[R.O. 2011 §25.040]
A.
No
City Officer, either elective or appointive, shall be directly or
indirectly interested in any contract under the City, or in any work
done by the City, or in furnishing supplies for the City or any of
its institutions. No elected City Officer shall hold any other elected
government office, be it on the Federal, State, County, and school
board of local level, if such office entails duties incompatible with
those duties of the City office.
1.
All elected and appointed officials as well as employees of a political
subdivision must comply with Section 105.454, RSMo., on conflicts
of interest as well as any other State law governing official conduct.
2.
Any member of the Governing Body of a political subdivision who has
"substantial or private interest" in any measure, bill, order or ordinance
proposed or pending before such Governing Body must disclose that
interest to the City Clerk/Treasurer of such body and such disclosure
shall be recorded in the appropriate journal of the Governing Body. "Substantial or private interest" is defined as ownership
by the individual, his/her spouse, or his/her dependent children,
whether singularly or collectively, directly or indirectly of:
a.
Ten percent (10%) or more of any business entity; or
b.
An interest having a value of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or
more;
c.
The receipt of a salary, gratuity or other compensation or remuneration
of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or more per year from any individual,
partnership, organization, or association within any calendar year.
[R.O. 2011 §25.041; Ord. No. 2441 §1, 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 2527 §1, 7-18-2011; Ord.
No. 2800, 7-19-2021; Ord. No. 2842, 8-8-2023]
A.
Each
elected official, the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief Purchasing
Officer, and the full-time general counsel shall disclose, in writing,
the following information by May first (1st) of each year if any of
the following described transactions occurred during the previous
calendar year:
1.
For such person, and all persons within the first degree of consanguinity
or affinity of such person, the date and identities of the parties
to each transaction with a total value in excess of five hundred dollars
($500.00), if any, that such person had with the political subdivision,
other than compensation received as an employee or payment of any
tax, fee or penalty due to the political subdivision, and other than
transfers for no consideration to the political subdivision.
2.
The date and the identities of the parties to each transaction known
to the person with a total value in excess of five hundred dollars
($500.00), if any, that any business entity in which such person had
a substantial interest, had with the political subdivision, other
than payment of any tax, fee or penalty due to the political subdivision
or transactions involving payment for providing utility service to
the political subdivision, and other than transfers for no consideration
to the political subdivision.
3.
The Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief Purchasing Officer
also shall disclose, in writing, by May first (1st) for the previous
calendar year the following information:
a.
The name and address of each of the employers of such person from
whose income of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more was received
during the year covered by the statement;
b.
The name and address of each sole proprietorship that he/she owned;
the name, address and the general nature of the business conducted
of each general partnership and joint venture in which he/she was
a partner or participant; the name and address of each partner or
co-participant for each partnership or joint venture unless such names
and addresses are filed by the partnership or joint venture with the
Secretary of State; the name address and general nature of the business
conducted of any closely held corporation or limited partnership in
which the person owned ten percent (10%) or more of any class of the
outstanding stock or limited partnership units; and the name of any
publicly traded corporation or limited partnership that is listed
on a regulated stock exchange or automated quotation system in which
the person owned two percent (2%) or more of any class of outstanding
stock, limited partnership units or other equity interests;
c.
The name and address of each corporation of which such person served
in the capacity of a director, officer or receiver.
[R.O. 2011 §25.042.1; Ord. No. 2441 §3, 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 2527 §3, 7-18-2011; Ord.
No. 2800, 7-19-2021; Ord. No. 2842, 8-8-2023]
A.
The
financial interest statements shall be filed at the following times,
but no person is required to file more than one (1) financial interest
statement in any calendar year:
1.
Each person appointed to, elected to office shall file the statement
within thirty (30) days of such appointment or election.
2.
Every other person shall file the statement annually not later than
May first (1st) and the statement shall cover the calendar year ending
the immediately preceding December thirty-first (31st); provided,
that any member of the Board of Aldermen may supplement the financial
interest statement to report additional interests acquired after December
thirty-first (31st) of the covered year until the date of the filing
of the financial interest statement.
[R.O. 2011 §25.042.2; Ord. No. 2441 §2, 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 2527 §2, 7-18-2011; Ord.
No. 2800, 7-19-2021; Ord. No. 2842, 8-8-2023]
The reports shall be in the format as supplied by the Missouri
Secretary of State or the Missouri Ethics Commission. The reports
shall be filed with the City Clerk/Treasurer and the Missouri Ethics
Commission. The reports shall be available for public inspection and
copying during normal business hours.
[R.O. 2011 §25.050]
No officer or employee of this City shall enter into any private
business transaction with any person or entity that has a matter pending
or to be pending upon which the officer or employee is or will be
called upon to render a decision or pass judgment. If any officer
or employee is already engaged in the business transaction at the
time that a matter arises, he/she shall be disqualified from rendering
any decision or passing any judgment upon the same.
