(A) No city officer or employee or member of his or her immediate family shall have an interest in a business organization or engage in any business, transaction, or professional activity, which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interests.
(B) No city officer or employee shall use or attempt to use his or her official position to secure unwarranted privileges or advantages for himself or herself.
(C) No city officer shall act in his or her official capacity in any matter where he or she, a member of his or her immediate family, or a business organization in which he or she has an interest has a direct or indirect financial or personal involvement that might reasonably be expected to impair his or her objectivity or independence of judgement.
(D) No city officer or employee shall undertake any employment or service, compensated or not, which might reasonably be expected to prejudice his or her independence of judgment in the exercise of his or her official duties.
(E) No city officer or employee shall be prohibited from giving or receiving an award publicly presented in recognition of public service, commercially reasonable loans made in the ordinary course of the lender's business, or reasonable hosting, including travel and expenses, entertainment, meals and refreshments furnished in connection with public events, appearances, ceremonies, or fact-finding trips related to official city government business.
(F) No city officer shall be prohibited from accepting a gratuity for solemnizing a marriage.
(G) No city officer or employee shall use, or allow to be used, in his or her public office or employment any information not generally available to the members of the public, which he or she receives or acquires in the course of and by the reason of his or her office or employment, for the purpose of securing financial gain for himself or herself, any member of his or her family, or any business organization with which he or she is associated.
(H) No city officer, employee, or agency shall directly, or indirectly through any other person or business, solicit or accept any gift having a fair market value of more than $200 per year, whether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing, or promise, or any other form, under circumstances in which it could reasonably be inferred that the gift was intended to influence, or could reasonably be expected to influence, the officer or employee in the performance of his or her public duties.
(I) No city officer, employee, or agency shall intentionally use or disclose information acquired in the course of his or her official duties, if the primary purpose of the use or disclosure is to further his or her personal financial interest or that of another person or business. Information shall be deemed confidential if it is not subject to disclosure pursuant to the State Open Records Act, KRS 61.872 through 61.884, at the time of its use or disclosure.
(J) No city officer, employee, or agency shall accept any compensation, honorarium, or gift with a fair market value greater than $200 per year in consideration of an appearance, speech, or article unless the appearance, speech, or article is both related to the officer's or employee's activities outside of municipal service with the city.
(K) No city officer or employee shall act in his or her official capacity in any matter, including but not limited to the enactment of any ordinance, resolution, or other matter required to be voted upon or subject to executive approval, that is related to any business, profession, or occupation for which the city officer or employee, or a business organization in which such officer or employee holds an interest, holds a city license.
(L) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a city officer, employee, or agency from receiving and retaining from the city or on behalf of the city actual and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the officer or employee in connection with an appearance, speech, or article, provided that the officer or employee can show by clear and convincing evidence that his or her expenses were incurred or received on behalf of the city or city agency and not primarily for the benefit of the officer or employee, or any other person.
(M) No city officer shall be deemed in conflict with these provisions if, by reason of his or her participation in the enactment of any ordinance, resolution, or other matter required to be voted upon or which is subject to executive approval or veto, no material or monetary gain could reasonably be expected to accrue to any other member of the business, profession, occupation, or group.
(N) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a city officer or employee from performing any duty that the city officer or employee is required to perform under state law.
(Ord. passed 12-13-1994; Ord. 2013-2, passed 4-11-2013) Penalty, see § 31.99