No city officer or employee shall knowingly accept or solicit any valuable gift, whether in the form of service, loan, thing, or promise, from any person, firm, or corporation under circumstances in which it could be reasonably inferred that the gift was intended to influence, or could reasonably be expected to influence the officer or employee in the performance of his or her official duties.
(Prior Code, § 37.22) (Ord. 5-1994, passed 12-8-1994) Penalty, see § 37.999