_ Garden City Fihies Commitee _ a ___ Garden City Ga _31408 ay Sale 7 Ethics Complaint “Tothe Grievance Committee ofthe _The Garden City Manager CiFiled: November 22 2023 Garden City Manager Garden City Housing Team Compan Teapots) Complainant(s) charge(s) ‘An alleged violation of Article(s) Sec. 2-82, of the Code of Ethics or other membership duty as set forth inthe bylaws 84, 86, 88 91, 100.1 ‘ofthe Board in Intent, Conflict, Disclosure, Use of and alleges thatthe above charge(s) (is/are) supported by the Confidential information, and istration, Ethics Committee ‘Ariel, Secon is signed and dated by the complainant(s) and which explains when the alleged violation(s) if a different date, when the complainant's) first knew about the alleged violati ‘This complaint is true and correct to the best knowledge and belief ofthe undersigned and is fled within one hundred eighty (080) days after the facts constituting the matter complained of could have been known in the exercise of reasonable diligence or within one hundred eighty (180) days after the conclusion ofthe transaction, whichever is later Date(s) alleged violation(s) took place: November 22, 2022, and it was taking place at the City Hall Building afer the Council Meeting. The City Manager spoke to his citizens in a very disrespectiul and condescending way. He stated to a Garden City Resident and City Commissioner saying and I quote “YOU DON'T MATTER” “WHAT YOU SAY DOESN'T MATTER” and he addressed the President of Housing Team by saying and | quote, “I know Ambling Met with You (meaning the Garden City Housing Team) and what that meeting had anything to do with the vote was unannounced to me. left me confused Date(s) you became aware of the facts on which the alleged vialation(s) (isare) based. On November 22, 2022. After those statements were made to a resident of Garden City and to me The President of the Garden City Housing Team, 1 went home and started to research and find out who were the members of the Garden City Ethies Committee | (we) declare that to the best of my (our) knowledge and belief, my (our) allegations in this complaint are true. ‘Are the circumstances giving rise to this ethics complaint involved in civil or criminal litigation or in any proceeding before Any other state or federal regulatory or administrative agency? Qyes — XNo ‘You may file an ethies complaint in any jurisdiction where a Mayor, City Manager or City Employce is involved Note that the Code of Ethics with respect to alleged violations of the Code of Ethics relating to the same wansaction or event.1fs0, name of other Association(s): ity Housing Team Date(s) filed: mT | understand that should the Grievanice Committee dismiss this ethies complaint ih part or in total, that 1 Fave twenty (60) days fom my transmital ofthe dismissal notice to appeal the dismissal to the Board of Directors. Complainants): MonaLisa Monroe. a Typeltrint Name “Typetrinn Name — — 100 Town Center Drive #6308 Garden City, Ga, 31405 _ . ‘Adress 912-373-5964 - [email protected] Phone Frat Revwed 1118) Cade of Bihies HormEthics Complaint with the Garden City Mani on 12/01, ‘This ethics complaint is with the City Manager Scott Robider. ‘This Complaint willbe filed under the following sections: Section 2-82~ Intent. Impeding government efficiency or economy or affecting adversely the confidence of the publicin the integrity of the government. A). The City Manager stated to Residents and 2 Zoning and Planning City Commissioner that their ‘opinions and comments do not matter on 10/03/22 and 11/22/22. 8) The City Manager refused to answer or acknowledge residents with questions at the Community ‘Town Hall meeting at the Cooper Center on 02/02/23 about the property behind the farmers market being rezoned. C)_ Also, direct questions from the residents and a Zoning and Planning City Commissioner about the awarded developer of the RFQ for highway 80 on 10/10/22 and 11/22/22. Section 2-84 Conflict of Interest No elected official appointed officer, or employee of the city or any agency or political entity to which the city’s code applies shall knowingly engage in any business or transaction or have 3 financial or other Personal interest direct or indirect which is incompatible with the proper discharge of his/her official duties or which would tend to impair his/her independence of judgement or action inthe performance of his/her official duties. have an audio of the City Manager Scott Robider and the former Mayor of Garden City Don Bethune discussing how they could stop Rev Dr. Gary Monroe the Zoning and Planning