The Ethics Commission held its 17th meeting of 2011 on December 13, 2011.
The Commission took the following actions:
A.O. 2011-48 to Anthony Ricci, the Chief Rider Coach Trainer for the Motorcycle Safety Program at the Community College of Rhode Island ("CCRI"), opining that his private business is not prohibited by the Code of Ethics from accepting and performing a driver retraining contract for CCRI, for which his business was the sole responsive bidder, notwithstanding the fact that he is a CCRI employee.
In the matter of In re: Stephen A. Furtado, Complaint No. NF2011-18, the Commission unanimously found that there is probable cause to believe that the Respondent violated the Code of Ethics by failing to timely file his 2010 Financial Disclosure Statement. Accordingly, the case may proceed to a full adjudication on the merits.