For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless otherwise provided in the Code:
(a) "Appointing Authority" shall mean the City officer, director, commission, board, or body having the power of appointment to, or removal from, positions in any office, department, commission, board, or other authority of the City.
(b) "Board Member" shall include members of any board, agency, commission, authority as is or may hereafter be established by or pursuant to the Charter or City Code who are appointed or confirmed by elected officials or city officers or directors.
(c) “Business Associate" shall mean any individual, company, or organization with which an individual is acting together to pursue a common business purpose, including but not limited to, partners in a partnership, co-owners of a business, an outside employer, or co-members of a Limited Liability Corporation.
(d) "Contractor" shall mean any person or entity that is a party to an Agreement with the City.
(e) "Elected Official" shall include any person holding elective office specified in, or established pursuant to, the Charter.
(f) "Employee" shall mean any employee of the City including, but not limited to, any person employed, full or part time in a temporary or permanent capacity, and any appointee to a city board or commission.
(g) "Gift" includes any gratuity, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other tangible or intangible item having greater than de minimis monetary value including, but not limited to, cash, food and drink, travel, or lodging.
(h) "Interest" shall mean a direct financial or material benefit, but does not include any benefit arising from the provision or receipt of any services generally available to lawful class of residents or taxpayers of the City. An individual is deemed to have an interest in any private organization when he or she, his or her spouse, or a member of his or her household, is an owner, partner, member, director, officer, employee, or owns or controls more than 5% of an organization's outstanding stock; provided however, that an individual appointed or otherwise authorized to serve on a private organization, and who solely acts on behalf of the city in his or her capacity for the private organization, shall not be deemed to have an interest in such private organization.
(i) "Presumption of Influence" shall mean a rebuttable presumption that a gift made to an elected official, employee, or board member constitutes a substantial and improper influence in violation of this chapter. Any person may proffer evidence to rebut a presumption of influence.
(j) "Relative" shall mean an individual's spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, step-parent, sibling, step-sibling, sibling's spouse, child, grandchild, step-child, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, or household member, and persons having any of these relationships to the spouse or domestic partner of said individual.
(Ord. 34-2017. Passed 9-12-17.)