 6 ON THE AGENDA THERE FOR AD HOC COMMITTEE UPDATES. We have myself and Threno. I have been out of touch myself, but we currently with communications and making our purposes known through the public, other than the fact that we do the presentations to the other commissions and boards. I thought, you know, one possibility that we could go into is these get-togethers that they have every Thursdays or, you know, during the weekend where we could have probably a table or something with information and just fan people over to us and you know we be able to let them know who we are and what we do and what our purpose is for them you know to serve the public other than that everything else that we've you know that it's been listed as far as presentations and communications, even through the media, is kind of appropriate for the time being. And I'm open to any other suggestions, you know, of getting the word out on who we are and what we do. ANY SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE ANYWAY? ANYTHING DIFFERENT OTHER THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR?

ARE YOU SAYING THINGS LIKE THE FARMER'S MARKET?

Farmers Market, also community meetings that we can be agendized for, too. Other board.

There's also the Ciclo Riverside. Yes. Coming up in February that you could have a booth at, maybe.

Yes. What was that again?

It's called CICLO. Actually, the Blue Zones has a booth out there right now about that, but I attended a meeting about that, and it's on February 27th next year. They're closing down, as I know it, Magnolia Avenue between Adams and Van Buren. Basically, it's going to be like a fair almost. Streets are going to be open to run, walk, bike, whatever, dance. They're going to have booths along the way, apparently, so that might be an opportunity as well.

That would be very good. Any other ideas or suggestions there?

I would like to do TikTok videos, but I'd like to confirm how to do that correctly with our digital conduct and what accounts to do that with, if that would be a part of the City of Riverside account, or if that would be a personal account, or if we would need to create a Board of Ethics account. We can put that for topic of agenda for next time.

Have we have TikTok accounts? Or is, you know, in the city of Riverside, do we have anything like that?

I know the city has some Instagram pages. I am not, I know that there is not one for the Board of Ethics. But we can talk to, we'll put it on the agenda for discussion, but we'll also inquire with our marketing team.

Or Instagram. Yeah. The social medias.

Yes. Letter B, standing rules review. And again, that's myself and Fanning. I apologize again. I've been out of touch, death in the family. And I became more familiar with San Diego than, you know, Riverside and all. Understanding rules itself, one aspect that, you know, we're looking at too is the fact that we want to make some changes, especially with the core values and purpose of the board, you know, of the board of ethics in terms of trying to be independent. And I think it's the way to go. There's a lot of information, a lot of data on that. The only, I think some of the hurdles with that is convincing the powers that be. TO GET THAT INTO A PERSPECTIVE WHICH THEY CAN SEE THAT IT'S AN ADVANTAGE AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF ESPECIALLY BOARD OF ETHICS IN OTHER CITIES THAT THEY HAVE INDEPENDENT OPERATIONS AND One aspect that I did see on the report that I think you sent me some way back, I think it was 20 years to over 26 years of board meetings and hearings, and I couldn't recognize some of the names, but it looked like the majority of the names there were from city council members who were – And it's not to say they're guilty or not or what have you, but these complaints or the public having issues with city council people who in turn, they're part of the hierarchy of our processes. You know, it's hard to recommend something, let's say, if we did find a violation within a city council member and in that same city council approves or disapproves. and and that's um and i think that's something that uh we discovered with other cities as well is that they they have uh in their past have uh experienced that and so having an independent uh board of ethics would uh be a big difference And, you know, looking at the fact, especially here with Riverside, with the Inspector General's office, there's some wording, you know, as we heard from the review of the, you know, Chapter 2.78, as far as... the hearings, evidence being presented. Sometimes there's a... by word, you know, it's by their word. And if we take their word, we take, you know, both sides of the word instead of it being investigated. We have a commission, the Civilian Police Commission, that they have even a separate inspection or they have an investigative group or entity within their organization that is independent and does make the necessary investigations on statements or facts and whatever presented by witness or the complainant and the I'm just looking at that type of aspect, that type of organization for us. And I think that's very important that we maintain independence and that we have that jurisdiction, no matter what, in terms of recommending punishment or what have you like that. That's what we do now, but we don't have the power or the teeth to make that really happen because that's done by the city council. And I think we need to look into that further and make changes. But currently, you know, what we have and what we've been going with for some time is really no change. But then again, that's the point. There's no change. And so I think that we need to... work on that and I think work on that very quick because we have a governmental entity coming up next year that only shows up every eight years and if you know if we want to make that change that change has to be done through the charter and I think, you know, in some ways if we can even bring that up with the inspector general's office as well as even current city council members, there's going to be some positive aspects to that. And, you know, especially the city council, they have to see some of this too because sometimes they're subjected to false accusations, you know, and it becomes embarrassing. And so that's part of some of the changes that we're going to need to make.

Yeah, so we were talking... We're talking about some way to make it more fair up front so that there's not a lot of false accusations. Good way to put it for these City Council members because they don't need to be put in front they don't need that they don't need to waste their time and energy with that it's just not fair you need to make it fair for the City Council and then we need to make it transparent to the public as well.

