(a) General rule. A city official or employee whose conduct or action on a matter would violate any section in Articles II
and III
of this chapter must recuse themselves. From the time that the conflict is recognized, the city official or employee shall:
(1) immediately refrain from further participation in the matter, including discussions with any other persons likely to consider the matter; and
(2) promptly file with the city secretary a written statement disclosing the conflict of interest.
(b) Additional recusal and disclosure requirements. In addition to the requirements of Subsection (a):
(1) A supervised employee shall promptly bring that person's conflict to the attention of a supervisor, who will then, if necessary, reassign responsibility for handling the matter to another person;
(2) the park and recreation director shall promptly bring that person's conflict to the attention of the park and recreation board;
(3) the civil service director shall promptly bring that person's conflict to the attention of the civil service board;
(4) the employees' retirement fund administrator shall promptly bring that person's conflict to the attention of the board of trustees of the employees' retirement fund;
(5) a municipal judge shall promptly bring that person's conflict to the attention of the administrative municipal judge;
(6) the city manager, city attorney, city secretary, city auditor, inspector general and administrative municipal judge shall promptly bring that person's conflict to the attention of the city council;
(7) a board or commission member shall promptly disclose that member's conflict to the board or commission of which that person is a member and shall not be present during any discussion or voting on the matter; and
(8) a city council member shall promptly disclose that member's conflict to the city council and shall not be present during any discussion or voting on the matter.
(c) Exception to the recusal requirement. If a city official is required to file and does file a written statement disclosing a conflict of interest under Subsection (a), the official is not required to abstain from further participation in the matter requiring the written statement if a majority of the members of the city council, a board or commission, or another city body of which the official is a member is composed of persons who are likewise required to file and who do file written statements of similar interest on the same official action. (Ord. Nos. 30391; 32072
; 32472
)