Bixler v. State Ethics Commission

OPINION BY Judge LEADBETTER.

Thomas Bixler petitions this court for review of a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission (Commission) determining that he violated various sections of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. §§ 1101-1113, while employed as a South Newton Township Supervisor in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Bixler has served the Township as a Supervisor since March 4, 1997. He also works for the Township as a roadmaster. Further, he has been employed by Keystone Fleet Service, Inc. (Keystone), as a truck mechanic since 1998. On June 13,…