[Amended 4-11-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
No officer or employee shall have any interest,
financial or otherwise, direct or indirect, or engage in any business
or transaction or activity or incur any obligation of any nature which
is in conflict with the proper discharge of his duties in the public
interest.
[Amended 4-11-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
No officer or employee of the County of Monroe
shall have an interest, direct or indirect, in any manner whatsoever
except by operation of law, in any business or professional dealings
with the County of Monroe or any Municipal Agency thereof.
[Amended 4-11-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
No officer or employee of the County of Monroe
shall act as attorney, agent, broker, representative or employee in
business or professional dealings with the County or any Municipal
Agency thereof.
No officer or employee shall invest or hold
any investment, directly or indirectly, in any financial, business,
commercial or other private transaction which creates a conflict with
his official duties.
[Amended 4-11-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
A.
No officer
or employee shall engage in, solicit, negotiate for or promise to
accept private employment or render services for private interest
when such employment or service creates a conflict with or impairs
the proper discharge of his official duties.
B.
Employees
in the Management and Professional classification must seek approval
for any outside employment pursuant to the County’s Dual Employment
Policy, as may be amended from time to time.
C.
If an officer
or employee’s outside employment creates a conflict with or
impairs the proper discharge of his official duties with respect to
a particular matter, the officer or employee must recuse himself from
that matter. Such recusal shall be made in writing on a form prescribed
by the County Law Department and shall be a matter of public record.
[Amended 4-11-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
A.
No officer
or employee shall, after the termination of service or employment
with such municipality, appear or practice before any Municipal Agency
of the County of Monroe in relation to any case, proceeding or application
in which he personally participated during the period of his service
or employment or which was under his active consideration.
B.
No person
who has served as a County officer or employee in the Management and
Professional classification shall within a period of two years after
the termination of such service or employment appear or practice before
any Municipal Agency of the County of Monroe or receive compensation
for any services rendered by such former officer or employee on behalf
of any person, firm, corporation, or association in relation to any
case, proceeding, or application or other matter before such Municipal
Agency of the County of Monroe.
No officer or employee shall disclose confidential
information acquired by him in the course of his official duties or
use such information to advance the financial or private interest
of himself or others.
A.
One's own agency. No officer or employee shall 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 which he is an officer, member or employee or before any
municipal agency over which he has jurisdiction or to which he has
the power to appoint any member, officer or employee.
B.
Before any agency for a contingent fee. No officer
or employee shall 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 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.
C.
Courts. No officer or employee shall represent private
interests in any action or proceeding against the interest of the
County in any litigation to which the County is a party. If said officer
is a lawyer, he should not engage in activities in which his personal
or professional interests are or foreseeably may be in conflict with
his official duties.
[Amended 7-9-2013 by L.L.
No. 7-2013; 4-11-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
No officer or employee shall, directly or indirectly,
solicit any gift or accept or receive any gift having more than a
nominal value, whether in the form of money, services, loan, travel,
entertainment, hospitality, thing or promise, or in any other form,
from any person, firm, corporation or other entity that has a direct
or indirect interest in any contract for the provision of goods or
services to the County of Monroe or any Municipal Agency thereof.
The term “gift” shall be defined pursuant to New York
Legislative Law §1-c(j) as amended from time to time. Any local
development corporation contracting with the County of Monroe shall
include the requirements of the County Code of Ethics in its code
of ethics.
[Amended 4-11-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
A.
Every officer
or employee should endeavor to pursue a course of conduct which will
not raise suspicion among the public that he is likely to be engaged
in acts that are in violation of his trust. He should not use or attempt
to use his official position to secure unwarranted privileges or exemptions
for himself or others. He should not by his conduct give reasonable
basis for the impression that any person can improperly influence
him or unduly enjoy his favor in the performance of his official duties
or that he is affected by the kinship, position or influence of any
party or person.
B.
It shall
be a violation of the Code of Ethics of the County of Monroe for an
officer or employee to engage in harassment or sexual harassment.
C.
Unless
otherwise prohibited by law, officers and employees shall not be denied
the right to support or refuse to support a political party or committee,
or a candidate for public office. Officers or employees shall not
coerce, or request or authorize another to coerce, any County officer
or employee, consumer of County services or County contractor to support
or refuse to support a political party or committee, or a candidate
for public office. Officers or employees shall not make use of a County
workplace to request, or authorize another to use a County workplace
to request, that any person participate in an election campaign or
contribute to a political party or committee.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to the designation of a bank or trust company as a depository, paying
agency, registration agent or other investment in funds of the County
in which the municipal officer or employee has an interest by reason
of stock holdings when less than 5% of the outstanding stock of the
corporation is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such
officer or employee except when the Chief Fiscal Officer, the Treasurer
or his deputy or employee has an interest in such bank or trust company.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to the designation of a newspaper, including but not limited to an
official newspaper for the publication of any notice, resolution,
ordinance or other proceeding where such publication is required or
authorized by law.
