[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Willistown 1-22-1991 by Res. No. 13-1991.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
All Willistown Township officials and employees, whether elected or
appointed, shall be bound by this ethics statement. As used herein, the term
"township" shall include the Board of Supervisors, the Zoning Hearing Board,
the Planning Commission, the Police Department and all other agencies, authorities,
boards, commissions, committees, departments and offices of the township,
without exception.
All township officials and employees are expected to maintain standards
of personal and professional conduct befitting public servants as outlined
in the Pennsylvania State Ethics Law, Act 9 of 1989.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 65 P.S. § 401 et seq.
A.
Officials and employees have an obligation to act morally
and honestly in discharging their responsibilities.
B.
Officials and employees shall conduct themselves with
propriety, discharge their duties impartially and fairly and make continuing
efforts towards attaining and maintaining high standards of conduct.
C.
Each official serving on a multimember agency, authority,
board, commission or committee is expected to devote the time and effort necessary
to the successful functioning of such agency, authority, board, commission
or committee.
D.
No official or employee shall improperly use, directly
or indirectly, his township position to secure any financial interest or personal
interest for himself or others.
E.
No official or employee shall, for any reason, use or
attempt to use his position to improperly influence any other official or
employee in the performance of his official duties.
F.
No official or employee shall use or permit the use of
township-owned material or township personnel in any manner prohibited by
state statute, township ordinance or administrative regulation. Township-owned
property and township personnel may only be used for the conduct of official
business, except where such resources are available to the public generally.
Township-owned vehicles shall not be used for the personal business of any
employee. No township vehicle shall be used by a township employee going to
or from home, except when such use is for the benefit of the township, as
in the case of an employee only outside of the employee's working hours.
G.
Township officials and employees represent the township
government to the public. In their conduct with the public, officials and
employees must bear in mind their roles as public servants. Each member of
the public should be treated courteously, impartially and fairly. The relationship
between township officials and employees and the public is recognized to be
one which requires cooperation and mutual respect. It is therefore urged that
the public conduct itself with the same propriety and consideration expected
of township officials and employees.
H.
No official or employee shall, without legal authority,
disclose confidential information concerning the personnel, property, government
or affairs of the township.
I.
No official or employee shall use confidential information
to advance his own financial or personal interest or the financial or personal
interest of any other person.
J.
No official or employee shall solicit or
accept anything of monetary value, including a gift, loan, political contribution,
reward or promise of future employment based on any understanding of that
official or employee that the vote, official action or judgment of the official
or employee will be influenced thereby.
