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Ethics Commission meeting minutes — August 21, 2025

Corpus ChristiAug 21, 20252 min read

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Meeting held Aug 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM in City Hall, Sixth Floor Executive Conference Room. Present: Dane Fuller; Trevor Mauck; Kimberly Ballenger; Robert Simmons; Steven McClure; Casey O'Donnell; Rick Barrera; Douglas Fick. Actions included votes on member absences, approval of prior meeting minutes, direction to send a follow-up letter on a financial disclosure, and updates to the Report of Financial Information to request complete mailing addresses and add a 'city' field. No executive session was held. Meeting adjourned following routine future-agenda discussion.

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Did not excuse Rick Barrera's first absence; excused his second absence (motion carried).
Suspended further discussion on Douglas Fick’s absence until the next meeting (motion carried).
Accepted Douglas Fick’s attendance at the Aug 21 meeting (motion carried).
Approved prior meeting minutes (motion by Steven McClure, second by Trevor Mauck; motion carried).
Directed staff to send another letter to Ernesto De La Garza requesting a response on income for a financial report (motion carried).
Updated the Report of Financial Information to request complete mailing addresses for Sections 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10 and discussed adding 'city' to income application sections (motion carried).
No executive session was held under Texas Government Code § 551.071/Disciplinary Rules 1.05 (noted as NONE).

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