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(A) No officer or employee of the city or a city agency shall accept any compensation, honorarium or gift with a fair market value greater than $100 in consideration of an appearance, speech or article unless the appearance, speech or article is both related to the officer's or employee's activities outside of municipal service and is unrelated to the officer's or employee's service with the city.
(B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an officer or employee of the city or any city agency from receiving and retaining from the city or on behalf of the city actual and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the officer or employee in connection with an appearance, speech or article, provided that the officer or employee can show by clear and convincing evidence that the expenses were incurred or received on behalf of the city or city agency and primarily for the benefit of the city or city agency and not primarily for the benefit of the officer or employee or any other person.
(Ord. #94-1032, passed 9-22-94)
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
The following classes of officers and employees of the city and city agencies shall file an annual statement of financial interests with the Board of Ethics:
(A) Elected city officials.
(B) Candidates for city elective offices.
(C) Members of the city planning and zoning commission and board of adjustment.
(D) Members of the Board of Ethics created by this chapter.
(E) Non-elected officers and employees of the city or any city agency who are authorized to make purchases of materials or services or award contracts, leases or agreements involving the expenditure of more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(Ord. #94-1032, passed 9-22-94)
Cross-reference:
Code of ethics for city officials and employees, see KRS 65.003
(A) The initial statement of financial interests required by this section shall be filed with the Board of Ethics or the administrative official designated as the custodian of its records by the Board of Ethics, no later than 5:00 p.m., January 31, 1995. All subsequent statements of financial interest shall be filed no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 31 each year provided that:
(1) An officer or employee newly-appointed to fill an office or position of employment with the city or a city agency shall file his or her initial statement no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the appointment.
(2) A candidate for city office shall file his or her initial statement no later than thirty (30) days after the date on which the person becomes a candidate for elected city office.
(B) The Board of Ethics may grant a reasonable extension of time for filing a statement of financial interests for good cause shown.
(C) In the event there is a material change in any information contained in a financial statement that has been filed with the Board, the officer or employee shall, no later than thirty (30) days after becoming aware of the material charge, file an amended statement with the Board.
(Ord. #94-1032, passed 9-22-94)
The statement of financial interests shall be filed on a form prescribed by the Board of Ethics or the administrative office designated by the Board of Ethics. The Board, or the designated administrative official, shall deliver a copy of the form to each officer and employee required to file the statement, by first class mail or hand delivery, no later than January 10 of each year. The failure of the Board or the designated administrative official to deliver a copy of the form to any officer or employee shall not relieve the officer or employee of the obligation to file the statement.
(Ord. #94-1032, passed 9-22-94)
(A) The Board of Ethics shall be the "official custodian" of the statements of financial interests and shall have control over the maintenance of the statements of financial interests. The statements of financial interests shall be maintained by the Board of Ethics or the administrative official designated by the Board of Ethics as the "custodian" as public documents available for public inspection immediately upon filing.
(B) A statement of financial interests shall be retained by the Board or the designated administrative official for a period of five (5) years after filing, provided that:
(1) Upon the expiration of three (3) years after a person ceases to be an officer or employee of the city or a city agency, the Board shall cause to be destroyed any statements of financial interests or copies of those statements filed by the person.
(2) Upon the expiration of three (3) years after the election at which a candidate for elected city office was not elected or nominated, the Board shall cause to be destroyed any statements of financial interests or copies of those statements filed by the person.
(Ord. #94-1032, passed 9-22-94)
(A) The statement of financial interests shall include the following information for the preceding calendar year:
(1) The name, current business address, business telephone number, and home address of the filer.
(2) The title of the filer's office, office sought, or position of employment.
(3) The occupation of the filer and the filer's spouse.
(4) Information that identifies each source of income of the filer and the filer's immediate family members exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) during the preceding calendar year and the nature of the income (e.g., salary, commission, dividends, retirement fund distribution, etc.)
(5) The name and address of any business located within the state in which the filer or any member of the filer's immediate family had at any time during the preceding calendar year an interest of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at fair market value or five percent (5%) ownership interest or more.
(6) The name and address of any business located outside of the state, if the business has engaged in any business transactions with the city during the past three (3) years, or which is anticipated to engage in any business transactions with the city, in which the filer or any member of the filer's immediate family had at any time during the preceding calendar year an interest of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at fair market value or five percent (5%) ownership interest or more.
(7) A designation as commercial, residential, or rural and the location of all property within the county other than the filer's primary residence in which the filer or any member of the filer's immediate family had during the preceding calendar year an interest of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more.
(8) Each source by name and address of gifts or honoraria having an aggregate fair market value of one hundred dollars ($100) or more from any single source, excluding gifts received from family members, received by the filer or any member of the filer's immediate family during the preceding calendar year.
(9) The name and address of any creditor owed more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), except debts arising from the purchase of a primary residence or the purchase of consumer goods which are bought or used primarily for person, family or household purposes.
(B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any officer or employee to disclose any specific dollar amounts nor the names of individual clients or customers of businesses listed as sources of income.
(Ord. #94-1032, passed 9-22-94)
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