Centreville adopts Ordinance 14-2025 to align local ethics code with state updates
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Council adopted Ordinance 14-2025 to amend Chapter 54 (Ethics) to conform local code to recent state changes; the town attorney said the updates mirror state-required language and the council approved the ordinance by roll-call vote.
The Centreville Town Council adopted Ordinance 14-2025 on Dec. 4, updating Chapter 54 of the town code (Ethics) to reflect recent state legislative changes.
The town attorney told the council that the ordinance "brings us in compliance with a couple of updates that the state made to the ethics code" and that the draft largely follows the language the state is requiring the town to include. Town Clerk Gay Adams certified that the public notice for Ordinance 14-2025 was published in the Bay Times Record Observer on Nov. 14, 2025.
No members of the public spoke in favor of or opposed to the ordinance during the public hearing. After the hearing was adjourned, a council member moved to approve the ordinance under old business; the motion was seconded and the council conducted a roll-call vote. In the roll-call segment captured on the record, Council Member Buell said "Yes," Council Member Huffer said "Yes," and Council Member McNeil said "Yes." The presiding officer then confirmed the ordinance’s adoption.
The ordinance was presented to bring local rules into alignment with state ethics language; the town attorney characterized the action as compliance-oriented rather than substantive policy change. The council did not attach amendments or conditions on the adoption recorded in the meeting transcript.
The ordinance text and any implementing rules will be posted with the town clerk’s office and available to the public.