(A)
No city official or employee or member of his or her immediate family member shall have an interest in a business organization or engage in any business, transaction, or activity, which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest.
(B) No city official or employee shall use or attempt to use his or her official position to secure unwarranted privileges or advantages for himself, herself, family member, or others.
(C) No city official or employee shall act in his or her official capacity in any matter where he or she, a member of his or her immediate family, or a business organization in which he or she has an interest, has a direct or indirect financial or personal involvement that might reasonably be expected to impair his or her objectivity or independence of judgment. Any city official or employee who shall have such a potential interest, directly or indirectly, shall disclose such interest to City Council and recuse themselves from voting.
(D) No city official or employee shall use, or allow to be used, his or her public office or employment, or any information not generally available to the members of the public, which he or she receives or acquires in the course of and by reason of his or her office or employment by the city, for the purpose of securing financial gain for himself or herself, any member of his or her immediate family, or any business organization with which he or she is associated.
(E) Elected and appointed officials shall be required by law to attend at least two-thirds of scheduled meetings of the body to which he or she is elected or appointed or face an Ethics Commission inquiry.
(F) No city official 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 any gain could reasonably be expected to accrue to any other member of such business, profession, occupation or group.
(G) No city official or employee shall disclose confidential information concerning property, government, legal, personnel or other affairs of the city.
(H) No city official or employee shall directly, or indirectly through any person or business, solicit or accept any gift having a fair market value of more than $100, whether in the form of service, money, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing or promise, or any other form, under circumstances in which it could be reasonably inferred that the gift was intended to influence, or could reasonably be expected to influence the city official or employee in the performance of his or her public duties, from any person, firm or corporation which, to his or her knowledge, is interested directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever in business dealings with the city; provided, however, that any such public official who is a candidate for public office may accept campaign contributions and/or services in connection with such campaign, pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(I) No city official or employee shall hold a contract made by the city except if the city finds that the contract is in the best interest of the city because of price, limited supply or other specific reason.
(J) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any city official or employee, or members of his or her immediate family, from representing himself or herself, or themselves, in negotiations or proceedings concerning his or her, or their, own interests.
(K) No city official or employee shall use or permit the use of any city time, funds, personnel, equipment, or other personal or real property for the private use of any person or entity, unless:
(1) The use is specifically authorized by a stated city policy.
(2) The use is available to the general public, and then only to the extent and upon the terms that such use is available to the general public.
(Ord. 298-1994, passed 11-21-94; Am. Ord. 550-2016, passed 1-9-17; Am. Ord. 586-2019, passed 10-21-19)