2.16.010   Prohibition on city employee interest in city contract.
   A.   No city employee shall engage in any employment, activity, or enterprise from which the employee receives compensation or in which the employee has a financial interest and which is funded, all or in part, by the city or any city department through or by a city contract unless the employment, activity, or enterprise is required as a condition of the employee's regular city employment. No city employee shall contract on his or her own individual behalf as an independent contractor with the city or any city department to provide services or goods.
   B.   This section shall not prohibit the city from entering into contracts with an entity in which a city employee has a financial interest because of his or her spouse's or dependent's employment with the entity, ownership or control of the entity or other financial interest in the entity, provided that the employee: (1) does not participate in the control or operation, or otherwise participate or engage in the business or enterprise of, the entity; (2) abstains from all participation in the making of the contract, pursuant to Government Code Section 1090 et seq.; and (3) if required by Section 2.16.030(G)(2) of this article, provides the notice required by that section. (Ord. 2007-043 § 1)