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(A) No officer or employee of the city or any city agency shall appear or practice before the city or any city agency, or receive compensation for services rendered on behalf of any person in relation to any particular matter, with respect to any matter on which the officer or employee personally worked while in the service of the city or city agency for a period of one (1) year after the termination of the officer’s or employee’s service with the city or city agency.
(B) No officer or employee of the city, or any city or agency, shall make, participate in making, or use their official position to influence a decision involving the interests or a person with whom they are seeking, negotiating, or securing an agreement concerning future employment.
(C) No officer or employee of the city or any city agency shall disclose, or use, without appropriate authorization, any confidential information acquired in the course of their official duties.
(Ord. 18-1994, passed 11-21-94; Am. Ord. 6-2022, passed 11-7-22)
(A) No officer or employee of the city or a city agency shall accept any compensation, honorarium or gift with a fair market value greater than one hundred dollars ($100) in consideration of an appearance, speech or article, unless the appearance, speech or article is both related to the officer’s or employee’s activities outside of municipal service and is unrelated to the officer’s or employee’s service with the city.
(B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an officer or employee of the city or any city agency from receiving and retaining from the city or on behalf of the city actual and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the officer or employee in connection with an appearance, speech or article, provided that the officer or employee can show by clear and convincing evidence that the expenses were incurred or received on behalf of the city or city agency and primarily for the benefit of the city or city agency, and not primarily for the benefit of the officer or employee or any other person.
(Ord. 18-1994, passed 11-21-94; Am. Ord. 6-2022, passed 11-7-22)
(A) No officer or employee, in their official capacity, may publicly endorse products or services for their own personal or financial interest, or for their family member's personal or financial interest.
(B) However, this does not prohibit an officer or employee from answering inquiries by other governmental officials, consumer organizations, or product information services regarding products or services.
(Ord. 6-2022, passed 11-7-22)
No officer or employee may, directly or indirectly, induce, encourage or aid anyone to violate any provision of this code. If an officer or employee knows, or has reasonable suspicion to believe, that someone has violated this code, they are required to report it to the Ethics Board pursuant to § 38.66 of this chapter.
(Ord. 6-2022, passed 11-7-22)
An officer or employee may not falsely impugn the reputation of a city resident, employee, or another officer of the city. If an officer or employee believes their accusation to be true, and then learns that it was false, even in part, they should apologize in the same forum and manner where the accusations were made. A failure to apologize within a reasonable period of time after learning of the falseness of the accusations will create the presumption that the conduct was intentional.
(Ord. 6-2022, passed 11-7-22)
(A) City officials, including members of city agencies, boards and commissions, can maintain a personal presence on social media. However, to be considered personal, there can be no mention of their status as a city official. Any mention of their status as a city official potentially changes the nature of the page to one for a public agency, requiring record keeping in accordance with the Kentucky Department of Library and Archives retention schedule and subjecting the entire page to open records requests.
(B) Elected officials who want to interact with the community on social media in their role as a city official are required to maintain a separate social media account from their personal account if they have one. City officials will notify the City Clerk of any official page(s) utilized. The City Clerk will maintain an updated list of official pages of city officials.
(C) City officials shall conduct themselves professionally and as representatives of the city.
(D) Elected city official pages shall clearly indicate that any content posted, or submitted for posting, is subject to public disclosure. Additionally, guidelines, if any, shall be posted conspicuously on the page.
(E) No comments shall be deleted unless in violation of posted guidelines. Deleted comments shall be provided to the City Clerk and must be saved for one (1) year.
(F) City officials shall not conduct city business through their social media sites. If receiving a specific request from a citizen, the city official shall state words to the effect of: “Thank you for your question. Please email me at (official email address) or contact me at (phone number). I look forward to speaking with you.”
(G) Elected officials shall not discuss issues pending before the City Council. Elected officials may seek public input but shall not respond to comments. Engaging in substantive conversations on social media could require retention of the posts and may violate the Open Meetings Act if other elected officials are also engaging in the discussion.
(H) City employees shall be bound by any and all social media policies promulgated by the city.
(Ord. 6-2022, passed 11-7-22)
(A) City officials shall maintain an official email address and shall provide it to the City Clerk. This must be separate from their personal email account.
(B) No city business shall occur through a personal email account.
(C) City officials shall retain emails according to the Kentucky Department of Library and Archives schedule for emails. City officials shall direct any record keeping questions to the City Clerk.
(Ord. 6-2022, passed 11-7-22)
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
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