2002 Wis Eth Bd 02 - LOCAL OFFICIALS – DISQUALIFICATION

The Ethics Board advises that :

1) Under §19.59, Wisconsin Statutes, the village trustee whose property
      abuts the property that is the subject of the company’s rezoning
      petition, and who is an employee of the company, should not participate
      in discussion, debate, or votes on the petition;

2) Section 19.59, Wisconsin Statutes, is unlikely to restrict the village
      trustee who is an employee of a company that sells supplies to the
      company seeking the rezoning to vote on the petition; and

3) Section 19.59, Wisconsin Statutes, is unlikely to restrict the village
      trustee who owns a company that, in the past, has done business with
      the company seeking the rezoning to vote on the petition.