TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL)-- The Tallahassee City Commission will meet to make changes this week, after an ethics ordinance passed in Leon County yesterday with a 67% to 33% vote.
At the meeting, the commission will prepare for recommendations for the process of selecting new members for a citizens committee, made up of 7 people.
The proposal was originally brought up after a group called "Citizens for Ethics Reform" gathered 20,000 signatures throughout Leon County in order to have the ordinance appear on the ballot.
They say the ethics officer the city of Tallahassee hired, Julie Meadows-Keefe, could apply to be the officer for them as well.
The composition of the new board will be a community effort, according to the group.
"The president of Florida State will appoint a member, the president of FAMU, the state attorney, the chief judge of the 2nd district, and the city commission will all appoint a member. And from the five appointees, they will select two more residents of Tallahassee and none of them will work for government, all volunteers, non-paid ethics experts."
The rules passed last night will go into effect in the next campaign season two years from now.
