Where the Richmond town administrator has requested an advisory opinion regarding whether she may hire a town employee to perform plumbing and mechanical work on a home that she and her spouse are planning to build, no violation of the Code of Ethics will result so long as she does not receive any special discount or preferential price based on her position.
“The Petitioner, the Town Administrator for the Town of Richmond, a municipal appointed position, requests an advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Ethics prohibits her from hiring JN Jordan Plumbing to perform the plumbing and mechanical work on a home that she and her spouse are planning to build in the Town of South Kingstown, given that the owner of JN Jordan Plumbing is employed by the Town of Richmond as the Zoning Official and as the Plumbing and Mechanical Inspector. …
“It is the opinion of the Rhode Island Ethics Commission that the Petitioner, the Town Administrator for the Town of Richmond, a municipal appointed position, is not prohibited by the Code of Ethics from hiring JN Jordan Plumbing to perform the plumbing and mechanical work on a home that she and her spouse are planning to build in the Town of South Kingstown, notwithstanding that the owner of JN Jordan Plumbing is employed by the Town of Richmond as the Zoning Official and as the Plumbing and Mechanical Inspector. …
“Commission Regulation 520-RICR-00-00-1.4.4 Transactions with Subordinates (36-14-5011) (‘Regulation 1.4.4’) prohibits...
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