No officer, official or employee of the city shall:
(A) Accept any gift or favor of more than $25.00 in value from any person or entity that might reasonably tend to influence such officer, official or employee in the discharge of official duties or grant in the discharge of official duties any improper favor, service or thing of value;
(B) Use his or her official position to solicit or secure special privileges or exemptions for himself or herself or others;
(C) Disclose information that could adversely affect the property, government or affairs of the city or directly or indirectly use any information gained by reason of his or her official position or employment for his or her own personal gain or benefit or for the private interest of others;
(D) Transact any business on behalf of the city in his or her official capacity with any business entity with which he or she is an officer, agent or member or in which he or she owns a substantial interest. In the event that such a circumstance should arise, then in the case of an officer or official, he or she shall make known such interest and abstain from voting on the matter, or in the case of reassignment, state the reasons for doing so and have nothing further to do with the matter involved;
(E) Engage in any outside activities which will conflict with, or will be incompatible with, his or her assigned duties in the employment of the city, or reflect discredit upon the city, or which is employment with the city will give him or her an advantage over others engaged in a similar business, vocation or activity;
(F) Accept other employment or engage in outside activities incompatible with the full and proper discharge of his or her duties and responsibilities with the city or which might impair his or her independent judgment in the performance of his or her public duties;
(G) Receive any fee or compensation for his or her services as an officer, official or employee of the city from any source other than the city, except as may otherwise be provided by law. This shall not prohibit an officer, official or employee from performing the same or other services that he or she performs for the city for a private organization if there is no conflict with his or her city duties and responsibilities;
(H) Represent, directly or indirectly, or appear in behalf of the private interest of others before any agency, board, commission, authority or committee of the city or represent any private interest of others in any action or proceeding involving the city or participate on behalf of others in any litigation to which the city might be a party or even accept any retainer or compensation that is contingent upon a specific action being taken by the city or any of its agencies, boards, commissions, authorities or committees;
(I) Use the prestige of his or her position in behalf of any political party or engage in any political activity which does not maintain the nonpartisan policy of the city; provided however, that all employees are encouraged to register and vote as they may choose in all local, state and national elections;
(J) Knowingly perform or refuse to perform any act in order to deliberately hinder the execution and implementation of any city ordinances, rules or regulations or the achievement of official city programs.
(`87 Code, § 2-173) (Am. Ord. 1990-18, passed 11-6-90) Penalty, see § 34.99