§ 31.32 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
   (A)   No officer, either on his or her own behalf or any other person’s, shall have any financial interest in any business or transaction with any public body unless he or she shall first make full public disclosures of the nature and extent of such interest.
   (B)   Whenever the performance of one’s official duties shall require any officer to deliberate and vote on any matter involving one’s financial or personal interest, such interest shall be publicly disclosed and the officer shall be disqualified from participating in the deliberation and voting.
   (C)   No officer shall engage in private employment with, or render services for, any private person who has business transactions with any public body unless he or she shall first make full public disclosure of the nature and extent of such employment or services.
   (D)   No officer shall represent or appear on behalf of any private person, other than himself or herself, before any public body of the city.
   (E)   No officer shall appoint, employ, or vote for appointment or employment of any person related by blood or marriage to any clerkship, office, position, employment, or duty when the salary, wages, pay, or compensation is to be paid out of public funds, unless at least a two-thirds majority of the non-interested officers agree that such would be in the best interest of the city under the prevailing circumstances.
(Ord. 3-1994-95, passed 12-13-1994)