Mr. Chen you are a Certified Public Accountant. Every few years you must take Continuing Education Courses. Some of those Courses include ethics training. Simple question, would you ever violate those ethical principles and jeopardize your license? Let me answer that question for you, of course not. If you are elected to Edmonds City Council, who will you represent? Will you represent the citizens of Edmonds or instead represent the interests of the Mayor, City Employees and their consultants. The following is an one example; The Lighthouse Law Group, PLLC contract provides the following: Payment for Services . a. The Except as provided in Section 3.b, below, the City will pay LIGHTHOUSE for the services specified in the sum of $47,96449,883 a month (the flat fee). This amount may be adjusted in future years with the mutual consent of the parties. Any request for increase in the flat fee shall be submitted by September 1 of any year for consideration in the bu...
Edmonds City Council First Executive Session of May 26th 2020 The City Council may meet in executive (closed) session but only for one of the reasons specified in and in accordance with procedures identified in RCW 42.30.110. A personnel matter including a separation agreement is not specifically identified in RCW 42.30.110(1) and therefore is not a legally sufficient reason to meet in closed executive session. The Council discussed the Finance Director Scott James, Separation Agreement in the closed executive session under the guise of potential litigation. When in fact, any potential litigation ceased to exist on May 25 th , 2020, and the seven days from the date Mr. James signed the Separation Agreement, May 18 th , 2020, thus waiving all of his rights to pursue any civil action against the City of Edmonds. On May 26 th , 2020 during agenda item (4) Council President Adrienne Fraley-Monillas moved to add an Executive Session regarding “potential litigation” per RCW 42.30.1...
College Professor and Edmonds City Councilman D.J. Wilson has a completely different dictionary than everyone else. At the April 6, Council meeting Mr. Wilson proclaimed "Secret is different than Private ". The following is from www.dictionary.com. se·cret /ˈsikrɪt/ Show Spelled[see-krit] –adjective 1.done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations. 2.kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged: a secret password. 3.faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; reticent. 4.designed or working to escape notice, knowledge, or observation: a secret drawer; the secret police. 5.secluded, sheltered, or withdrawn: a secret hiding place. 6.beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric. 7.(of information, a document, etc.) a.bearing the classification secret. b.limited to persons authorized to use information documents, etc., so classified. –noun 8.something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or ...
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