There is hereby established a Board of Ethics consisting of three members
to be appointed by the Town Board, all of whom reside in the Town of Highlands
and who shall serve without compensation and at the pleasure of the Town Board.
A majority of such members shall be persons other than town employees but
the Board shall include at least one member who is an elected or appointed
town employee.
The Board of Ethics established hereunder shall render advisory opinions
to town employees on written request and upon request of the Town Board make
recommendations to such Town Board as to any amendments to this chapter. The
opinions of the Board of Ethics shall be advisory and confidential and in
no event shall the identity of the town employee be disclosed except to authorized
persons and agencies. Such opinions shall be on the advice of the Attorney
for the town.
Such Board of Ethics upon its formation shall promulgate its own rules
and regulations as to its form and procedures and shall maintain appropriate
records of its opinions and proceedings.
If the Board member is a town employee and is himself the subject of
the inquiry before the Board, he shall be removed from the Board during its
consideration of the inquiry and replaced by another town employee by the
Town Board.
