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)