This chapter, applicable to village officers and employees of
the Village of Solvay, 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 such Article, and it shall be construed
to give effect thereto.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AGENCY
Includes any board, commission, authority, office, committee,
department, branch, bureau or other administrative subdivision of
the Village of Solvay or the Village Trustees.
OFFICER or EMPLOYEE
Any officer or employee, elected or appointed, of the Village
of Solvay, and any member of any agency of the village or anyone acting
as advisor, consultant, counselor or counsel to such agency, paid
or unpaid. No person shall be deemed to be an "officer" or "employee"
of the village solely by reason of being a volunteer fireman or civil
defense volunteer, except a Fire Chief of Assistant Fire Chief.
No officer or employee of the Village of Solvay 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 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 action shall not prohibit the fixing at any time
of fees based upon the reasonable value of the services rendered.
This chapter shall not be deemed in any way to conflict with
or modify any Act of the Legislature of the State of New York relating
to the civil service rights, privileges or status of any employees
of the village, and the provisions hereof shall not apply wherever
and to the extent that the effect thereof would be to repeal or modify
any such act or portion thereof.
In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision
of law, any officer or employee who shall knowingly and intentionally
violate any of the provisions of this chapter may be fined, suspended
or removed from office or employment in the manner provided by law.