All public officials, employees and members of boards or commissions who have knowledge of or believe there to be violations of any provisions in this chapter are duty-bound to report those violations to the Board of Ethics. The reports shall be in good faith and the city in turn guarantees that no reprisals against a reporter of the violations will be taken (provided that, the charges are not later proven to have been both malicious and false). All persons against whom the charges have been made will have full access to all the protections of due process as spelled out by the Board of Ethics. It shall be a violation of this chapter for a person to falsely and maliciously charge, as found in the sole discretion of the Board of Ethics, another with violations of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 8-11-2003)