(A) Every officer and employee of the city or of any of its boards or departments shall promptly and fully account for and deliver to his or her successor, or as otherwise directed by the Mayor and Council, all money, equipment and other property of the city which he or she has in his or her possession or has received from the city during his or her term of office or employment.
(2005 Code, § 1-404)
(B) No officer of the municipality shall be permitted to benefit from any contract to which the municipality is a party when the consideration of the said contract is in an amount in excess of $20,000 in any one year, and no contract may be divided for the purpose of evading the requirements of this section. Any such interest in a contract shall void any obligation on the part of the municipality; provided, the receiving of deposits, cashing of checks and buying and selling of the warrants and bonds of the municipality shall not be considered a contract under the provisions of this section. No official shall receive any pay or compensation from the municipality other than his or her salary. The governing body shall not pay or appropriate any money or other valuable thing to pay a person who is not an officer for the performance of any act, service or duty which shall come within the proper scope of the duties of any officer of the municipality; provided that, ownership of less than 1% of the outstanding stock of any class in a corporation shall not constitute an interest within the meaning of this section.
(2005 Code, § 1-405)
(C) Any person may make a charge of misconduct in office against any city official, which charge shall be in writing and under oath and shall specify the nature of the misconduct claimed, which charge shall be filed with the City Clerk. Such charge shall be fully read at the next regular meeting of the City Council or at a special meeting called for that purpose and, if so ordered by the Council, a copy of such charge, certified by the City Clerk, shall be served upon the officer charged, together with a notice that he or she shall show cause, at a meeting of the Council, why he or she should not be removed from office.
(2005 Code, § 1-406)