Section
General Provisions
43.001 Purpose and authority
43.002 Definitions
Standards of Conduct
43.015 Conflict of interest in general
43.016 Conflicts of interest in contracts
43.017 Receipt of gifts
43.018 Use of city property, equipment and personnel
43.019 Representation of interests before city government
43.020 Misuse of confidential information
43.021 Post-employment restriction
43.022 Honoraria
Financial Disclosure
43.035 Who must file
43.036 When to file statements; amended statements
43.037 Form of the statement of financial interests
43.038 Control and maintenance of the statements of financial interests
43.039 Contents of the financial interest statement
43.040 Noncompliance with filing requirement
Nepotism
43.055 Nepotism prohibited
Political Solicitation and Patronage
43.070 Political solicitation
43.071 Patronage
Enforcement
43.085 Interlocal cooperation agreement
43.086 Retaliation against persons disclosing violations prohibited
43.999 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a method of assuring that standards of ethical conduct and financial disclosure requirements for officers, board members, and employees of the city shall be clearly established, uniform in their application and enforceable, and to provide the officers, board members, and employees of the city with advice and information concerning potential conflicts of interest which might arise in the conduct of their public duties.
(B) It is the further purpose of this chapter to meet the requirements of KRS 65.003 as enacted by the 1994 Kentucky General Assembly.
(C) This chapter is enacted under the power vested in the city by KRS 82.082 and pursuant to requirements of KRS 65.003.
(1996 Code, § 43.01) (Ord. 2048, passed 12-6-1994; Ord. 2507, passed 12-1-2020)
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD MEMBER. A member of the governing body or representative of any city agency who has been appointed to the governing body of the agency by the city.
BOARD OF ETHICS. The Northern Kentucky Ethics Enforcement Committee as created by the Northern Kentucky Regional Ethics Authority and vested by this chapter with the responsibility of enforcing the requirements of the city’s Code of Ethics.
BUSINESS. Any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, holding company, joint stock company, receivership, trust, professional service corporation or any legal entity through which business is conducted for profit.
CANDIDATE. Any individual who seeks nomination or election to a city office. An individual is a candidate when the individual files a notification and declaration for nomination for office with the County Clerk or Secretary of State, or is nominated for office by a political party, or files a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate with the County Clerk or Secretary of State.
CITY. The City of Erlanger, Kentucky.
CITY AGENCY. Any board, commission, authority, nonstock corporation or other entity created, either individually or jointly, by this city.
CITY BUSINESS. Any discussion of specific city issues that go beyond general information.
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Information obtained in the course of holding public office or employment, or as a contractor to the city, which is not available to members of the public and which the officer or employee is not authorized to disclose, except to designated individuals or bodies, including written and non-written information. When such information is also available through channels open to the public, officers and employees are not prohibited from disclosing the availability of those channels.
CONTRACTOR. Anyone under contract to perform services for the city.
EMPLOYEE. Any employee of the city, whether full-time or part-time, seasonal or temporary. The term EMPLOYEE shall not include any of the volunteers of the city, or any contractor of the city, professional or otherwise, or any of their subcontractors or employees.
ETHICS ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE. The membership established by the Northern Kentucky Regional Ethics Authority to ensure comprehensive enforcement of this chapter.
FAMILY MEMBER. Domestic partner, spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, grandparent or grandchild.
FINANCIAL BENEFIT. Includes any money, service, license, permit, contract, authorization, loan, discount, travel, entertainment, hospitality, gratuity, or any promise of any of these, or anything else of value. This term does not include campaign contributions authorized by law.
FINANCIAL INTEREST. A relationship to something such that a direct or indirect financial benefit has been, will be, or might be received as a result of it.
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER. A domestic partner, spouse, an unemancipated child residing in the officer’s or employee’s household, or a person claimed by the officer or employee, or the officer’s or employee’s spouse, as a dependent for tax purposes.
OFFICER. Any person, whether full-time or part-time, and whether paid or unpaid, who is one of the following:
(1) The Mayor;
(2) A legislative body member;
(3) The City Clerk;
(4) The City Administrator; or
(5) Any person who occupies a non-elected office created under KRS 83A.080.
TRANSACTION. Any matter, including but not limited to, contracts, work or business with the city, the sale or purchase of real estate by the city, and any request for zoning amendments, variances, or special permits pending before the city, upon which a public officer or employee performs an official act or action.
(1996 Code, § 43.02) (Ord. 2048, passed 12-6-1994; Ord. 2507, passed 12-1-2020)
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