No officer, employee, appointee or volunteer of the city or any city agency shall represent any person or business, other than the city, in connection with any cause, proceeding, application or other matter pending before the city or any city agency, except as set forth below.
(A) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an employee from representing another employee or employees where such representation is within the context of official labor union or similar representational responsibilities.
(B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any officer, employee, appointee or volunteer from representing himself or herself in matters concerning his or her own interests.
(C) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any officer, employee, appointee or volunteer from representing a corporation in which he or she is an officer or employee, subject to the following conditions:
(1) Such corporation has no other officer or employee reasonably capable of representing them in such matter;
(2) The specific nature of such matter and the nature of the officer’s, employee’s, appointee’s or volunteer’s interests in the matter are publicly disclosed at a meeting of the City Council, board or other subdivision;
(3) The disclosure is made a part of the official record of the City Council, board or other subdivision before the matter is addressed by such officer, employee, appointee or volunteer;
(4) A finding is made by the City Council, board or other subdivision that the representation of such corporation by the officer, employee, appointee or volunteer is in the best interests of the public and the city; and
(5) The finding is made a part of the official record of the City Council, board or other subdivision before the matter is addressed by such officer, employee, appointee or volunteer.
(D) No elected officer shall be prohibited by this section from making any inquiry for information on behalf of a constituent, if no compensation, reward or other thing of value is promised to, given to or accepted by the officer, whether directly or indirectly, in return for the inquiry.
(Prior Code, § 39.19) (Ord. passed 11-28-1994)