Dodaro v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT

ZAPPALA, Justice.

Frank Dodaro appeals from the Commonwealth Court’s order affirming an order of the State Ethics Commission (Commission), which concluded that he had used his public office to obtain a financial gain for a member of his immediate family and required that he make restitution in the amount of $4,890.00.

The facts underlying this appeal are undisputed. As a member of the Board of Directors of the Borough of Ambridge Water Authority, the Appellant participated in voting to hire high school students as summer employees during the years 1982 through 1985. The…