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The Garden City Citizen Hall of Fame Commission shall make an annual report to the City Council setting forth the character and extent of the Commission’s activities and accomplishments for the prior year. Other reports may be submitted from time to time as required by the City Council or by the Commission’s own initiative.
(Ord. 10-017, passed 10-25-10)
Meetings of the Commission shall be open to the public in accordance with the Michigan Open Meetings Act, P.A. 267 of 1976, being M.C.L.A. §§ 15.261 through 15.275, as amended. Official minutes of meetings, once approved by the Commission, shall be filed with the Office of the City Clerk. All documents prepared by, or in the possession of, the Commission shall be public documents and shall be available for public inspection in accordance with the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, P.A. 442 of 1976, being M.C.L.A. §§ 15.231 through 15.246, as amended. Documents belonging to the Commission shall be retained in accordance with the city’s adopted record retention schedule.
(Ord. 10-017, passed 10-25-10)
BOARD OF ETHICS
The following words, terms and phrases when used in this subchapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
CITY BOARD. Shall collectively include City Council, city advisory boards, and city commissions.
CITY OFFICIAL. A person elected or appointed serving in any capacity with the City of Garden City, which is established by the City Charter or by City Ordinance which involves the exercise of a public power, trust, or duty. The term CITY OFFICIAL for this section does not include contracted or non-contracted employees, but does include any other official of the city, whether or not they receive compensation, including those who serve on City Council, city advisory boards and commissions, and volunteers.
COMPENSATION. Any money, property or thing of value or benefit received by any person in return for services rendered.
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Any information which is available to a city official only because of the city official's status as an official of the City of Garden City and is not a matter of public knowledge or available to the public on request.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST. A personal interest of such substance as to induce action by a city official to promote the governmental decision or promote one's own personal or business benefit in the course of one's duty as a city official. Conflict of interest is either a personal interest or a duty or loyalty to a third party that competes with or is averse to a city official's duty to the public interest in the exercise of official duties or official actions.
DIRECT OR INDIRECT PARTICIPATION. The involvement through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, preparation of any part of a purchase request, influencing the content of any specification or procurement standard.
DISINFORMATION. False or misleading information deliberately spread to deceive a person or people.
GOVERNMENT DECISION. A determination, action, vote, or disposition upon a motion, proposal, recommendation, resolution, ordinance, or measure on which a vote by the members of the City Council is required, and by which the City Council formulates or effectuates public policy.
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS. Mean domestic partner, spouse, child, stepchild, sibling, parent, relative living in the same home.
MALFEASANCE. The doing of a wrongful act.
MISFEASANCE. The doing of a lawful act in a wrongful manner.
NONFEASANCE. The failure to perform an act required by the duties of the office.
OFFICIAL DUTIES/ACTION. A decision, recommendation, approval, disapproval or other action or failure to act which involves the use of discretionary authority.
PROCUREMENT. The buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring of any supplies, services, or construction. It also includes all functions that pertain to the obtaining of any supply, service, or construction, including description of requirement, selection, and solicitation of sources, preparation and award of contract, and all phases of contract administration.
SUBSTANTIAL GIFT. Any gift in an amount over $100.
VENDOR. A vendor is a person, or business entity, that enters into a contract with the City of Garden City.
(Ord. 24-003, passed 5-20-24)
(A) The Mayor shall appoint seven members to the Board of Ethics, subject to the approval of the City Council, or as otherwise provided by state law. Current city officials (appointed or elected) or employees shall not be eligible for appointment to the Board. A person is eligible to be appointed to the Board of Ethics if he/she meets all of the following criteria:
(1) Has not been convicted of a felony;
(2) Is a resident of the City of Garden City;
(3) Is at least 21 years of age; and
(4) Is not the spouse of, romantically involved with, or a third-degree relative (great-grandparent, grandparent, parent, uncle, aunt, brother, sister, child, grandchild, great-grandchild, nephew or niece) of a current member of the City Council.
(B) Members of the Board may be removed by the Council for cause. Cause shall be determined by violating one of the prohibited conduct concerns in § 33.307.
(C) Members shall be appointed for terms of four years, except that of those first appointed, three shall serve for four years, three shall serve for three years, and one shall serve for two years.
(D) Four members of the Board of Ethics shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of the majority of the Board (not the quorum) shall be necessary for any action.
(E) The City Clerk, or designee, is the "Liaison" to the Board of Ethics to assist the Board in carrying out its functions under this Board of Ethics subchapter and any policies and procedures approved by the Board of Ethics. The request for information held by city governmental offices may be directed to the Garden City Police Chief, or designee, to research requested information and forward their findings to the Ethics Board. The research shall be solely for fact finding, not for opinion. Should a complaint rise to a greater level, an outside special counsel may be contracted. SPECIAL COUNSEL need not be a licensed attorney, but must be a person with demonstrated experience in investigation.
(Ord. 24-003, passed 5-20-24)
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