121.29 REPORTING OF GIFTS, SALARIES, WAGES OR COMMISSIONS.
   (a)   All elected members of Council and members of the Board of Control in the City shall file a statement identifying:
      (1)   Every source of income over seventy-five dollars ($75.00), except those salaries, wages or commissions which are the principal source of income, received by the person in his or her own name or by any other person for his or her use or benefit during the preceding calendar year, and a brief description of the nature of the services for which the income was received. This section shall not be construed to require the disclosure of clients of attorneys or patients of persons certified under State statutes which would be otherwise confidential nor the disclosure of individual items of income that constitute a portion of the gross income of the business or profession from which the person derives income.
(Ord. 63-1974. Passed 4-1-74.)
      (2)   The source of each gift of over seventy-five dollars ($75.00) received by the person in his or her own name or by any other person for his or her use or benefit during the preceding calendar year, from any person, firm or corporation which is interested directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever in business dealings with the City. Gifts received by will or by virtue of State law, or received from the immediate family, or received by way of distribution from any intervivos or testamentary trust established by a spouse or by an ancestor need not be reported. The “intermediate family” shall be limited to a spouse, child, parent (including a foster parent), stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, grandmother-in-law, grandfather-in-law, grandchild, stepchild, foster child, sister, brother, sister-in-law and brother-in-law.
(Ord. 36-1996. Passed 2-5-96; Eff. 3-5-96; Ord. 126-2010. Passed 9-20-10.)
   (b)   The statement shall be as follows:
      (1)   The statement shall be notarized and filed with the Clerk of Council of the City no later than April 15 of the year following the calendar year being reported.
      (2)   The statement shall be on a form provided by the Clerk of Council and is to be filed by each and every official listed above pursuant to this section, whether or not any gifts, salaries, wages or commissions are in fact received and accepted, and in the event that no gifts, salaries, wages or commissions are in fact received or accepted that would be reportable, the statement shall so state.
      (3)   The notarized statement shall remain in the Clerk of Council's office as a matter of public record for five years.
(Ord. 63-1974. Passed 4-1-74; Ord. 25-2008. Passed 2-4-08.)