This chapter, applicable to all municipal officers and employees of the Town of Cicero, is adopted as a supplement to the provisions of Article 18 of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York for the purposes described in c. 946, § 1, of the Laws of 1964, and it shall be construed to give effect thereto.
No officer or employee of the Town of Cicero, whether paid or unpaid, shall disclose confidential information concerning the property, government or affairs of the Town or any other confidential information of an official character except when required by law, nor shall he use such information to advance the financial or other private interests of himself or others.
No municipal officer or employee shall disclose to any person without official authorization any confidential information concerning the business or other affairs of the Town with respect to which he has acquired knowledge in his official capacity.
The Town Supervisor shall cause a copy of this chapter to be distributed to every municipal officer and employee, who shall acknowledge receipt thereof in writing, and a permanent record of receipt shall be maintained by the Town Clerk.