A. Disclosure Required: No public servant or volunteer public servant shall receive or agree to receive compensation from anyone other than the city for assisting any person or business entity in any transaction involving the city, unless he or she shall file a sworn written statement giving the information required by this section and disclose that information in an open meeting to the members of the affected body, if any, of which he or she is a member. Said disclosure shall be made in writing prior to the discussion on the matter and include the following information:
1. The name and address of the public servant or volunteer public servant involved;
2. The name and address of the person or business entity being or to be so assisted; and
3. A brief description of the transaction as to which service is rendered or is to be rendered and of the nature of the service performed or to be performed.
This section shall not be construed to allow actions which are otherwise prohibited by city ordinances or state law.
B. Time And Location Of Disclosure Filing: The statement required to be filed by this section shall be filed within ten (10) days before the date of any agreement between the public servant or volunteer public servant and the person or business entity to be assisted or the public servant's or volunteer public servant's receipt of compensation, whichever time is earlier: 1) with the city recorder; 2) with the affected public body of which the public servant or volunteer public servant is a member; 3) in the case of disclosure by the mayor, with the chair of the city council; and 4) in the case of disclosure by a city council member, with the mayor.
C. Disclosure Is Public Record: The statement shall be deemed public information and shall be available for examination by the public. (Ord. 11-11, 2011)