QUESTION
What is Milton Williams' opinion on governmental salary arrangements for family members?
0:19:18
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Milton Williams emphasizes the collaborative and consensus-driven process the Conflicts of Interest Board uses to evaluate cases, but declines to comment on specific cases due to confidentiality.
- Williams is cautious about making statements due to confidentiality requirements and the consensus-based approach of the Conflicts of Interest Board.
- He highlights the collaborative process involving all five board members and guidance from staff in reaching conclusions.
- The Board has access to all necessary information for case evaluations.
- Williams refrains from discussing the specific case of the mayor's brother's salary arrangement, citing lack of permission and potential lapses in memory regarding the details.
Adrienne E. Adams
0:19:18
Recently, the mayor's brother resigned from his position as head of the mayor's security detail.
0:19:22
It's been reported that Cord required the mayor to pay his brother $1 per year instead of the $210,000 salary associated with the position, and I've got some questions for you along those lines as well about your opinion as an ethics expert about these types of arrangements in government.
0:19:40
So in your in your opinion, Mister Williams, as an ethics expert.
0:19:44
Chicago analyzed the family member's financial status to evaluate the risk of the family member accepting other compensation limited under chapter 68?
Milton Williams
0:19:53
Well, every everything should be evaluated.
0:19:55
I I I must say, and I I don't mean to be the least bit reticent in answering or reluctant to your questions.
0:20:01
I'd be careful because of the confidentiality requirement within COVID.
0:20:05
I also have to be careful about giving opinions.
0:20:09
So when we reach a conclusion at koi or it is a collaborative and consensus billing exercise amongst all five members of the board.
0:20:21
Mhmm.
0:20:21
So when that happens, we kind of talk, go to us go back and forth on what the issues are.
0:20:29
And then with the some with guidance from the staff who's excellent, we've reached a conclusion.
0:20:35
Now I don't I I don't know that I that I meant liberty to discuss that particular case, and and quite frankly, I don't necessarily remember all the facts and details of it.
0:20:45
But I can tell you in the process of going through the deliberations and evaluating, we have all the information on any case at our disposal, and we kind of work through the issues.
Adrienne E. Adams
0:20:55
Okay.
0:20:55
So we'll we'll move away from the specificity of of that, and we'll just speak in general terms.
