§ 39.27 ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND DONATIONS.
   (A)   No reward, favor, gift or other form of payment shall be received by any City official or employee for the performance or non-performance of his or her duties from any vendor, contractor, individual or firm doing business with the City or who can be reasonably anticipated to do business with the City in the future or from any other source having or proposing to have any relationship with the City.
   (B)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an occasional, non-pecuniary gift insignificant in value; a meal, unless received on a regular or ongoing basis, an award publicly presented in recognition of public service, for acts of heroism or for solving of crimes; or a commercially reasonable loan made in the ordinary course of business by an institution authorized by the laws of the state to engage in the business of making loans or a lawful contribution made to a political campaign, as long as the same are reported.
(1995 Code, § 2.52.150)