(A) The County Fiscal Court, and the City Councils of the City of Cloverport, and the City of Irvington have the authority pursuant to KRS Chapter 65, to enact this chapter establishing a code of ethics to guide the conduct of elected and appointed officers and employees of each of these governmental entities.
(B) Public office and employment are a public trust and government has a duty both to provide their citizens with standards by which they may determine whether public duties are being faithfully performed, and to apprise their officers and employees of the behavior which is expected of them while conducting their public duties.
(Prior Code, § 38.02) (Ord. 94-10.1, passed 10-17-1994)