Exactly. Any questions or concerns? I think eventually what's going to happen too is there's just so many of us and so I'm going to have to make it as such where we can split the load and assign certain aspects to this for the changes. So becoming familiar, of course, with Chapter 2.78 is really great. But also I would look at a model to our Civilian Police Commission and see how they go. We don't have to exactly do what they do, but there are some aspects there that we can transfer to us.

Given Mr. Hernandez' elevation to city council, are we going to try and get some additional help on some of these subcommittees?

I'm hoping to. I'm very much hoping to.

And can we get a copy of how the police commission does their work so that we can kind of see if we can use that as a frame or see what we can pick from that to maybe have a better, different process for ours?

It's already available online.

Yeah, I'm not going to do that. Somebody point me to it, please.

It's in the board. What is it? The handbook, the code book handbook of... Yes, there you go. And it gives you the background information, the purpose, and... And if you even go into it deeper, you know, into online, they have, yeah, they have... They have a whole detailed aspect of what they do as far as hearings, about processes, what they have as far as operations, and some of the operations that they have in terms of and protocols I think we can use along the lines there. You can even go to Google or, you know, my wife tells me, go AI. I would put down, let's see, Civilian Police Commission, City of Riverside, click, and then it pops it up right there.

Submitting police commission review.

And it'll pop up there for you, and then it'll guide you to the actual formal chapter. Let's see, annual review of the code of ethics and conduct. Yeah, we're in, you know, we're working on that. We're in the process of establishing some of the changes that needs to be. But currently, there's really no changes if we don't change, you know, of course. Some of the operations that we had just this past year was just pretty much self-explanatory. Any complaints that were brought up were really settled before they even went to hearing process. And I've seen many of those, too, in my research, too, from the previous years. But we're working on that. And as far as the annual report for city council, we're working on that too. I will get some word there in terms of what, you know, we want to – to make changes for and I'll try to get that to you by Tuesday and we're going to try to get a meeting together and I think that's probably the best way to do that is meeting online or doing the Zoom, and we just work from there. And then I'll have some ideas there, especially from a comparison of the commission and stuff. And I did send an email. I don't know if you got that about several weeks ago. I was looking at the meeting in August, and then... But that's still in effect, so we'll just work on that. Other than that, let's see, and then of course charter committee, we need to get something real quick here and established as such so that way we can have a prepared change of the Board of Ethics and its operations and its independence in front of that. Charter Review Committee. I'm thinking in terms of like if we have any changes of it's going to have to go through the GPC and then City Council and then eventually to the Charter Review Committee. Yeah. So that's the challenge. We have time still, though, right? I know, like, for instance, the GPC, they just formed, and they have a couple of meetings already, right?

Are you talking about the Charter Review Committee being convened?

Not the charter, but the governmental process committee.

Okay, so the governmental process committee, they meet the first Wednesday of every month. So if your ad hoc on your proposed charter amendments meets and they have some proposals, they have to bring them to this board first. for a vote and then whatever you forward to to the government processes committee for consideration and then they would forward that to Council but the Charter View Committee will not be convening till likely January till January well that's the goal we're recruiting right for review out of applications by December

And that's the charter, right? Yeah. And in fact, but you started, right? You started recruiting or?

It will be up on the website soon. I know we're putting out flyers right now.

Oh, okay. Because I thought one of the city council members mentioned it or... that they were in the process of starting. Okay. But we have time. We still have time, yeah. Okay. Any questions, concerns? Okay. Board member updates, any updates with anyone there, gone anywhere, anything, showing yourself on TV? Clarissa Cervantes, she's out there already. In some of the, what do you call it, the television screen, you know, what do you call it, when it comes into television, it's no longer channels and stuff. It's, you know, appearing on a computer and stuff. And That's Riverside, you know, right there, Riverside. But any board members, anything, any meetings, any show-ups and stuff? No? Staff updates, anything?

No staff updates. Nope.

Okay.

Can we ask, are we allowed to ask what the situation with regards to the IG is? Is that out of bounds?

I don't have any information.

Did they have an established office yet or members or anybody chosen? Nothing? No. I was wondering if there's any way we could make any contact and find out or... Who's responsible for it, the mayor? Any other items that we should look at in the future there, other than what we've already discussed?

For agenda item number nine?

Yeah.

Yes, I have two items. The first one is already mentioned confirming how we would like to go about making social media posts. And so the first question I have is which account would we post under? And then the second account or the second question I have is what is the expectation of the quality of videos that we would be making? Yes. So that's the first item. And then the second item is looking at the ad hoc committees. At our next agenda meeting, can we do a redo of who gets assigned to what?

And, yeah. And I'd like to ask the board's permission to join the Charter Review Committee, Ad Hoc Committee, and the Standing Rules Review Ad Hoc Committee. Standing Rules and the Charter, you are welcome. You are welcome. If I can, you know, if I could get your... Contact information like that. Yeah, we'll add you on here Anything else Any other items Okay. So without further ado, I think we can close this meeting again. And thank you for the votes. And I will be running for president. Thank you very much. We're done.