(A) 1. No public servant shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in his own name or in the name of any business entity in which the public servant holds a direct or indirect interest, in any contract, work or business of the Village, or in the sale of any article, whenever the expense, price or consideration of the contract, work, business or sale is paid either from the Village Treasury or by any assessments levied by any statute or ordinance, or upon which said public servant may be called upon to act or vote.
2. No public servant shall represent, either as agent or otherwise, any person, association, trust, corporation or other business entity, with respect to any application or bid for any contract, work or business of the Village, or in the sale of any article, whenever the expense, price or consideration of the contract, work, business or sale is paid either from the Village Treasury or by any assessment levied by any statute or ordinance, or upon which said public servant may be called upon to act or vote.
3. No public servant shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in his own name or in the name of any business entity in which the public servant holds a direct or indirect interest, in the purchase of any property which: a) belongs to the Village; or b) is sold for taxes or assessments; or c) is sold by virtue of legal process initiated by the Village.
4. No provision of this subsection shall be so construed as to authorize or permit any public servant to be in violation of any Statute of this State, including, but not limited to, the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/ et seq., and/or the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act, 50 Illinois Compiled Statutes 105/0.01 et seq. However, as is specifically permitted by exceptions set forth at both 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/3.1-55-10 and 50 Illinois Compiled Statutes 105/3 of the said enactments, any elected or appointed member of this Village's Governing Body may own an interest in a contract to provide materials, merchandise, property, services or labor to this Municipality, subject to the following provisions under either subsection (A)4(a) or (A)4(b) of this section:
(a) If:
(1) The contract is with a person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or cooperative association in which such interested member of the Governing Body of the Municipality has less than a seven and one-half percent (71/2%) share in the ownership; and
(2) Such interested member publicly discloses the nature and extent of his interest prior to or during deliberations concerning the proposed award of the contract; and
(3) Such interested member abstains from voting on the award of the contract, though he shall be considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum; and
(4) Such contract is approved by a majority vote of those members presently holding office; and
(5) The contract is awarded after sealed bids to the lowest responsible bidder if the amount of the contract exceeds one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), or awarded without bidding if the amount of the contract is less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00); and
(6) The award of the contract would not cause the aggregate amount of all such contracts so awarded to the same person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or cooperative association in the same fiscal year to exceed twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000.00).
(b) If:
(1) The award of the contract is approved by a majority vote of the Governing Body of the Municipality provided that any such interested member shall abstain from voting; and
(2) The amount of the contract does not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00); and
(3) The award of the contract would not cause the aggregate amount of all such contracts so awarded to the same person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or cooperative association in the same fiscal year to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000.00); and
(4) Such interested member publicly discloses the nature and extent of his interest prior to or during deliberations concerning the proposed award of the contract; and
(5) Such interested member abstains from voting on the award of the contract, though he shall be considered present for the purposes of establishing a quorum.
(B) No public servant may accept, during any calendar year, a gift(s) and entertainment with a value in the aggregate greater than one hundred dollars ($100.00) from any one person or business entity who has or may reasonably be expected to have business of any sort with the Village. No public servant shall have a direct or indirect interest in any business entity which accepts, during any calendar year, a gift(s) and entertainment with a value in the aggregate greater than one hundred dollars ($100.00) from any one person or business entity who has or may reasonably be expected to have business of any sort with the Village.
This prohibition shall not apply to gifts provided to public servants which are consumed on Village premises and which are not for the personal benefit of any single public servant. This provision shall not preempt any stricter provisions adopted as part of the Village's Personnel Manual.
(C) Before January 31 of each year, each public servant shall, on forms provided by the Village Clerk, file with that office an annual report of all gifts and entertainment provided to the public servant in the previous year from any one person or business entity who has or may reasonably be expected to have business of any sort with the Village.
(D) No public servant may accept any economic opportunity from any third party for purposes of influencing the performance of his or her official duties. No public servant shall have a direct or indirect interest in any business entity that accepts any economic opportunity from any third party for purposes of influencing the performance of his or her official duties.
(E) No public servant shall disclose Village confidential information to any third party. No public servant shall disclose any nonconfidential Village information where the purpose is to enhance an economic opportunity for the public servant or a business entity in which the public servant holds a direct or indirect interest.
(F) No public servant who in good faith reasonably believes that some policy, practice or activity of the government of the Village of Willowbrook may violate or potentially violate any law or regulation applicable to this Municipality shall fail to report such possible violations to the Village Administrator who shall, within a reasonable time, investigate and correct any such violations found to exist in fact. Any public servant who fails to report such policy, practice or activity which he or she in good faith reasonably believes may violate or potentially violate any law or regulation applicable to this Municipality shall be subject to discipline under section 1-12-8 of this chapter.
(G) No public servant who in good faith and upon reasonable belief has filed a report under subsection (F) of this section shall be subject to reprisal or retaliation. Any public servant who retaliates against another public servant for having filed such a report under subsection (F) of this section shall be subject to discipline under section 1-12-8 of this chapter. (Ord. 12-O-29, 12-17-2012)