Seven Sugar Land residents were appointed April 5 to the Citizens Task Force on Ethics to review the city’s code for disparities with the state version of the code. The task force was created in response to the Texas’ legislature amending its ethics laws for local governments in 2015. Sugar Land created its own Rules of Ethical Conduct for city officials in 2005 to supplement state code, Sugar Land City Manager Allen Bogard said.
The City Council approved the appointees—nominated by Mayor James Thompson—from 19 applications. Members will give the City Council a draft report for any changes in November.
“As I understand it, the city established an ethics code 10 years ago, so this would be the first review of it,” task force member Al Abramczyk said. “It’s our job to see if there’s any changes needed in that particular code [based on current state standards].”
The task force’s meetings will be open to the public, he said.
