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Findings and Recommendations
2 findings
The Grand Jury finds that the Capital Improvement Fee in question was determined by the WSD Board of Directors in a public session, which included comments by the owner of the business and discussion of the fee. The Grand Jury finds no convincing evidence that the fee imposed was unreasonably low. FINDINGS #2: The Grand Jury finds that only one member of the WSD Board of Directors had a Conflict of Interest in this case and that the Board member abstained from the vote on this particular Capital Improvement Fee. However, the Grand Jury found two violations of Conflict of Interest Laws. First, the Board member that had a conflict of interest did not publicly declare the conflict during the meeting as required by law. Second, that Board member filed an incorrect California Form 700, Statement of Economic Interests, by incorrectly declaring, "No reportable interests." The Grand Jury finds that those two violations had no effect on the determination of the Capital Improvement Fee for this particular business. The Grand Jury concludes that the violations were due a to a lack of knowledge of the law rather than a deliberate intent to violate the law. The Grand Jury in this and other investigations has found a widespread lack of understanding by members of Public Boards and Commissions in Trinity County that conflicts of interest must, by law, be publicly declared whenever a conflict occurs in a meeting.
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