(A) Compensation.
(1) No elected or appointed officer or municipal employee may receive or agree to receive compensation for assisting any person or business entity in any transaction involving the town in which he or she is an officer unless he or she files with the Mayor a sworn statement giving the information required by this section and discloses the same in open meeting to the members of the body of which he or she is a member immediately prior to the discussion the information required by division (C) below.
(2) No municipal employee may receive or agree to receive compensation for assisting any person or business entity in any transaction involving the town unless he or she discloses the information required by division (C) below to his or her immediate supervisor and any other municipal officer or employee who may rely upon the employee’s representations in evaluating or approving the transaction.
(B) Disclosure statement.
(1) The statement required to be filed by this section shall be filed ten days prior to the date of any agreement between the elected or appointed officer or municipal employee and the person or business entity being assisted, or ten days prior to the receipt of compensation by the business entity, whichever is earlier.
(2) The statement is public information and shall be available for examination by the public.
(C) Disclosure information. The statement and disclosure shall contain the following information:
(1) The name and address of the officer or employee;
(2) The name and address of the person or business entity being or to be assisted or in which the appointed or elected official has a substantial interest; and
(3) A brief description of the transaction as to which service is rendered or is to be rendered and of the nature of the service performed or to be performed.
(Prior Code, § 1-6A-5) (Ord. 1993-01, passed 4-15-1993)