[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Quogue 10-16-1970 by L.L. No. 1-1970. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The
Board of Trustees does hereby adopt this Code of Ethics setting forth
required standards of conduct for the municipal officers and employees
of the Village of Quogue, New York, pursuant to the provisions of
Article 18 of the General Municipal Law.
A.
Except
as provided in § 802 of the General Municipal Law, no such
municipal officer or employee shall have an interest in any contract
with the Village of Quogue when such officer or employee, individually
or as a member of a board, has the power or duty to negotiate, prepare,
authorize or approve the contract or authorize or approve payment
thereunder, audit bills or claims under the contract or appoint an
officer or employee who has any of the powers or duties set forth
above.
B.
No
Village Treasurer or his deputy or employee shall have an interest
in a bank or trust company designated as a depository, paying agent,
registration agent or for investment of funds of the Village of Quogue.
C.
The
provisions of this section shall in no event be construed to preclude
the payment of lawful compensation and necessary expenses of any municipal
officer or employee in one or more positions of public employment,
the holding of which is not prohibited by law.
Any such municipal officer or employee who has, will have or
later acquires an interest in any actual or proposed contract with
the Village of Quoque shall publicly disclose the nature and extent
of such interest, in writing, to the Board of Trustees as soon as
he has knowledge of such actual or prospective interest. Such written
disclosure shall be a part of the official records of said Board.
Once disclosure has been made by an officer or employee with respect
to an interest in a contract with a particular person, firm, corporation
or association, no further disclosures need be made by such officer
or employee with respect to additional contracts with the same party
during the remainder of the fiscal year.
No such municipal officer or employee shall:
A.
Directly
or indirectly, solicit any gift or accept or receive any gift having
a value of $25 or more, whether in the form of money, service, loan,
travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing or promise or in any other
form, under circumstances in which it could reasonably be inferred
that the gift was intended to influence him or could reasonably be
expected to influence him in the performance of his official duties
or was intended as a reward for any official action on his part.
B.
Disclose
confidential information acquired by him in the course of his official
duties or use such information to further his personal interests.
C.
Receive
or enter into any agreement, express or implied, for compensation
for services to be rendered in relation to any matter before any municipal
agency of the Village of Quogue of which he is an officer, member
or employee or of any municipal agency over which he has jurisdiction
or to which he has the power to appoint any member, officer or employee.
D.
Receive
or enter into any agreement, express or implied, for compensation
for services to be rendered in relation to any matter before any agency
of his municipality, whereby his compensation is to be dependent or
contingent upon any action by such agency with respect to such matter,
provided that this subsection shall not prohibit the fixing at any
time of fees based upon the reasonable value of the services rendered.
E.
Make
any investments in the Village of Quogue, directly or indirectly,
after becoming an officer or employee thereof, which create a conflict
with his official duties.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes the affairs of the officer's or employee's
spouse, minor children and dependents; a firm, partnership or association
of which such officer or employee is a member or employee; a corporation
of which such officer or employee is an officer, director or employee;
and a corporation, 5% or more of the stock of which is owned or controlled
directly or indirectly by such officer or employee.
Any such municipal officer or employee who has an interest in
proposed legislation which he knows is being considered by the Board
of Trustees (other than a general interest as a member of the community),
which proposed legislation has been noticed for a public hearing,
shall disclose his interest to the Board of Trustees in writing.
No person who has served as an officer or employee of the Village
of Quogue shall, with respect to any case, proceeding, application
or matter which was pending before a board, agency or department while
he was serving as an officer or employee of such board, agency or
department, within a period of six months after the termination of
such service or employment, appear before any such board, agency or
department or act as counsel, attorney or agent with respect to any
such case, application or matter.
No person who is in the business of developing land in the Village
of Quogue shall be a member of any administrative board appointed
by the Board of Trustees.
A.
There
is hereby created and established a Board of Ethics, consisting of
three members to be appointed by the Board of Trustees, to serve without
compensation. Of the members first appointed to the Board, one shall
hold office for a term ending at the end of the current official year,
one for a term ending at the end of the next official year and the
third for a term ending at the end of the next succeeding official
year. Their successors shall be appointed for three-year terms. The
members of the Board of Ethics shall elect a Chairman annually. One
member of the Board of Ethics shall be an elected or appointed officer
or employee of the Village of Quogue. The other two members shall
not otherwise be officers or employees of such municipality.
B.
The
Board of Ethics shall render advisory opinions to officers or employees
of the Village of Quogue with respect to this Code of Ethics and the
provisions of Article 18 of the General Municipal Law. Such advisory
opinions shall be rendered pursuant to the written request of any
such officer or employee under such rules and regulations as the Board
may prescribe and shall have the advice of counsel employed by the
Board or, if none, the Village Attorney.
In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision
of law, any person who shall knowingly and intentionally violate this
Code of Ethics may be disciplined, suspended or removed from office
or employment in the manner provided by law.
