Absent: Jones
Many of the School Committee, Finance Committee and other departments heads present
Jason Tait, Director to make presentation. Copy of the deck to be shared later.
primary responsibility is disclosure and reporting
should also contact the Ethics Commission to make sure that you are covered
they don't look for the headlines, they are providing help to raise money properly, spend it properly and report it to the public
independent agency, appointment for 6 years
joint decision between Republican, Democrat, Sec of Commonwealth
public employees can NOT solicit (phone calls, sell tickets)
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| examples of public employees in MA |
social media is ground zero for public employees; need to be very careful about what is said and done about ballot or political campaigns
OCPF will write some regulations based upon recent changes to campaign finance law
public employees can not have fund raisers at their private homes
public employees may not be treasurers for political committees
spousal exception for fund raising at a home, the wife would need to leave the house if the husband would be holding the fund raising event
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| the Anderson case set the precedent for not using town resources in a campaign |
no government email addresses as part of campaign emails or mailing snail mail
information can be provided and some level of advocacy but not a clear campaign advocacy for or against an issue
equal access needs to be provided for meetings or information at public property
no contribution limits for ballot questions, for candidates, yes....
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| public employees can take a position on a campaign but not advocate for it on official time |
the "who, what, when, where, why" of a ballot question meeting or info session can be posted to an official town web page; confirm text with OCPF and Ethics first, but not advocacy
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