(A) Procedures. Any officer, employee or agent appointed by the Council pursuant to § 31.002 of this code of ordinances, and any member of a committee or commission who has been appointed by the Council or Mayor who, in the discharge of their duties, would be required to take an action or make a decision which in any way would affect their financial interests or those of a business with which they are associated shall take the following actions:
(1) Disclosures. Disclose to the Council or to the chairperson and other members of the commission of which that person is a member that person’s participation in the matter prior to the time the matter is considered by the Council, committee or commission;
(2) Removal from influence. Remove themselves in a manner prescribed by the Council or the chairperson of the committee or commission of which that person is a member, from any consideration or influence over the action and decision in question; and
(3) Representation of interested party. Not appear before the Council or the committee or commission of which that person is a member on their own behalf or as a representative for any other person, firm, corporation, partnership or association operated either for profit or non-profit.
(B) Removal from office. Any officer, employee, agent or member of a committee or commission who intentionally violates the provisions of this section can be removed as an officer, employee, agent or member of a committee or commission by majority action of the entire City Council after a hearing held by the Council pursuant to written charges and at least ten days’ personal notice, or in the event the individual cannot be served after due diligence, by ten days’ published notice or both.
(Prior Code, § 106.01)