(A) Elected county officers, candidates for elected office, and officers and employees with procurement authority exceeding $500 per purchase shall be required to file with the Barren County Ethics Commission a financial disclosure statement on a form provided by the Ethics Commission and signed under oath by the filer. The financial disclosure statement shall include all of the following information:
(1) Name of filer;
(2) Current business address, business telephone number and home address of filer;
(3) Title of filer’s public office or elected office sought;
(4) Occupations of filer and spouse;
(5) The name, address, and telephone number of each business organization doing business with the Barren County Government, or any county agency, or any county officer, in which the filer or any member of the filer’s family has:
(a) An interest of $10,000 at fair market value or 5% ownership interest or more; or
(b) Received compensation in excess of $5,000 during the preceding calendar year. If the interest is the ownership of publicly traded securities, or publicly traded securities are the source of income, the interest need not be reported unless the officer or family member owns 5% or more of the total value of such publicly traded securities.
(6) The location and zoning designation of all real property within Barren County, other than the filer’s primary residence, in which the filer or any members of the filer’s family had an interest of $10,000 or more during the preceding calendar year and which is the subject of any condemnation proceeding, any regulatory or enforcement proceeding before any Planning Commission within Barren County, or any proceeding before any other administrative body or court of law wherein county government or any county officer is an interested party.
(B) (1) The financial disclosure statement shall be filed annually by county officers no later than February 1 of each year. Newly appointed county officers shall be required to file their initial statement no later than 21 days after the date of appointment. Candidates for elected office shall file a financial disclosure statement no later than 21 days after the date of filing. Any material change in the information required by divisions (A)(5) or (A)(6) such as to cause previously submitted information to no longer be accurate or complete, shall be reported in writing to the Ethics Commission within ten business days after the affected Barren County Officer knows or reasonably should know of that circumstance.
(2) The term “material change” under division (B)(1) shall include any gift, loan, gratuity, discount, favor, service or economic opportunity of significant value or having an aggregate value of $25 or more which the county officer believes in good faith to be exempt from the application of § 32.02(B).
(C) When any county officer, or any member of his or her family, shall have any private financial interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract or matter pending before or within his or her office, or any county agency, the county officer shall disclose such private interest to the Ethics Commission, the governing body of the affected metro agency and, if the contract or matter requires formal action by the Metro Council, to the Metro Council.
(D) Any member of the Barren County Fiscal Court or the County Attorney, as well as any county officer who derives his or her authority from the Fiscal Court or from the County Attorney or a member of any such person’s family, who has a private interest in any matter pending before the Fiscal Court shall disclose such private interest on the records of the Fiscal Court and shall disqualify himself or herself from participating in any debate, vote, or proceeding whatsoever relating thereto. Any matter pertaining to a county officer’s budget or the operation of such officer’s office, agency or department, including a county officer’s salary, shall not be construed as a “private interest”.
(Ord. 556, passed passed 3-17-2015)