Baltimore Mayor Pugh didn’t disclose seat on Maryland medical system board, as required on city ethics forms
Instructions on the form tell public officials to report any "office, directorship, salaried employment, or similar position with any business entity that was doing business with the city."
Also, the
The mayor had reported the deal on a disclosure form board members file with a state healthcare agency. She signed the document, which said she made
The medical system has not said when the deal was executed and did not immediately return requests Thursday for comment.
"UMMS purchased 20,000 'Healthy Holly' books and
Pugh said she has conformed with legal disclosure requirements.
She said Thursday that the profit she reported was incorrect and that her company netted about
"That's incredibly concerning," said
Disclosure reports that Pugh filed with
Ethics officials confirmed Pugh should have disclosed the position. To avoid action against her by the city ethics board, she would need to file an amended form.
There is no doubt that the
In 2016, the
Baltimore City Solicitor
"UMMS did not have any business relationship with the
But Davis did not mention the 2016 memorandum of understanding that requires the two UMMS facilities to make annual payments to the city through
The city's ethics board requires public officials to report "other sources of earned income," and Pugh listed
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Still, Effingham said that for transparency, Pugh should have reported the book deal, especially since she sits on the medical system's board.
In her 2016 and 2017 city ethics reports, the mayor does detail she received two fruit basket gifts worth
Members of
The state
While the medical system's federal tax forms do not disclose the book deal with Pugh, the documents do cover deals with several other board members' companies, including one with
The
"A board member is not automatically disqualified from serving on a corporation's board simply because he or she conducts business with the organization," the guide states. "Instead, the duty of loyalty and its prohibition against impermissible conflicts of interest governs how the corporation and its members should act when a director's business or personal dealings conflict with the interests of the corporation."
The guide states that most states permit a medical organization to "conduct business with their board members, so long as certain preconditions are met to make sure that the organization's interests prevail in the board's decision-making." Those include advance notice to the board that an item may present a conflict of interest, disclosure of the board member who may be involved in the potential conflict, and asking that member to leave board meetings when decisions are made related to the member.
The
"The
UMMS does state in its tax forms filed with the
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