Commissioners take no action after ethics question raised over broker switch

Kenny Wortman asked for an ethics violation investigation as neither he nor Jeff Jones were fully informed of the broker switch before the Jan. 20 vote.

Kenny Wortman during Tuesday’s commissioner meeting. Screenshot via Cabarrus County’s YouTube page.

The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners took no action Tuesday night after Commissioner Kenny Wortman raised the possibility of an ethics violation related to the board’s recent vote to change the county’s insurance broker, according to a Thursday Cabarrus County news release.