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Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-876 <br /> Page 3 of 9 <br /> 5. <br /> At a September 27, 2018 meeting of the District's board, a board member informed the <br /> District that State Line had offered to sell a parcel of property. A motion was made to proceed with <br /> the sale pending an appraisal. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Childress was present by <br /> phone for this meeting and participated in the vote. An appraisal was then conducted in October <br /> 2018. <br /> 6. <br /> At a March 18, 2019 meeting of the District's board, a motion was made to purchase an <br /> 8.88 acre tract of land from State Line for the sum of$40,000. Mr. Childress seconded the motion, <br /> and the motion passed unanimously. Mr. Childress participated in the vote. <br /> 7. <br /> The Cash Sale Deed between State Line and the District was executed on March 18, 2019. <br /> The Deed was signed by George Ogden on behalf of the District, and Mr. Childress signed as a <br /> witness to Mr. Ogden's signature. <br /> 8. <br /> From September 27, 2018 to March 18, 2019, State Line paid Mr. Childress his regular <br /> payroll compensation,which is approximately $1,400 per week. <br /> IV. <br /> PROVISIONS OF LAW: <br /> 1. <br /> Section 1111 C(2)(d)of the Ethics Code provides that no public servant and no legal entity <br /> in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, <br /> shall receive any thing of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be <br />