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commission's action or decision or adversely affect the Council's or the commission's ability to fulfill their responsibilities as public entities. 2. Chapter 10A Requires Council, Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission, and Council Advisory Committee Members to Prepare Written Statements Describing the Matter Requiring Action or Decision and the Potential Conflict. If a potential conflict of interest exists, a Council member, a member of a Council advisory committee, or a Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission member "must prepare a written statement describing the matter requiring action or decision and the nature of the potential conflict of interest.n A Council member who has a potential conflict of interest must deliver a copy of the statement to the chair of the Council. If the potential conflict of interest involves the Council chair, the chair must deliver a copy of the statement to the governor, who is the appointing authority for the chair of the Council. 35 A Council advisory committee member who has a potential conflict of interest must deliver a copy of the statement to the chair of the advisory committee. ' An advisory committee chair with a potential conflict should deliver a copy of the statement to the Council chair. If a potential conflict of interest involves a member of the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission, the commission member should deliver a copy of the statement to the commission chair. 37 If the potential conflict of interest involves the commission chair, the commission chair should deliver a copy of the statement to the chair of the Council. Sometimes a potential conflict of interest will exist or arise and a Council member, advisory committee member, or commission member will not have sufficient time to prepare and deliver copies of the required statement to the chair of the Council, the advisory committee, or the commission or the appointing authority if the member with the potential conflict is the chair. If the member with the potential conflict does not have sufficient time to prepare and deliver the required statement, Chapter 10A requires the member with the potential conflict to "orally inform" the official body or committee upon which the member serves. s9 If the potential conflict involves a Council member and the conflict relates to issues before the Council or a Council standing committee to which the member belongs, the Council member must orally inform the Council or the committee if the potential conflict relates to issues before the Council or the committee. If the potential conflict involves a Council advisory committee member and the potential conflict relates to issues before the advisory committee, the member must orally inform the advisory committee. If the potential conflict involves a Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission member and the potential conflict relates to an issue before the commission, the member must orally inform the commission about the potential conflict. 4° Chapter 10A and its implementing rules require a Council member, a Council advisory committee member, or a Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission member with a potential conflict of interest to abstain from participating in the matter to which a conflict relates. [If an official has a potential conflict of interest], the official shall abstain, if possible, in a manner prescribed by the [ethical practices] board from influence over the action or decision in question. * * * If the official is not permitted or is otherwise unable to abstain from action in connection with the matter, the official shall file a statement describing the potential conflict and the action taken. A public official shall file the statement with the [ethical practices] board and a local official shall file the statement with the governing body of the official's political subdivision. The statement must be filed within a week of the action taken. 41 -6