Every officer, employee, appointee and volunteer of the city and every city agency shall comply with the following standards of conduct.
(A) No officer, employee, appointee or volunteer, or any immediate family member of any officer, employee, appointee or volunteer, shall have an interest in a business or engage in any business, transaction or activity, which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of the officer’s, employee’s, appointee’s or volunteer’s public duties.
(B) No officer, employee, appointee or volunteer shall intentionally use or attempt to use his or her official position with the city to secure unwarranted privileges or advantages for himself or herself or others.
(C) No officer, employee, appointee or volunteer shall intentionally take or refrain from taking any discretionary action, or agree to take or refrain from taking any discretionary action, or induce or attempt to induce any other officer, employee, appointee or volunteer, to take or refrain from taking any discretionary action, on any matter before the city or any city agency in order to obtain a financial benefit for any of the following:
(1) The officer, employee, appointee or volunteer;
(2) A family member;
(3) An outside employer;
(4) Any business in which the officer, employee, appointee or volunteer or any family member, has a financial interest; or
(5) Any business with which the officer, employee, appointee or volunteer, or any family member is negotiating or seeking prospective employment or other business or professional relationship.
(D) No officer, employee, appointee or volunteer shall be deemed in violation of any provision in this section, if, by reason of the officer’s, employee’s, appointee’s or volunteer’s participation, vote, decision, action or inaction, no financial benefit accrues to the officer, employee, appointee or volunteer, a family member, an outside employer or a business as defined in divisions (C)(4) and (C)(5) above, as a member of any business, occupation, profession or other group, to any greater extent than any gain could reasonably be expected to accrue to any other member of the business, occupation, profession or other group.
(E) Every officer, employee, appointee or volunteer who has a prohibited financial interest which the officer, employee, appointee or volunteer believes or has reason to believe may be affected by his or her participation, vote, decision or other action taken within the scope of his or her public duties shall disclose the precise nature and value of the interest, in writing, to the City Council or city agency served by the officer, employee, appointee or volunteer, and the disclosure shall be entered on the official record of the proceedings of the Council or agency. The officer, employee, appointee or volunteer shall refrain from taking any action with respect to the matter that is the subject of the disclosure.
(Prior Code, § 39.15) (Ord. passed 11-28-1994)