(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division (A), no public servant shall request, use, or permit the use of any publicly owned or publicly supported property, vehicle, equipment, labor, service, or money, for their personal convenience, their private advantage, or for a use that does not directly benefit the city. This shall not preclude a public servant from requesting, using, or permitting the use of the publicly owned or publicly supplied property, vehicle, equipment, material, labor, or service if the public servant has made a public disclosure of the conflict of interest as provided in this subchapter and the City Council has approved the request, use, or permitting of the use.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division (B), no public servant shall participate in any way in a city contract, loan, grant, rate fixing, issuance of a permit, zoning matter, or ordinance matter involving or in any way affecting a business entity in which he or she has an interest. This shall not preclude a public servant from participating in any city contract, loan, grant, rate fixing, issuance of a permit, or zoning matter, or ordinance matter involving or in any way affecting a business entity in which he or she has an interest if the following has been complied with:
(1) The public servant makes a public disclosure as provided in this subchapter;
(2) The public servant is not involved, directly or indirectly, in the decision regarding the city contract, loan, grant, rate fixing, issuance of a permit, zoning matter, or ordinance matter; and
(3) After reviewing the circumstances and the public disclosure, the City Council, or the applicable public body, determines that the city contract, loan, grant, rate fixing, issuance of a permit, or a decision regarding a zoning matter or ordinance matter is in the best interest of the city.
(C) Except as otherwise provided in this division (C), no public servant shall engage in employment with, or render services for, any person or business entity, which transacts business with the city or any public body of the city. This shall not preclude a public servant from engaging in employment with, or rendering services for, any person or business entity, which transacts business with the city or any public body of the city if the following has been complied with:
(1) The public servant makes a public disclosure as provided in this subchapter; and
(2) After reviewing the circumstances and the public disclosure, the City Council, or the applicable public body, determines that the public servant’s engaging in employment with, or rending services for, any person or business entity, which transacts business with the city or any public body of the city does not impair or tend to impair the public servant’s independence of judgment.
(Ord. 171, passed 12-15-2003)