Complaint review.
El Paso City Code § 2.92.170
in effect2.92.170 - Complaint review.
A. The city clerk will review a filed complaint to ensure it is properly sworn and complete. If the complaint is missing required information, the city clerk will send the complaint back to the complainant through regular mail and/or electronic mail, and the complainant will have twenty-one days to correct the complaint and refile it otherwise the city clerk may reject the complaint. If the complaint is complete the city clerk will forward the complaint to the city attorney and the respondent within seven days. If the city attorney refers the complaint to the ethics review commission under subsection 2.92.170(B)(2) below, respondent has fourteen days from notice to respondent of such to file a response with the city clerk.
B. Within twenty-one days of receiving the complaint from the city clerk, the city attorney will either:
1. Dismiss the complaint because it falls outside the ethics review commission's jurisdiction. If a complaint is dismissed in this manner the decision of the city attorney will be final. The city attorney shall provide a copy of the dismissal to the ethics review commission and to the complainant through regular mail or electronic mail; or
2. Refer the complaint to the ethics review commission. Once this occurs, the city attorney may confer with the chair of the ethics review commission and vice-versa about any procedural matters regarding the complaint.
(Ord. No. 19139, § 1, 2-16-2021; Ord. No. 019581, § 5, 12-12-2023)
Source: City of El Paso, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/el_paso/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT2ADPE_CH2.92ET_ARTIIIETRECO_2.92.170COREFetched: 10/28/2026