{"id":11989,"date":"2015-12-13T01:39:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T01:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11989"},"modified":"2015-12-13T01:39:32","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T01:39:32","slug":"code-of-conduct-go-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11989","title":{"rendered":"Code of conduct? Go for it!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Amarillo’s City Council might be heading for perhaps its most productive round of change yet.<\/p>\n

Council members are considering the adoption of a code of conduct for the governing body.<\/p>\n

The five-member body met in a work session and decided to consider such a code that governs now council members interact with the public, city staff and each other — and how the council should operate in executive, or closed, session. As Councilman Brian Eades — the council’s senior member — noted of the proposed code of conduct, “It’s something we’ve never had to have before.”<\/p>\n

Perhaps it’s time.<\/p>\n

Yes, council members have behaved badly at times since the new crew took office this past spring. There’s been a good bit of public sniping, some snarkiness among council members and allegedly some hard feelings among council members and certain city staff members.<\/p>\n

The code ought to include how the council should conduct itself when it’s meeting officially in public session. It also ought to stipulate — and I do not know if city guidelines do so already — that council members should not interfere with staffers’ performance of their duties as instructed by their administrative supervisors.<\/p>\n

I had heard through some back channels that there had been a bit of\u00a0administrative meddling\u00a0from council members in that regard; if so, that has to stop.<\/p>\n

The three newest council members ran on a platform of “change.” Some of it has been good; some of it has been, well, weird.<\/p>\n

If the change agents who were elected are ready to adopt a comprehensive code of conduct that ensures professionalism and collegiality — even in the face of disagreement — then the city will be making some serious progress.<\/p>\n

Go for it, gentlemen.<\/p>\n

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