Commissioner of Garden City from building residential housing for the people of Garden City on the Haynes Property or anywhere else on 03/11/22. Section 2-86 Disclosure of Conflicts of interest The City Manager asked the competing developer if they had talked to the Garden City Housing Team and if they knew of the Garden City Housing Team. Later the City Manager Scott Robider asked about the conversations the developer had with the nonprofit organization The Garden City Housing Team. Section 2-88 - Prohibited Contracts ‘There were No Recommendations given by the City Manager on the day of the voting for the RFQ awardee on 11/22/22. A New RFQ was submitted without a Public Notice being posted. ‘A New developer was given the opportunity to submit a proposal for the REQ after the final submission of the 2 final developers where chosen, Out of the last 2 developers one was disqualified and the remaining developer was not selected by default. The RFQ by default should have been awarded to the final developer.Sec, 2-91 - Use of Confidential Information for governing authority member shall not directly or indirectly make use of permitting others to make Use of the purpose of furthering a private interest, official information not made available to the public. ‘There were No Recommendations given by the City Manager on the day of the voting for the RFQ. awardee on 11/22/22. [A New RFQ.was submitted without a Public Notice being posted, ‘A New developer was given the opportunity to submit 2 proposal for the RFQ after the final submission of the 2 final developers where chosen. Out of the last 2 developers one was disqualified, and the remaining developer was not selected by default. The RFQ by default should have been awarded to the final developer. City Council Members did not have an opportunity to ask any questions on a motion that was on the floor at the council meeting on 11/22/22. ‘The developer that was later awarded the RFQ on Hwy 80 on 11/22/22 attended the pre-agenda meeting, This pre-agenda meeting had a time change from 5:30pm to 5:00pm. | personally checked the calendar up until the day of the meeting and there was no change. But the day of the meeting 11/22/23 the calendar had the new time change of 5:30pm to 5:00pm. The public arrived on the scheduled time with the opposing developer. They were not aware of the change at all, so they missed the pre-agenda meeting. The calendar on the website changed the day of the council meeting, That time was changed from 5:30pm to 5:00pm without the public nor the opposing developer on the final list being aware of ‘the change. How did the awardee know about the time change? Section 2-100,1 ~ Administration; Ethics Committee Contacted Pastor Mason — Former Ethics Committee Member on 11/22/22 about who | needed to talk to fle a complaint. He told me to contact Mrs. Leesa Bohler Hunter. tater that day on 11/22/22 | received a call from Gwen Hall —A former President of the Ethics Committee and asked him who | needed to contact to file a complaint against the City Manager. ‘The next day, on Wednesday, 11/23/22 | received a call and email from the City Attorney James (Jim) Gerard asking me whether | was fling a complaint. | stated Yes, He then stated that he would forward me the information | would need to file the complaint. in the email sent on 11/23/22, It gave me the ethics requirements and codes with the contact information of the one member of the board that was active on the Ethics Committee. At this time the committee only consisted of 1 member. The Board was supposed to have a total of three active Garden City Residents on the Ethics Committee ‘The Garden City resident must be appointed by the Mayor, one Garden City resident must be appointed by Council and third person must be appointed by the two Mayor and City Council. That person is subject to approval by a majority of the Mayor and the City Council. All members shall be residents of the city of Garden City and shall serve two-year terms. The public has no say into who can be on this board. How can a complaint be filed without bias knowing the committee was voted in by their own ‘nominations given by the people that nominated them. This Ethies Board had been formed previously by fone member who was not a Garden City Resident. The President was voted to be a City Council Memberwithout filling his seat before departure. The third member of the Ethics Committee is unknown to the public, All parties (members) of the Ethics Committee are not listed anywhere on any of the official ‘websites for the city of Garden City.