(A) An official or employee may not accept, directly or indirectly, any money, gift, gratuity or other consideration or favor of any kind from anyone other than the municipality:
(1) For the performance of an act, or refraining from performance of an act, that he or she would be expected to perform, or refrain from performing, in the regular course of his or her duties; or
(2) Might reasonably be interpreted as an attempt to influence his or her action, or reward him or her for past action, in executing municipal business.
(B) Notwithstanding any provision or interpretation of this section to the contrary, an official or employee may accept, directly or indirectly, money, gifts, gratuities or other consideration in amounts not to exceed $100 per instance, but only so long as the acceptance of the gift, money, gratuity or consideration is not in exchange for the performance of an act, or the refraining from the performance of an act, that he or she would be expected to perform, or refrain from performing, in the regular course of his or her duties. Gifts, gratuities, money and consideration in amounts of $100 or less per instance are hereby deemed to be too nominal to be interpreted reasonably as an attempt to influence, as contemplated in division (A)(2) above; an interpretation is hereby deemed to be unreasonable with regard to gifts, money, gratuity and consideration in an amount of $100 or less per instance, and the same shall not be interpreted as an attempt to influence, and shall be treated as an exception to division (A)(2) above.
(Ord. 1131, passed 6-12-2007)