No elected or appointed official, officer or employee of the
Borough shall engage in any business transaction or professional activity
or have a financial or other private interest, direct or indirect,
which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his
official duties unless full disclosure is made as to such interest,
in writing, to the Mayor and Council.
No elected or appointed official, officer or employee of the
Borough shall accept other employment or engage in any business transaction
or make any investment which will be detrimental to the Borough in
the exercise of his official duties or interfere in any manner whatsoever
with the discharge of his official duties.
No elected or appointed official, officer or employee shall
accept any gift or gratuity which will become an obligation, whether
in the form of service, loan or promise or in any other form, from
any person, firm or corporation which, to his knowledge, is interested
directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever in business dealings
with the Borough and over which business dealings he has power to
take or influence official action.
No elected or appointed official, officer or employee of the
Borough shall represent any private interests to the detriment of
the Borough or for the purpose of unwarranted personal gain before
any Borough agency or department or the Municipal Judge's Court or
in any litigation in which the Borough is a party.
In the event that any elected or appointed official or in the
event that the Borough Administrator, Borough Clerk, Chief Financial
Officer, Borough Attorney, Borough Engineer or Borough Auditor has
a direct or indirect financial or other private interest in any proposed
legislation, he shall publicly disclose on the official records of
the Borough the nature and extent of such interest.
No elected or appointed official, officer or employee shall
improperly use his official position in order to obtain a personal
discount or other benefit from any person or persons whatsoever.
[Amended 2-22-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-009]
All signed written ethics complaints filed with the Borough
shall be forwarded by the Borough to the New Jersey Local Finance
Board.