Pontiac — The Oakland County Executive's push to require financial disclosures from elected and high-level appointed officials was met with concern from some commissioners Thursday.
The proposed resolution requires commissioners, countywide elected officials except for judges and high-ranking members of the county executive's office to disclose outside financial interests of more than $10,000. Income of the officials or their spouses, organizational affiliations, property, trusts and liabilities are covered in the reporting requirements, according to an initial draft introduced Thursday.
The proposal follows a push from County Executive Dave Coulter to formally introduce the resolution and have it passed by the end of the year. It would be the first update to county ethics since 1990 a