Every officer and employee of the city and every city agency shall comply with the following standards of conduct.
(A) No city governmental official, officer or employee, or member of his immediate family, or family member shall have an interests in any business organization, engage in any business, transaction, or professional activity which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his officially assigned duties.
(B) No city government official, officer or employee shall use or attempt to use his or her official position to secure unwarranted privileges or advantages for himself or herself.
(C) No governmental official, officer or employee shall act in his or her official capacity in any matter in which a member of his or her immediate family, family member, or a business organization in which he or she has an interest, has a direct or indirect financial or personal involvement that might reasonably expected to impair his or her objectivity or independence of judgment.
(D) No city governmental official, officer, or employee shall undertake any employment or service, compensated or not, which might reasonably be expected to prejudice or influence his independent judgment in the exercise of his or her official duties.
(E) No city governmental official, officer, or employee, member of his or her immediate family, family member, or business organization, in which he or she has an interest, shall solicit or accept any gift, favor, loan, political contribution, service, promise or future employment, or other thing of value based upon an understanding the gift, favor, loan, political contribution, service, promise, or other thing of value was given or offered for the purpose of influencing his or her directly or indirectly, in the discharge of his or her official duties. This provision shall not apply to the solicitation or acceptance of contributions to the campaign of an announced candidate for elective public office as governed by the Kentucky Revised Statutes.
(F) No city official, officer, or employee shall be prohibited from giving or receiving an award, publicly presented in recognition of public service, commercial loans made in the ordinary course of the lender’s business, or reasonable hosting, including travel and expenses, entertainment, meals, or refreshments furnished in connection with public events, appearances, ceremonies, or fact-finding trips related to official governmental business.
(G) No city official, officer, or employee shall use or allow to be used, his or her office or employment, or any information, not generally available to the members of the public, which he or she receives or acquires for the purpose of securing financial gain for himself or herself, any member of his or her immediate family, family member, or any business organization which he or she is associated.
(H) No city government official, officer, or employee, or business organization in which he or she has an interest shall represent any person or party other than the local government in connection with any clause, proceeding, application, or other matter pending before any agency in the local government in which he or she serves.
(I) No city government official or officer shall be deemed in conflict with these provisions if, by reason of his or her participation in the enactment of any ordinance, resolution, or other matter required to be voted upon or which is subject to executive approval or veto, no material or monetary gain accrues to him or her as a member of any business, profession, occupation, or group, to any greater extent than gain could reasonably be expected to accrue to any other member of such business, profession, occupation, or group.
(J) No elected city government officer shall be prohibited from making any inquiry for information or providing assistance on behalf of a constituent, if no fee, reward, or other thing of value is promised to, given to, or accepted by the officer of a member of his or her immediate family, family member, whether directly or indirect, in return therefor; and
(K) Nothing shall prohibit any city government official or employee, or member of his or her immediate family, or family member, from representing himself or herself, or themselves, in negotiations or proceedings concerning his, her, or their own interests.
(Ord. 94-39, passed 11-22-94)
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Cross reference:
Penalty for violation, see § 25.999