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Vet Technician

The Board of Ethics was asked to provide an opinion regarding whether it is permissible for a part-time veterinary technician employed at the Animal Shelter to also maintain a part-time position as a veterinary technician at a veterinary services vendor o...

Solicit Gifts - Death in Family

The Board of Ethics was asked to consider whether an email solicitation to “All Employees” by a Department Commissioner seeking monetary and food gifts for an employee whose husband had recently passed is a violation of the Code of Eth...

Reconsideration of Board Decision Parks Deputy

The Board of Ethics was asked to re-consider a portion of a previously rendered opinion relating to whether an employee in a management position in the Department of Parks could also carry on a personal business as a for-hire charter boat providing servic...

Parks Deputy Opinion

The Board of Ethics was asked to render an opinion on whether an employee in a management position in the Department of Parks could also carry on a personal business as a for-hire charter boat providing services in the Town of Brookhaven.

The employee prov...

Civic Executive Position Opinion

The Board has been asked to render an opinion as to whether a Town employee, with the current position as Principal Account Clerk in the Department of Housing and Community Development, may hold an executive position on the board of a local civic associat...

Supervisor of the Town of Brookhaven Animal Shelter and Adoption Center

The Board of Ethics was asked to render an opinion on whether the Supervisor of the Town of Brookhaven Animal Shelter and Adoption Center could also hold the position of President of a not-for-profit animal rescue and adoption center located in the Town o...

Ethics Opinion 215

The Board of Ethics was asked to render an opinion as to whether a local bowling alley offering a free night of bowling to all Brookhaven Town Employees would constitute a conflict of interest. The Ethics Board has determined that this would not be a conf...

Ethics Opinion 216

The Ethics Board was asked if a Town of Brookhaven Department Head can participate in the auction to purchase vacant, surplus property that the Town intends to sell. In their deliberation, the Ethics Board referenced two sections of the Ethics Code which ...

Ethics Opinion 217

The Ethics Board was asked by the Town Attorney to render an opinion as to whether an Assistant Town Attorney can or should refer a town employee to a private attorney on a matter which relates to the issue for which the town employee consulted the attorn...

Ethics Opinion 219

The Town of Brookhaven Board of Ethics has been asked if it is permissible for a member of the Town Board to sit in on an Executive Session regarding the settlement of a legal matter directly related to that Board member’s actions. Furthermore t...

Ethics Opinion 220

The Board of Ethics was asked to provide an opinion on whether or not it would be an ethical violation if a LIPA trustee served as a consultant for the Town of Brookhaven.

Determination: The Board of Ethics has determined that a LIPA trustee serving as a c...

Ethics Opinion 221

The Board of Ethics was asked to provide an opinion regarding if it is permissible for an employee in the Law Department to remain in her position even though her family member is a Judge who handles and hears all Brookhaven Town ordinance issues.

Determin...

Ethics Opinion 222

Issue

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