If a reporting person has filed a statement which reveals
a possible violation of a duly adopted Code of Ethics of the City of New Rochelle,
local law, ordinance or resolution or the Board of Ethics receives a sworn
complaint alleging such a violation or if the Board of Ethics determines on
its own initiative to investigate a possible violation, the Board of Ethics
shall notify the reporting person in writing, describe the possible or alleged
violation of such Code of Ethics, local law, ordinance or resolution or this
article and provide the person with a fifteen-day period in which to submit
a written response setting forth information relating to the activities cited
as a possible or alleged violation of law. If the Board of Ethics thereafter
makes a determination that further inquiry is justified, it shall give the
reporting person an opportunity to be heard. The Board shall also inform the
reporting individual of its rules regarding the conduct of adjudicatory proceedings
and appeals and the due process procedural mechanisms available to such individual.
If the Board determines at any stage of the proceeding that there is no violation
or that any potential conflict of interest violation has been rectified, it
shall so advise the reporting person and the complainant, if any. All of the
foregoing proceedings shall be confidential.
