Macomb Township Appoints Ethics Committee

The Macomb Township Board of Trustees voted its regular board meeting Wednesday to appoint new members to an ethics advisory committee.

“[T]his committee will research, develop and report to the township board a possible ethics ordinance or other means to address ethical behavior,” according to Township Treasurer Karen Goodhue.

After reviewing the 23 applications submitted, each board member got to select one person to appoint to the committee.

The new ethics committee members appointed are:

• Richard Maierle
• Tom Sokol
• Richard Paul
• Robert Montilla
• James Gelios
• Stephen Ferrari

The ethics committees’ first meeting has yet to be determined.

At Wednesday’s meeting Trustee Timothy Bussineau said that the committee needs to be completely free of ties to the ongoing public corruption scandal that saw former trustees indicted last year for taking bribes, among other charges.

“I wanted to make sure that [the committee members] had no ties or relationships that had the appearance of impropriety to current or former trustees that are part of the ongoing federal investigation or any kind of county document,” Bussineau said.

Photo of Timothy Bussineau via Macomb Township.