ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Toward the end of Monday’s City Council Meeting, Councilman Rich Ward read a statement involving the business he works at(Climate Control in association with the Aberdeen Development Corporation).
Aberdeen City Attorney Ron Wager(Wag-er) suggest to do a resolution addressing this and talked about what happened back in 2019.
Aberdeen Mayor Travis Schaunaman asked the attorney about Councilman Ward’s status as just an employee not as the owner of the business.
Councilman Rob Ronayne supports the idea of the resolution but also note that this shouldn’t negative impact Councilman Ward’s status with the council.
Wager goes over what the policy is addressing the issue of conflict of interest.
This was not originally on the agenda Monday night so no action was taken. Resolution could be addressed as early as next week.
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