Did Mayor Elam violate the City’s Ethics Ordinance . . . again?

The laughably neutered Mt. Juliet City Ethics Ordinance, passed in September, 2007, contains this language:
13-1-108. Use of position or authority

An official or employee may not use his position to secure any
privilege or exemption for himself or others that is not
authorized by the charter, general law, or ordinance or
policy of the municipality.

There is a plausible case [...]

“It was a surreal city commission meeting . . .”

Monday, September 14, 2009.
Mayor Elam attempted to pass a new benefits package for the Mayor and City Commissioners. It was defeated.
Mayor Elam proposed converting the 60-acre York Road property (home of the police department’s firing range) to a “passive park.” It was defeated.
A study committee had unanimously recommended the repeal of the restrictive “town center [...]

City of Mt. Juliet 2009-2010 Budget

It’s posted on the City website, but it takes a bit of digging to find. It was part of the Commissioner’s packet for the June 8th City Commission meeting. But since that packet is an 88 page .pdf (14mb), it takes a little while to load.
RFMJ has extracted the Budget Ordinance from this packet and [...]