(a) Transferring, selling, donating, scrapping, recycling or disposing of Property by City Officials or Employees for personal gain or to benefit the interest of any person or party other than the City of Zanesville, including handling or disposal of trash or junk except as directed by City management personnel lawfully and duly authorized and designated to direct such activity, is strictly forbidden.
(b) City Officials and Employees shall not claim ownership of, give away, recover, or salvage any materials abandoned, disposed or stored upon City premises, including trash or other materials, placed in, upon or in the vicinity of recycling or collection cans, dumpsters or bins located on City premises, or collection or debris piles, or other City storage or disposal facilities or refuse sites, and including any such facility or site belonging to any City tenant. Furthermore, City Officials and Employees shall not obtain Property or the proceeds from the disposal of Property designated for disposal as trash, scrap, or as recyclables, except as lawfully authorized by the Mayor. This prohibition includes giving any such Property or proceeds to any person or party other than for the duly authorized benefit and interest of the City of Zanesville, or authorizing any other person or party to accept, receive or take any such surplus property to benefit their own interest, except as provided herein above.
(c) Disciplinary Action(s).
(1) Appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including termination, will be taken should an employee be found, through proper investigation, to:
A. Have failed to promptly remit to persons officially designated to receive proceeds, including cash or other consideration, from the sale of City Property, as defined herein, including the proceeds from the sale, scrapping or recycling of any such property belonging to City tenants;
B. Have failed, in the performance of their duties, to promptly place in appropriate City containers, bins, dumpsters, or other collection facilities, equipment or containers, or have received, taken, given away, collected, stored or retained in other than appropriate City containers, bins, or collection facilities, or dump sites, City scrap, recyclables, trash or any such Surplus Property belonging to City tenants;
C. Have engaged in selling, scrapping, recycling or handling of City Property in violation of this Policy or the Procedures set forth herein, including having engaged in any such activity for their personal interest or gain, or in aid of others doing the same for their respective interest or gain;
D. Have used City vehicles, facilities or equipment to collect, store, or transport Surplus Property to sites, locations, or facilities, including the facilities of scrap vendors or recycling centers, except as specifically directed by authorized City management, in accordance with this Policy and the Procedures set forth herein.
E. Have failed to notify his/her Department Director in a prompt and timely manner after having observed any individual engaging in any of the above-described act(s) or having learned that such act(s) were being committed by other City employees.
(Ord. 14-71. Passed 12-8-14.)