(A) Interlocal cooperation agreement.
(1) The city adheres to the provisions herein; so adopted as to meet requirements set forth by KRS 65.003.
(2) Attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference is an interlocal cooperation agreement authorized by KRS 65.210 et seq., which the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to sign on behalf of the city and provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Northern Kentucky Regional Ethics Authority, herein referred to as NKREA, and the Northern Kentucky Ethics Enforcement Committee according to the provisions thereof.
(B) Retaliation.
(1) No official, board member or employee of the city or any city agency shall subject to reprisal retaliation, or directly or indirectly use, or threaten to use, any official authority or influence in any manner whatsoever which tends to discourage, restrain, deter, prevent, interfere with, coerce, or discriminate against any person who in good faith reports, discloses, divulges, or otherwise brings to the attention of the Northern Kentucky Ethics Enforcement Committee or any other agency or official of the city or the commonwealth any facts or information relative to an actual or suspected violation of this chapter.
(2) This section shall not be construed as prohibiting disciplinary or punitive action if an official, board member, or employee of the city or any city agency discloses information which he or she knows to be false or which he or she discloses with reckless disregard for its truth, or falsity.
(1992 Code, § 37.05) (Ord. 31-94, passed 10-26-1994; Ord. 04-95, passed 3-16-1995; Ord. 01-2011, passed 2-15-2011; Ord. 01-2023, passed 2-7-2023)