(A) No public official, employee or member of a board or commission shall accept, directly or indirectly, any favor, service or gift, including gifts of de minimus value, from any person who, to his knowledge, has or may have direct or indirect business dealings with the city.
(B) No public official, employee or member of a board or commission shall, by reason of his status, accept or endeavor to obtain, directly or indirectly, preferential treatment from any private citizen, business enterprise, or other public official, employee or member of a board or commission.
(C) (1) No public official, employee or member of a board or commission shall, in the discharge of his duties, grant any preferential treatment to any person or interest beyond that which is properly available to all other persons or interests.
(2) If it is impossible or inappropriate to refuse the gift, it shall be reported to the Board of Ethics and then turned over to an appropriate public or charitable institution.
(Ord. passed 8-11-2003)