[This Chapter is based on R.O. 2016 §§ 125.010
— 125.050 (CC 1994 § 3.100 — 3.120). Interim
amendments included the following: Ord. No. 76-95, 8-8-1995; Ord. No. 155-97, 8-12-1997; Ord. No. 214-98, 8-11-1998; Ord. No. 286-99, 8-10-1999; Ord. No. 329-00, 9-12-2000; Ord.
No. 423-02, 8-13-2002; Ord. No. 561-04, 8-10-2004; Ord. No. 793-08, 7-15-2008; Ord. No. 998-12, 8-14-2012; Ord. No. 1091-14, 8-12-2014; Ord. No. 1171-16 § 1, 8-9-2016; Ord. No. 1262-18, 8-14-2018; Ord. No. 1367-20, 7-14-2020]
[Ord. No.
1460-22, 2-8-2022]
The proper operation of municipal
government requires that public officials and employees be independent,
impartial and responsible to the people; that government decisions
and policy be made in the proper channels of the governmental structure;
that public office not be used for personal gain; and that the public
have confidence in the integrity of its government. In recognition
of these goals, there is hereby established a procedure for disclosure
by certain officials and employees of private financial or other interests
in matters affecting the City.
[Ord. No.
1460-22, 2-8-2022]
The Mayor and any member of the City
Council who has a substantial personal or private interest, as defined
by State law, in any bill shall disclose on the records of the City
Council the nature of his/her interest and shall disqualify himself/herself
from voting on any matters relating to this interest.
[Ord. No.
1460-22, 2-8-2022]
A. Each elected official and the City Administrator
shall disclose the following information by May 1 if any such transaction
were engaged in during the previous calendar year:
1.
For such persons, and all persons
within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity of such person,
the date and the identities of the parties of 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; and
2.
The date and identities of the parties
to each transaction know 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 City Administrator also shall
disclose by May 1 for the previous calendar year the following information:
a.
The name and address of each of the
employers of such person from whom 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 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 coparticipant 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 or more of
any class of outstanding stock, limited partnership units or other
equity interests;
c.
The name and address of each corporation
for which such person served in the capacity of a director, officer
or receiver.
[Ord. No.
1460-22, 2-8-2022]
The reports, in the attached format,
shall be filed with the City Clerk and with the Secretary of State
prior to January 1, 2023, and thereafter with the ethics commission.
The reports shall be available for public inspection and copying during
normal business hours.
[Ord. No.
1460-22, 2-8-2022]
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 office shall
file the statement within thirty (30) days of such appointment or
employment;
2.
Every other person required to file
a financial interest statement shall file the statement annually not
later than May 1 and the statement shall cover the calendar year ending
the immediately preceding December 31; provided that any member of
the City Council may supplement the financial interest statement to
report additional interest acquired after December 31 of the covered
year until the date of filing of the financial interest statement.