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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DISCUSSED `WITH THE BOARD HIS CONCERN IN REGARD TO THE ACTION OF DR, HENRY FISCHER AT THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION ON MARCH 31ST, HE NOTED THAT IN 1975, WE FOUND IT NECESSARY TO ADOPT RESOLUTION N0, 75-27 OUTLINING A CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH MADE VERY CLEAR TO MEMBERS OF THE ZONING COMMISSION THE STANL:;RDS UNDER WHICH WE WERE OPERATING AND EXPECTED THEM TO OPERATE, HE CON- TINUED THAT THIS RESOLUTION STATES THAT IF AN OFFICIAL HAS AN INTEREST IN A MATTER UNDER DISCUSSION, HE WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE ANYONE IN THIS REGARD, BUT WILL, IN FACT, STEP DOWN AND LEAVE THE ROOM, HE REFERRED THE BOARD TO THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION OF MARCH 31ST AND CONTINUED THAT HE FELT FROM THESE MINUTES AND FROM CONVERSATIONS HE HAS HAD WITH MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING STAFF AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SERIOUS VIOLATION AND BREACH OF OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, COM- MISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT, IN HIS OPINION, IF THIS IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE IT WILL DESTROY THE PUBLIC S CONFIDENCE IN OUR ADVISORY BOARD, COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT DR, FISCHER A- MEMBEROF THE PLANN?NG & ZONING COMMISSION IS AN OWNER OF THE FROPERTY THAT WAS UNDER DISCUSSION AT THE MEETING, IN FURTHER DISCUSSION THE BOARD FELT THAT DR, FISCHER OBVIOUSLY .HAD A DEFINITE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND WAS AWARE OF THE ACTION HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN, BUT DID NOT, CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED THE ATTORNEY WHAT OUR ALTERNATIVES ARE IN SUCH A SITUATION, THE ATTORNEY STATED THAT THE BOARD HAS THE RIGHT TO REMOVE A ZONING OFFICIAL ON 3/5 VOTE OF THE BOARD EVEN IF HIS TERM IS NOT COMPLETED, AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS AGREED THAT THE MATTER SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA SO THE BOARD COULD HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PEOPLE DIRECTLY INVOLVED, THE SEVERAL BILLS AND ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE COUNTY, HAVING BEEN AUDITED, WERE EXAMINED AND FOUND TO BE CORRECT WERE APPROVED AND WAR- RANTS ISSUED IN SETTLEMENT OF SAME AS FOLLOWS: TREASURY FUND N0, 54610 - 54751 INCLUSIVE. SUCH BILLS AND ACCOUNTS BEING ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, THE WARRANTS'SO ISSUED FROM THE RESPECTIVE FUNDS BEING LISTED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL MINUTE BOOK AS PROVIDED BY THE RULES OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, REFERENCE TO SUCH RECORD AND 67 APR 6 1977- J