This email was sent to R Woods and M Cummings. In this email I am suggesting that those that will be discussing any development project by the LDS Church reveal their LDS membership at any meeting.
See my email below
To:
rwood@lehi-ut.gov;
mcummings@lehi-ut.gov;
...
Mon 8/3/2015 9:11 PM
August 3, 2015
To: Mr. Wood and Mr. Cummings
From: Bill
Conley
Subject: Utah
League of Cities and Towns, Powers and Duties regarding Ethics, pages 43 – 47
and Appendix K, page 224.
Gentlemen
I have had a chance to
review the Ethics section in the Utah League of Cities and Towns handbook and I
have a couple of questions for you.
On page 43 in the
first sentence it states, “All municipal officers and employees must abide by
the Municipal Officers and Employees Ethics Act.” It goes on to say, “The
stated purposes of this state law are to establish standards of conduct for
municipal officers and employees and to REQUIRE A DISCLOSURE OF ACTUAL OR
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BETWEEN PUBLIC DUTIES AND PERSONAL INTERESTS. “
On page 44, it states
“An officer or employee must is REQUIRED to make a disclosure in writing and
file it with the Mayor.”
Do you know if this
has been done with the officers and employees that work for and on behalf of
the City of Lehi? If not, why not, isn’t this requirement?
“A second REQUIRED
DISCLOSURE IS ORAL AND MUST BE MADE IN AN OPEN MEETING TO the members of the
body of which he is a member immediately before the discussion about the topic
involved in the conflict of interest.”
It goes on to state
several conflicts of interest that MUST be disclosed, I will shed light on the
personal conflict of interest.
(4) “ANY PERSONAL
INTEREST…….BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEE’S OR OFFICIALS PERSONAL INTEREST AND HIS PUBLIC
DUTIES.”
(5) “THE NATURE OF THE
PERSONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST….”
On page 45, first
paragraph, it states; “The officer or employee should file the disclosure
statement upon first getting elected or APPOINTED and again when there is a
change in the nature of the conflict.”
You can continue to
read the rest of the chapter, suffice it to say, has any employee or appointed
official or elected official filed with the Mayor a disclosure of actual or
potential conflict of interest?
I would like to bring
what I believe to be a gigantic personal conflict of interest on the part of
numerous employees and appointed and or elected officials. That
conflict of interest is in their religious affiliation with the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints. I firmly believe that if an employee,
elected official, the Mayor, a person on the Planning Commission, City Council,
DRC, including Kim Struthers, Public works, City inspectors and Chief City
inspector should NOT be able to make any decisions regarding the proposed
Church project at Thanksgiving Point.
I honestly believe
after having conversations with a number of employees at the city that their
religious convictions and personal belief in the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints disqualifies them from being objective. I believe
that Kim Struthers and others who reviewed the plans set forth by VCBO Architecture
could not possibly be objective if they are members of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints. I don’t believe they have filed a personal
conflict of interest form with the Mayor and I don’t think they have revealed
their personal conflict of interest as it relates to their membership in the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
I don’t believe that
many of the employees who work for the city have disclosed a potential personal
conflict of interest regarding their membership in the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints and submitted this to the Mayor.
I do not see how
someone affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints can be
objective on any issue regarding the Church.
As a member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I know all too well how ingrained
the Church is in my life. The shear mention of the Church to many
members has them falling in line with whatever the Church tells them or what
the Church wants to do. In the eyes of most members of the Church,
the Church can do no wrong and therefore, whatever the Church wants, the Church
gets because the Church is not to be opposed at any level, ever.
The chapter lays that
a complaint can be filed and some of the remedies if a person has not fully
complied with the law as set forth in the code.
Where would I file an
ethics complaint against an individual/’s? Do I file this with the
City, the State, the State Attorney General’s office, a panel of judges, a
grand jury? Do we have a merit system, an ethics
commission?
I have several more
questions regarding potential conflicts of interest that I will save for later.
As for now, I believe there have been several ethics violations regarding the
approval of the FamilySearch Subdivision.
Could you please
provide a response to my letter.
Thank you
Bill Conley
2979 Desert Forest
Lane, Lehi, UT 84043
801 867
7227 email billhytek@hotmail.com
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