(A) No county official or employee shall commit or participate in any action which constitutes a conflict of interest with the public trust of a county official or employment.
(B) The following actions constitute a conflict of interest with the public trust of a county office or employment:
(1) Participation in negotiations with the county;
(2) Acquiring or maintaining an interest in any contract upon which he or she may be called to vote or receipt of anything of value to influence his or her vote;
(3) Contracting with the county except through public bid;
(4) Acquiring or maintaining an interest in or receiving benefits from any contract by Fiscal Court for work to be done, services to be rendered, or material to be furnished for public improvements;
(5) Receipt of compensation or anything of value other than authorized salary for services in any cause or matter before a county agency;
(6) Conduct of any governmental business with self or any firm, corporation, or partnership in which he or she has a financial interest; and
(7) Use of confidential information concerning any governmental official, employee, property, or action to advance the financial or personal interest of one’s self or any other person.
(C) When an official or employee is called upon to deliberate and vote on any matter involving his or her financial or personal interest, he or she shall publicly disclose the nature and extent of such interest and disqualify himself or herself from participation in the deliberations and in the voting.
(D) No official or employee shall engage in private employment with, or render services for, any private person, firm, partnership, or corporation who has business transactions with any public body unless he or she shall first make full public disclosure of the nature and extent of such employment or services.
(E) No official or employee shall accept from any person or corporation any gift or thing of value which would not be offered or given if he or she were not an official or employee.
(F) No official or employee shall, without prior formal authorization of the public body having jurisdiction, disclose any confidential information concerning any official, employee, person, property, or governmental action.
(G) No elected official shall appoint or vote for the appointment of any person related to him or her by blood or marriage to any office, clerkship, employment, duty, or other position when any compensation is to be paid from public funds for such position.
(Prior Code, § 24.102) (Ord. passed 6-13-1994) Penalty, see § 10.99