10-30-2025 Governance and Ethics Committee Meeting
meeting
Santa Clara Boards and Commissions
2h 30m
5 speakers
8 agenda items
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What is the opening agenda and roll‑call for the Governance and Ethics Committee meeting?
Yeah.
What?
Anacter.
All right. Um We uh are at the governance and ethics committee meeting. Um I uh Would like to read a is are we recording now? Okay. Um, I'd like to read this first before we start the meeting. This meeting will be recorded. The Zoom application will notify you that this meeting is being recorded. Pre please press continue on the Zoom application to stay in the meeting. Use the raise your hand feature in Zoom when you would like to speak on an item, and also to lower your hand when you are finished speaking. Please unmute. when called to speak and mute yourself when you are done speaking. If you were calling in by phone. Identify yourself. by name before speaking on an item. Press star nine on your phone to raise and lower your hand.
Press star six. If you are participating by phone to unmute. Okay, I would like to call this meeting to order. At uh ten o five. AM uh the meeting of the governance and ethics committee on Thursday, October thirtieth, twenty twenty five. Um Maria, could you do the roll call, please?
Chair Jane.
Here.
Committee member Shahal.
Present.
And committee member Park.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Okay, uh we have uh one item on our consent calendar. That is approval of the September eighth, twenty twenty-five governance and ethics committee meeting minutes. Um And uh I believe there are some amendments that were made by staff for this. And I'm gonna try to find those. Here we go. Um I had informed uh city staff of these two items under the Section call to order enroll call. There is an error after present should list member Raj Chahal as not the chair and chair suds Jane. As chair, not member Jane. Um the second item Uh I noted to staff was for the review and approval of the amendments to the council policy. Zero four three and zero zero six. Um, we had a discussion. about the per diem. And um a discussion about if you didn't have a receipt.
That you could Essentially be covered under per diem. Um So this was not in the minutes. But we did have a long discussion about it. And so I thought it was important that it be reflected in the minutes that we had a discussion of that. So those are my amendments to the minutes. Uh if anyone else would like to comment. On the minutes. But those those changes will be amended.
Uh Chair, um Member Chow. Yeah. Uh On some other item also it was mentioned. Cheer, chao ho. As you mentioned in the first item, so uh that correction needs to be Member Chaho and Chair Sudstream. Okay. Uh Ooh, on item one, item two on the voting, it is that. The climate.
Okay. And so um Is there a motion to approve the minutes as amended?
So mode. My second.
Okay, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstain? Okay. Passes unanimously. And now we move on to public presentations. I don't see anyone here in the chambers. Is there anyone online?
Ter Jane, we have a hand raise for
Wanda
Buck.
Hold on a second. Uh Wanda, go ahead.
Good morning. Wanda Buck. Good morning, Chair, Council members on this committee and the staff. I ask uh why isn't The establishment of a new ethics program voted for in two oh two four to be presented in two oh two five, not on today's agenda, or many previous ones. At least one of you has mentioned a possible special meeting regarding this matter. Thus I was surprised and disappointed to not see it on today's agenda. Also I wonder why the subject and frequent and urgency of Of ticket provisions for events and payment thereof. A better appearance would be having others also give input rather than just the potential ticket recipients. This seems like just one more reason to have a separate new ethics committee made up of more than counseling.
And with all due respect and appreciation for your hard work and time, which I really mean. Can't you imagine how this looks to your citizens? Looking from the outside in. And I ask of you, trick or treat.
Uh thank you, Wanda. Um I'm um Not gonna comment on this because we don't generally comment on public presentations, but I would like to ask the city manager. To explain The situation with our consultant. Who was hired? to um work on How we might establish.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is the opening agenda and roll‑call for the Governance and Ethics Committee meeting?
0:03–8:52
2
How are the September 8 minutes and related amendments reviewed and approved?
8:52–22:08
3
What public presentations are made and what concerns does Wanda Buck raise?
22:08–41:48
4
How does the committee discuss the existing gift policy and its challenges?
41:48–1:16:16
5
What examples of ticket‑related events were raised and why are they problematic?
1:16:16–1:30:53
6
How does the proposed ticket policy address reporting, valuation, and distribution procedures?
1:30:53–1:56:26
7
What amendment was adopted and how did the committee vote on the ticket policy?
1:56:26–2:16:50
8
How were public comments handled and what are the next steps after the vote?
2:16:50–2:30:17
Speakers
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