Ethics hotline contributes to City savings

[Dick Jones]

The City of Jacksonville realized a savings of about $80,000 with the help of the Ethics Hotline.

City Ethics Officer Carla Miller has reviewed about 140 calls received by the Ethics Hotline (630-1015) since it opened to the public this year.

Of those calls 30 investigations have been opened, and 13 investigations have been completed and released to the public. Seven of the completed cases were released at the Ethics Commission’s monthly meeting Nov. 24. The recently released cases involved the City’s health coverage, sole source contracts, nepotism, vehicle fuel policy and bid awards. All of the released cases can be viewed at the City’s Web site, http://coj.net/Departments/Ethics+Office/default.htm

“The hotline case involving the proprietary contract with Aetna helped save the city a substantial amount of money,” said Miller.

In the Financial News & Daily Record: 12/04/2008
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by Joe Wilhelm Jr.

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