A.
No elected or appointed official shall knowingly or willfully violate
or cause to be violated any provision of the Charter of the Town of
Forest Heights or any of the ordinances of the Town of Forest Heights.
B.
The Mayor shall see that this Article is enforced; and a majority
vote of the full Town Council, less any vacancies then existing on
the Council, shall be required to determine that a municipal infraction
citation shall be issued and prosecuted against the Mayor.
C.
Violation of this Article or any other ordinance duly enacted by
the Town Council and in effect at the time of the violation by any
person or entity shall be a municipal infraction as authorized by
Article 23A, § 3 of the Annotated Code of Maryland and shall
carry a fine established as the maximum permitted by state law unless
the violation or penalty is otherwise declared to be a felony or a
misdemeanor by state or municipal law or the fine for a municipal
infraction is otherwise expressly set by ordinance or resolution authorized
by ordinance to be a lesser amount. Furthermore, unless otherwise
expressly stated in a duly enacted ordinance, a violation of any ordinance
establishing a criminal misdemeanor as a penalty shall carry the maximum
penalty, including fine and imprisonment, as permitted by Article
23A, § 3 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
[Amended 9-6-2011 by Ord. No. 14-11]
D.
No Town official shall interfere or tamper with or allow to be interfered
or tampered with the proper processing of ballots or any election
data.
E.
No contract shall be entered into with any entity or person having
an established personal relationship with any sitting Town official.
Furthermore, no contract shall be entered into with any entity whose
principal has an established personal relationship with any sitting
Town official. The limitations of this subsection may be waived by
a supermajority vote of the full Council held during a public meeting.
The term "established personal relationship" means related by blood,
marriage, cohabitation, employment, or business partnership. For the
purposes of this section a supermajority vote shall mean five or more
votes.