149.08 CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

   (a)    No public official or employee shall participate within the scope of his duties as a public official or employee, except through ministerial functions, in any proceeding that affects, whether directly or indirectly, any personal interest of the official or employee, or of a family member of the official or employee, including but not limited to any business transaction, contract, license, rate making, property, or any other matter when said interest is of such a character as to manifest a substantial and improper influence upon him with respect to his duties.

   (b)    No public official or employee shall engage in or accept any employment or render service when such employment or service is incompatible with the proper discharge of his official duties or would tend to impair his independence of judgment or action in the performance of those duties.

   (c)    No present or former public official or employee shall, during his public service or employment or for twelve months thereafter, represent a client or act in a representative capacity for any person on any matter in which he personally participated as a public official employee through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or other substantial exercise of administrative discretion.

(ORC 102.03(A)(1); Ord. 96-1995. Passed 6-26-95.)