[Ord. of 9-13-1971, § 2]
The terms used in this division are hereby defined as follows:
FINANCIAL INTEREST
Any interest which shall yield, directly or indirectly, a
monetary or other material benefit, other than the duly authorized
salary or compensation for his services to the municipality, to the
official or employee or to any person employing or retaining the services
of the official or employee.
OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE
Any person elected or appointed to, or employed or retained
by, any public office or public body of the municipality, whether
paid or unpaid and whether part-time or full-time.
PERSONAL INTEREST
Any interest arising from blood or marriage relationships
or from close business or political association whether or not any
financial interest is involved.
PUBLIC BODY
Any agency, board, body, commission, committee, department
or office of the municipality.
[Ord. of 9-13-1971, § 3]
No official or employee shall request, use or permit the use
of, any consideration, treatment, advantage or favor beyond that which
it is the general practice to grant or make available to the public
at large.
[Ord. of 9-13-1971, § 3]
No official or employee shall request, use or permit the use
of, any publicly owned or publicly supported property, vehicle, equipment,
material, labor or service for the personal convenience or the private
advantage of himself or of any other person. This rule shall not be
deemed to prohibit an official or employee from requesting, using
or permitting the use of such publicly owned or publicly supplied
property, vehicle, equipment, material, labor or service which it
is the general practice to make available to the public at large or
which are provided as a matter of stated public policy for the use
of officials and employees in the conduct of official business.
[Ord. of 9-13-1971, § 4; Ord. of 10-4-1982, § 1; Ord. of 12-5-1988]
(a) Disclosure of financial or personal interests. No official or employee,
either on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, shall have
any financial or personal interest in any business or transaction
with any public body in the City unless he shall first make full public
disclosure of the nature and extent of such interest. Whenever the
performance of his official duties shall require any official or employee
to deliberate and vote on any matter involving his financial or personal
interest, he shall publicly disclose the nature and extent of such
interest and disqualify himself from participating in the deliberations
as well as in the voting. At the beginning of each term, all elected
officials of the City of Milford and members of the Planning and Zoning
Board and Zoning Board of Appeals shall file with the City Clerk a
list of real property in which they have a legal and/or equitable
interest and, within 30 days, any changes thereto.
(b) Incompatible employment. No official or employee shall engage in
private employment with, or render service for, any private person
who has business transactions with any public body of the municipality
unless he shall first make full public disclosure of the nature and
extent of such employment or services.
(c) Representation of private persons. No official or employee shall
use or attempt to use his official position to secure special privileges
or exemptions for himself or others except as may be otherwise provided
by law.
(d) Gifts and favors. No official or employee shall accept any gift,
whether in the form of money, thing, favor, loan or promise, that
would not be offered or given to him, if he were not an official or
employee.
(e) Confidential information. No official or employee shall, without
prior formal authorization of the public body having jurisdiction,
disclose any confidential information concerning any other official
or employee, or any other person, or any property or governmental
affairs of the municipality. Whether or not it shall involve disclosure,
no official or employee shall use or permit the use of any such confidential
information to advance the financial or personal interest of himself
or any other person.
(f) Participation in grievance proceedings. No City official or employee
shall participate in the disposition of any grievance or grievance
proceeding arising under a working or pension contract or agreement
when the official or employee is bound, covered or protected directly
by the contract or agreement which is the basis of the grievance.
[Ord. of 9-13-1971, § 5]
In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law, any person who violates any of the provisions of this division may be punished, as provided in Section
1-9 of this Code of Ordinances, for each violation, suspended or removed from office or employment as the case may be in the manner provided by law. In addition thereto, the municipality may void any purchase, contract or ruling adopted in contravention of this division.