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No City official or employee or former City official or employee shall disclose or use confidential information acquired by virtue of his or her municipal employment or office; provided that, disclosure may be made when required by state law or federal law or by a court order.
(1995 Code, § 2.52.060) Penalty, see § 39.99
Nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit a former City official or employee from entering into a contract to represent the City in any matter or entering into other employment, as long as confidential and/or privileged information or data obtained by their employment with the City is not used or disclosed to or by others.
(1995 Code, § 2.52.070)
(A) No person shall willfully make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report in regard to any test, certification, appointment or investigation, or in any manner commit any fraud, conceal any wrongdoing or knowingly withhold information about wrongdoing in connection with employment with the City or in connection with the work-related conduct of any City employee or officer.
(B) No person seeking appointment to or promotion in the service of the City shall, either directly or indirectly, give, render or pay any money, service or other valuable thing to any person for, on account of or in connection with his or her test, appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion; provided, however, that, this provision shall not apply to payments made to duly licensed employment agencies.
(1995 Code, § 2.52.080) Penalty, see § 39.99
No City official or employee shall recommend that a family member or immediate family member be employed in any position with the City. All efforts should be made to prevent a situation in which an employee may be able directly to supervise, control or influence the work or employment status of a family member or immediate family member or the affairs of the organizational unit in which a family member or immediate family member is employed. Nothing contained herein shall restrict or hinder the promotion or demotion of existing employees, nor the hiring of a family member or immediate family member on a competitive basis.
(1995 Code, § 2.52.090) Penalty, see § 39.99
(A) The Board of Commissioners, candidates seeking 1 of the elected City office, City Manager and department heads shall be required to file, on an annual basis, a statement of financial interest with the Board of Ethics.
(B) (1) The statement of financial interest shall be filed no later than April 16.
(2) Any person appointed to fill 1 of the offices or positions of employment during the interim shall file his or her initial statement of financial interest no later than 30 days after appointment.
(3) All candidates for office shall file his or her statement of financial interest no later than 30 days after filing as a candidate for the office.
(4) The Board of Ethics, for good cause shown, may grant a reasonable extension of time for filing a statement of financial interest.
(5) In the event of any material change to any information contained in the statement of financial interest such persons shall be required to file an amended statement with the Board of Ethics within 30 days thereof.
(C) The statement of financial interest shall be on a form prescribed by the ordinance codified in this section. Each person required to file a financial statement shall be delivered a copy of the form required to be filed no later than 90 days prior to the date the statement is due to be filed. Failure to deliver a copy of the form shall not relieve any person from the requirement of filing.
(D) (1) The Board of Ethics shall be the official custodian of all statements of financial interest which shall be kept by the City Clerk in accordance with the City’s policies on record keeping.
(2) Statements of financial interest shall be retained by the Board of Ethics for a period of 5 years after filing; provided that, upon the expiration of 3 years after a person terminates his or her employment or position with the City, the Board shall cause to be destroyed any statements of financial interest filed by the person.
(E) The statement of financial interest shall include, at minimum, 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;
(4) Information that identifies each source of income of the filer exceeding $10,000 during the preceding calendar year, and the nature of the income (e.g., salary, commission, dividends, retirement fund distribution and the like);
(5) The name and address of any business located within the City in which the filer, or any member of the filer’s immediate family, had at any time during the preceding calendar year a substantial interest as defined herein or any ownership interest in any business located in the City;
(6) The name and address of any business which does or is anticipated to engage in any business transactions with the City, in which the filer, any member of the filer’s immediate family or family had at any time during the preceding calendar year an ownership interest of any kind or is employed in any capacity;
(7) A designation as commercial or residential and the location of all real property within the City, 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 any legal interest;
(8) Each source by name and address of gifts or honoraria having fair market value of $500 or more from any single source, excluding gifts received from family members, received by the filer during the preceding calendar year; and
(F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any person to disclose any specific dollar amounts, nor the names of individual clients or customers of business listed as sources of income.
(G) (1) The Board of Ethics shall notify, by certified mail, each person required to file a statement of financial interest who fails to file the statement by the due date, files an incomplete statement, or files a statement in a form other than that prescribed by the Board. The notice shall specify the type of failure or delinquency, shall establish a date by which the failure or delinquency shall be remedied and shall advise the person of the penalties for a violation.
(1995 Code, § 2.52.110) (Am. Ord. O-2010-003, passed 3-8-2010)
Penalty, see § 39.99
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