Sentences with phrase «members recused»

Committee members recused themselves from voting in any category in which they or their firms appeared as finalists.

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Trump ordered top White House attorney Donald F. McGahn II as well as several other members of his staff to convince Sessions not to recuse himself.

Many board members have already recused themselves from voting on the deal to avoid appearances of any conflict of interests.

Do Catholic members of law enforcement «recuse» themselves from these cases?

We know that the committee will take efforts to avoid conflicts of interest; many of the committee members have current or former financial ties to schools or conference that will be involved in the discussion, and those committee members will have to recuse themselves from discussing those teams.

In an emailed statement, Heritage spokesperson Sarah Mills said the group requires its board members to recuse themselves from any decisions that might impact their own financial bottom lines.

Any members participating in the Board's consideration of a matter involving self - serving or conflicting interest shall state the nature of the conflict in speaking to the issue, recuse from voting on such matters and such recusal shall be so recorded.

From an eyewitness account of the Tuesday Town of Sanford Board meeting, we heard the following: «People speaking included those with land and with leases who had signed the petition asking for the resolution that was passed to be rescinded, for board members with conflicts of interest to recuse themselves from shale gas decisions, and for no resolutions on shale gas extraction to be passed without notifying the public a week in advance and allowing full participation.

City Court Judge James Cecile said he recused himself because he has known Conner for 25 or 30 years and because Conner worked on his campaign and those of his family members.

Just one resident, Martha Gallo, sits on the five - member board and she recused herself from the vote because she is a patron of the marina.

Authority board member Martha Gallo recused herself from the vote because she parks her boat at North Cove.

A 2014 analysis by Politico New York found more than 1,500 instances where council members had to recuse themselves because of a conflict.

For example, she says, district attorneys may recuse themselves if they have represented an individual during a previous legal career, or if an individual being investigated is a family member or close associate.

The active members are Allison Dodd West, who recused herself from the case involving the Town Board members — a fifth seat on the panel was vacant at the time — and Neil Ratner, a relatively recent addition to the ethics unit.

Abelove also recused his office from an investigation of members of a Troy police drug unit that allegedly entered a residence in June without a search warrant as officers looked for a woman wanted in Schenectady on felony charges.

Two executive committee members, party secretary Michael Torres, a close Walsh ally, and Walsh's wife, Patricia, who works as an $ 80,000 - a-year aide to Boyle, recused themselves from the vote.

A fourth member, Allison West, recused herself from the case because she is a friend of McKenna.

«A process was put into place where projects are scored based upon on the merits and regional needs, council members with conflicts are required to recuse themselves, and ironclad investment and job benchmarks need to be met before funding is disbursed.

In more than 1,500 instances, council members have had to recuse themselves because they or institutions they represented would be the recipients of state funding, data show.

Committee members will ask if Azar will commit to recusing himself from decisions related to his private - sector work.

An editor - in - chief who feels he or she can not be objective - or can not be seen to be objective - in the case where a board member is accused should recuse himself or herself from the deliberations.

* Because of their involvement with the NRC's U.S. Ground - Based Optical and Infrared (OIR) Astronomy System study, Debra Elmegreen (Chair of the OIR study committee and Chair of the AAS Committee on Astronomy and Public Policy), Lynne Hillenbrand (member of the OIR study committee and of the AAS Committee on Astronomy and Public Policy), and Joel Parriott (consultant to the OIR study committee and AAS Director of Public Policy) all recused themselves from the issuance of this statement.

Any time there is a vote regarding charter schools she and Allan Taylor (and Pryor, if he is a voting member) must recuse themselves.

Rocketship's board member, Alex Hernandez leads the Charter Growth Fund investment division, and was forced to recuse himself from the approval vote.

If a member shows up with a conflict, and it recuses the member from doing a significant portion of work, it places that work in the laps of the other members, which not only isn't fair, but increases risk.

A mini-firestorm has developed surrounding the issue of whether Connecticut's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, should recuse himself from any Department of Education decisions about Achievement First, the charter school management company, that he helped form and where he has served as a member of its board of directors from its inception in 2003 to 2011 when he resigned immediately prior to being named Education Commissioner.

Hawkes did not recuse himself from discussion or voting on the school, although fellow CSAB member Hilda Parler, who sits on the board of another NHA - managed charter, did recuse herself.

Institutions represented by The Ruth Toor Grant for Strong Public School Libraries jury can be eligible to apply, but committee members must recuse themselves from the discussion, voting or decline the nomination if they have a conflict of interest.

(iii) an officer, employee, or contractor of a Lender from serving on a board of directors, or serving as a trustee, of The Cooper Union, provided that any such board member or trustee must recuse themselves from any decision regarding Loans at The Cooper Union.

This passage was also cited in Hijos v. Canada for a judge who refused to recuse himself on the basis of being a former employee of a party, as well as in Chaudhry v. Canada, where a tribunal member appeared to share a faith with one of the issues being spoken on.

The Board's potential use of rulemaking here is quite an interesting reaction to the extensive political pressure placed by lawmakers on the Board's members to recuse themselves from cases involving parties currently or formerly represented by their prior firms.

If Sen. Patrick Leahy has his way, Souter, and any other retired justice, could be a special guest star for future cases where one of the active members of the Court has to recuse himself (or herself) because of a conflict of interest.

(Appeal to Visitors to the Inns of Court; BSB, the prosecutor, paying fees and expenses of lay panel members and supplying them with secret guidance pack; whether lay panel members should be recused on grounds of apparent bias.)

This January 2015 meeting would force the NEB members to recuse themselves after admitting, more than a year later, that they appeared to be biased.

In an emailed statement, Heritage spokesperson Sarah Mills said the group requires its board members to recuse themselves from any decisions that might impact their own financial bottom lines.

«If an individual serving on a five - member California HOA board must recuse himself from voting on a review of a proposed physical change to the separate interest of said board member, who would cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie?»