(A) No elected officer shall represent any person or party, other than the city, in connection with any cause, proceeding, application or other matter pending before the city or any department, commission, board, agency or committee of the city.
(B) No non-elected officer, employee, board member or committee member shall represent any person or party, other than the city, agency, board, committee or commission in which he or she is a member or employee in connection with a cause, proceeding, application or other matter pending or considered for action before the same city, commission, board, agency or committee in which he or she is an officer, employee, board member or committee member.
(C) No officer or employee shall represent, directly or indirectly, any other private person, group or entity in any action or proceeding against the interest of the city or in any litigation in which the city or any department thereof is a party provided, however, that nothing contained therein shall limit the authority of the City Attorney and his or her staff to represent the city, its boards, commissions, committees, agencies, employees and officers in the discharge of their duties.
(D) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any officer or employee, or members of his or her immediate family, from representing himself, herself or themselves in negotiations or proceedings concerning his, her or their own interest subject to the other provisions contained in this chapter concerning conflicts of interest.
(E) No officer shall be prohibited from making any inquiry for information on behalf of a constituent, if no fee, reward or other thing of value is promised to, given to, or accepted by the officer, or a member of his or her immediate family, whether directly or indirectly, in return therefor.
(Ord. 0-94-023, passed 11-28-94)