2-156-105 Post-employment restrictions on lobbying.

   (a)   Any person who serves as (i) a non-clerical employee of the Office of the Mayor, or (ii) a department head, shall be prohibited from lobbying the City of Chicago or any city department, board or other city agency for a period of two years after leaving that position.

   (a-1)   Starting on January 1, 2014, an alderman shall be prohibited from lobbying the City of Chicago or any city department, board or other city agency for a period of one year after leaving that position.

   (b)   Any employee who holds an exempt position in a City department, board or other city agency on or after May 16, 2011, other than a person described in subsection (a) of this section, shall be prohibited from lobbying the department, board or agency in which he or she was employed for a period of two years after that employment ends.

   (c)   Any person who is appointed by the Mayor to the board of any board, commission, authority or agency, on or after May 16, 2011, shall be prohibited from lobbying that board, commission, authority or agency for a period of two years after the date on which his or her service on the board ends.

   (d)   The prohibitions on lobbying set forth in this section shall not apply to any person who (i) occupied the position before May 16, 2011, and (ii) resigned from that position before November 16, 2011. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a person from lobbying on behalf of, and while employed by, another government agency.

(Added Coun. J. 7-28-11, p. 4941, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 2-13-13, p. 46730, § 1)

2-156-110 Interest in city business.

   (a)   Except with respect to the participation of Eligible Persons in Eligible Programs, no elected official or employee shall have a financial interest in his own name or in the name of any other person in any contract, work or business of the city, or in the sale of any article, whenever the expense, price or consideration of the contract, work, business or sale is paid with funds belonging to or administered by the city, or is authorized by ordinance; provided, however, for purposes of this subsection, any of the following shall not constitute a financial interest in any contract, work or business of the city.

      (i)   compensation for property taken pursuant to the city's eminent domain power; and

      (ii)   any interest of a relative which interest is related to or derived from the relative's independent occupation, business or profession.

   (b)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, no city official or employee who has contract management authority over any contract, work or business of the city shall have a financial interest in any entity which is a contractor, subcontractor, or otherwise a party to that contract, work or business.

   (c)   Unless sold pursuant to a process of competitive bidding following public notice, no elected official or employee shall have a financial interest in the purchase of any property that (i) belongs to the city, or (ii) is sold for taxes or assessments, or (iii) is sold by virtue of legal process at the suit of the city.

   (d)   Except with respect to the participation of Eligible Persons in Eligible Programs, no appointed official shall engage in a transaction described in this section unless the matter is wholly unrelated to the official's city duties and responsibilities.

   (e)   As used in this section, the terms “Eligible Persons” and “Eligible Programs” have the meanings provided in Section 2-44-110 and Section 2-45-130 and shall be determined, as applicable, by the Department of Housing or Department of Planning and Development.

(Prior code § 26.2-11; Added Coun. J. 5-16-90, p. 16204; Amend Coun. J. 4-26-06, p. 75201, § 11; Amend Coun. J. 9-10-08, p. 36550, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. VIII, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-10, p. 106597, Art. IX, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38867, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 11-26-13, p. 67481, Art. I, § 8; Amend Coun. J. 7-29-15, p. 3567, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-14-18, p. 90308, Art. I, § 29)

 

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2-44-110

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2-156-111 Prohibited conduct.

   (a)   No elected official or employee or the spouse or domestic partner of such official or employee, or any entity in which such official or employee or his or her spouse or domestic partner has a financial interest, should apply for, solicit, accept or receive a loan of any amount from any lobbyist or person who is either doing business or seeking to do business with the city; provided, however, that nothing in this section prohibits application for, solicitation for, acceptance of or receipt of a loan from a financial lending institution, if the loan is negotiated at arm's length and is made at a market rate in the ordinary course of the lender's business. This subsection shall not apply to an entity in which the only financial interest of the official or employee or his or her spouse or domestic partner is related to the spouse's or domestic partner's independent occupation, profession or employment.

   (b)   No elected official, or the head of any city department or agency, shall retain or hire as a city employee or city contractor any person with whom any elected city official has any business relationship that creates a financial interest on the part of the official, or city department or agency head, or the domestic partner or spouse of the official, or city department or agency head.

   (c)   No city employee or official shall knowingly negotiate the possibility of future employment with any person, except with a government agency, that has a matter currently pending before such employee or official.

   (d)   (1)   No city employee or official shall make or participate in the making of any governmental decision for a period of two years from the date of employment or becoming a city official, in a matter that benefits his or her immediate former employer or immediate former client who the employee or official represented or on whose behalf he or she acted as a consultant or lobbyist, prior to commencing his or her city employment or prior to becoming a city official, unless such employee or official has completely severed any ties with that former employer or client that would confer, or have the potential to confer, a monetary benefit on the employee or official. For purposes of this subsection, publicly traded securities or income therefrom, and vested benefits in a retirement plan, shall not be considered a monetary benefit.

      (2)   No city employee or official shall personally participate in any capacity in a matter on behalf of the City if the official or employee participated personally and substantially in that matter for his or her immediate former business or immediate former employer or immediate former client who the employee or official represented or on whose behalf he or she acted as a consultant or lobbyist, prior to commencing his or her city employment or prior to becoming a city official.

(Added Coun. J. 12-10-97, p. 58942; Amend Coun. J. 4-29-98, p. 66709; Amend Coun. J. 6-23-04, p. 26935, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 7-28-11, p. 4941, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 7-25-12, p. 31123, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-29-15, p. 3567, § 1)

2-156-115 Time records for aldermanic staff.

   Each alderman shall maintain a daily record of the attendance of his or her personal employees. The record shall be certified as correct by the alderman or by any employee designated by the alderman. Records required under this section shall be available for inspection in the offices of the respective alderman in accordance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, as amended.

(Added Coun. J. 7-30-97, p. 50892)

2-156-120 Contract inducements.

   No payment, gratuity or offer of employment shall be made in connection with any city contract, by or on behalf of a subcontractor to the prime contractor or higher-tier subcontractor or any person associated therewith, as an inducement for the award of a subcontract or order. This prohibition shall be set forth in every city contract and solicitation therefor.

(Prior code § 26.2-12; Added Coun. J. 5-16-90, p. 16204)