1. No public official or employee of the City, as defined hereinabove, shall, in such capacity, solicit, directly or indirectly, any gratuity for any intended or actual personal gain or benefit, regardless of value, from any person or entity.
2. No public official or employee of the City, as defined hereinabove, shall offer, give, or accept, directly or indirectly, any gratuity, regardless of value, which is offered or based upon any understanding that the vote, official act, or judgment of such public official, or employee would be influenced thereby or if it may reasonably be inferred that the purpose of the gratuity was to influence the action of the public official or employee or to affect the performance or nonperformance of an official act or that the gift-giver has an interest which may be substantially affected directly or indirectly by the performance or nonperformance of an official act.
3. Subject to the above prohibitions, a public official or employee of the City, as defined hereinabove, may accept unsolicited gratuities of a value up to and including one hundred dollars ($100.00).
4. Public officials and employees of the City, as defined hereinabove, may accept gratuities, without regard to value, when such gratuities are offered to the City or a City agency and are accepted on behalf of the City or a City agency, with the gratuity to be and remain the property of the City or City agency.
5. Public officials and employees of the City, as defined hereinabove, may accept, regardless of value, admission to, and actual and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred for, events to which they are invited in their official, representative capacity as a public official or employee of the City, as defined hereinabove, and may accept noncash gratuities valued at no more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) offered in appreciation for speaking or making any presentation at such event.
(Ord. BG94-52, 12/13/94; Ord. BG96-5, 2/20/96; Ord. BG2015-11, 5/5/2015; Ord. BG2020-31, 10/20/2020)