(A) (1) No public official, employee or member of a board or commission shall appear before any department or agency of the city on behalf of private persons in any matter which will be in conflict with his duties as such public official or employee or member of a board or commission.
(2) Any such public official may appear before city agencies on behalf of his constituents in the course of his duties as a representative of the electorate or the performance of civic obligations; provided that, no retainer, compensation or gift shall be accepted in connection with the representation.
(B) Former public officials or employees shall be prohibited from representing for compensation any persons in their business with the city for two years after the end of their service if the public official, employee or member of a board or commission participated personally and substantially in the subject matter of the transaction during his term of office or employment; provided that, if the public official, employee or member of a board or commission exercised contract management authority with respect to a contract or purchase order, this prohibition shall be permanent as to that contract or purchase order.
(C) If members of the Board of Aldermen, in the course of their business or profession, currently represent persons with matters before the Board of Aldermen for determinations by that body, then in such cases the Alderman shall disclose the representation and shall promptly abstain from the consideration, determination and aldermanic action. If a matter connected with the representation requires solely administrative action by a department or agency of the city, then no direct personal intervention or representation shall be undertaken by the Alderman with the department or agency.
(D) In the event a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals has a conflict of interest involving a zoning matter or amendment, the commissioner in conflict should be disqualified from acting on the amendment or change, should abstain from voting thereon, should in no fashion attempt to influence the vote of other members of the board and should place on the public record at the public hearing, the reasons for the disqualification and conflict of interest, including relationships with any parties that may be interested in the zone change or amendment. In the event of such disqualifications, an alternate shall serve in accordance with the ordinance relating to the appointment of alternates to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(Ord. passed 8-11-2003)