MINUTES
Town of Greenburgh Board of Ethics
Thursday, October 28, 2021
6:30 p.m.
Zoom Video-Conference
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Blase J. Spinozzi, Chairperson; Timothy Hays, Member; Claire Pizzuti, Esq., Member; Trudy Holand, Secretary; Maxine Susseles, Esq., Member; Jacqueline Baranov, Alternate Member: Joseph Malara, Esq. , Volunteer Counsel: 1st Deputy Town Attorney, David Fried, Esq.
- Meeting was convened at 6:33 p.m. Welcome to Ms. Susseles and Ms. Baranov, new members of the Board of Ethics.
- Agenda: Addition to the agenda. Tim Hays’ request for a waiver pursuant to Section 570-16. With that amendment to the agenda, the agenda was unanimously accepted.
- Minutes of September 23, 2021 meeting. “R. Rappaport” was corrected to read “Gary Rappaport.” With that modification, the minutes were unanimously received.
- Ethics training update. As per David Fried, Esq, all employees and elected officials are up to date. Mr. Fried informed the board that ethics training for new board members will be available in January 2022.
- Financial Disclosure Form update. Mr. Fried reported that only one board member has not filed a Financial Disclosure Form.
While the board member’s name has been posted on the town’s website, the board was in agreement that the Town Board should impose some censuring for those not in compliance.
The board agreed the Chair should correspond with the Town Board as to what, if any, action should be taken for those who do not comply with the Code of Ethics’ obligation to file a Financial Disclosure Form.
- Correspondence:
- Correspondence from Tim Hays requesting a waiver. This matter held over to the next meeting on 11/18/21.
- Correspondence from Hal Samis dated 10/26/21.
Mr. Samis’ correspondence was forwarded to the BoE prior to the meeting.The members of the board were asked for any comments.There were none.
- Correspondence from Gary Rappaport dated 10/7/21 & 10/24/21.
Mr. Rappaport’s correspondence was forwarded to the BOE prior to the meeting.The Chair requested Volunteer Counsel, Mr. Malara, to respond to Mr. Rappaport’s email. Mr. Malara addressed in depth Mr. Rappaport’s concerns regarding FDFs and FOIL requests.The Board expressed its gratitude to Mr. Malara.
- Next Meeting: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, November 18, 2021, by way of Zoom Video-Conference.
Meeting adjourned at 7:04 p.m.
Submitted by:
Trudy Holand, Secretary
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