Every officer, employee, or professional contractor of the city, and every city agency shall comply with the following standards of conduct.
(A) No officer or employee, or any immediate family member of any officer, employee, or professional contractor shall have an interest in a business or engage in any business, transaction, or activity which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of the officer’s, employee’s, or professional contractor’s public duties.
(B) No officer, employee, or professional contractor shall intentionally use or attempt to use his or her official position with the city to secure unwarranted privileges or advantages for himself or herself or others.
(C) No officer, employee, or professional contractor shall intentionally take or refrain from taking any discretionary action, or agree to take or refrain from taking any discretionary action, or induce or attempt to induce any other officer, employee, or professional contractor to take or refrain from taking any discretionary action, on any matter before the city to obtain a financial benefit for any of the following:
(1) The officer, employee, or professional contractor;
(2) A family member;
(3) An outside employer;
(4) Any business in which the officer, employee, or professional contractor, or any family member has a financial interest; and/or
(5) Any business with which the officer, employee, or professional contractor, or any family member is negotiating or seeking prospective employment or other business or professional relationship.
(D) No officer, employee, or professional contractor shall be deemed in violation of any provision in this section if, by reason of the officer’s, employee’s, or professional contractor’s participation, vote, decision, action, or inaction, no financial benefit accrues to the officer, employee, or professional contractor, a family member, an outside employer, or a business as defined in divisions (C)(4) and (C)(5) above, as a member of any business, occupation, profession, or other group to any greater extent than any gain could reasonably be expected to accrue to any other member of the business, occupation, profession, or other group.
(E) Every officer, employee, or professional contractor who has a prohibited financial interest that the officer, employee, or professional contractor believes or has reason to believe may be affected by his or her participation, vote, decision, or other action taken within the scope of his or her public duties shall disclose the precise nature of the interest, in writing, to the governing body of the city or city agency served by the officer, employee, or professional contractor, and the disclosure shall be entered on the official record of the proceedings of the governing body. The officer, employee, or professional contractor shall refrain from taking action with respect to the matter that is the subject of the disclosure.
(2010 Code, § 30.40) (Ord. 1, 2012, passed 3-12-2012)