Wanted:

Person(s) interested in becoming a member of an Ethics Commission. Must be a resident of Totoketville. You can have political party affiliation but must not be an active member or have been an active member in the last 25 years. You cannot ever have served on any board, commission, committee or council. You cannot be an employee or have a relative who is an employee, including but not limited to: husband, wife, son, daughter, mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, cousin (including 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th cousins). All in-laws are also excluded. If you know any person who serves on any board, commission, committee or council (this includes those who are not sure if they know someone who serves), please do not respond. We will consider those who live more than a mile from anyone who serves on a board, commission, committee or council.
Please submit your resume’ to
Totoketville Town Council
Application will be accepted pending a repeal of the ethics ordinance.



Putting aside the sarcasm, I’m glad to see the council didn’t scrap the ethics ordinance all together. The ethics ordinance puts higher standards on the Ethics Commission than any other board or commission and rightfully so. To impose even more stringent standards as talked about by the council at it’s last meeting would do nothing more than serve as an even a greater deterrent to recruit good people to serve on that commission. I hope that was not the intent. If you can’t get people to serve why would you need an Ethics Commission? Councilor Bozzutto has put the town’s economical development project in jeopardy by his self-serving attempt to purchase property that is part of that project. What is even more disturbing is his blatant advertisement of his attempt do so and the fact that the council does not seem to have a problem with his behavior. If the Council held themselves to the same standard that they hold an appointment to the Ethics Commission, there would be no need for an ethics ordinance. Their needs to be some oversight to protect the residence’s interest in our town. Whether the answer is an Ethics Commission or not it sure seems like a good place to start.