Section 2.16.010 shall not prohibit the following contracts:
A. A contract of employment in which the employee agrees to perform services for the city as an employee of the city;
B. A contract in which the employee is a third-party beneficiary of an agreement executed pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act;
C. A contract in which the employee is to be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of an official duty as an employee of the city;
D. A contract affecting retirement benefits paid or to be payable to an employee as a present or future retired employee of the city;
E. A contract with the city for the off-duty employment of peace officers;
F. A contract with the city pursuant to which the employee pays for and receives public services generally provided by the city to the public at large if the terms and conditions of said contract are the same as if the employee were not an employee of the city;
G. A contract in which the employee has only a remote financial interest.
1. Definition. For purposes of this provision, an employee has a remote financial interest in a contract if the employee's interest is one of the following:
a. That of a non-salaried officer of a nonprofit corporation or association;
b. That of the owner of real property who enters into any agreement with the city concerning that property pursuant to state or local land use regulations;
c. That of the owner of real property whose interest is being acquired by the city under the threat of or pursuant to the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
2. The interest of an employee in any contract described in subsection (G)(1) of this section shall be considered as being other than a remote interest if the contract is one in which the employee has a supervisory interest. An employee has a supervisory interest in a contract if the employee is directly involved as an employee of the city in any of the following activities in reference to said contract:
a. The preparation of contract plans or specifications;
b. The solicitation of bids for or the award of the contract;
c. The supervision or monitoring of performance under the contract.
3. Exception-Notice and Abstention. An employee of the city shall not be considered as having a supervisory interest in a contract if, prior to engaging in any of the activities described in subsection (G)(2) of this section, the employee has notified his or her immediate city supervisor of the interest in the contract and thereafter abstains from performance of these duties in reference to the contract. (Ord. 2007-043 § 1)