No Town officer or employee shall use his or her Town position
or official powers and duties to secure a material benefit, whether
financial or otherwise, for
(B) A Relative, dependent, or member of his or her household,
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(C) Any private organization in which he or she has an Interest,
(D) A client or customer from which the officer or employee knows that
he or she, his or her outside employer, firm, limited liability company,
partnership or association, or corporation in which he or she is the
owner of more than five percent of the outstanding corporate stock,
directly or indirectly derived income in excess of five thousand dollars
($5,000) during the previous twenty-four months, or
(E) A person from whom the officer or employee has received a private
loan or loans, or a gift or gifts, having an aggregate value of seventy-five
dollars or more during the previous twelve months.
No Town officer or employee shall participate in any decision or take any official action requiring the exercise of discretion, including discussing, deliberating or voting on a matter, when he or she knows or has reason to know that the action may confer a direct or indirect, material, financial or other benefit on a person or entity specified in Section
29-4 of this Chapter.
No independent contractor or employee of an independent contractor
of the Town shall seek to exert undue influence, or to obtain an undue
preference, on behalf of a private interest, directly or indirectly,
in a matter before any Town department, agency, board or commission.
A violation of this Section shall be cause for termination of the
independent contractor's engagement with the Town.
This code shall not be construed as prohibiting a Town officer
or employee or an independent contractor of the Town from:
(A) Seeking or accepting Town services, benefits, or the use of Town
facilities, on the same terms and conditions as are available to Town
residents or a class of similarly situated Town residents;
(B) Representing, without compensation, himself or herself, a Relative,
dependent, or a member of his or her household before a Town department,
agency, board or commission other than the one served by the Town
officer, employee or independent contractor; or
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(C) Asserting a claim against the Town on his or her own behalf, or on behalf of a Relative, dependent, or member of his or her household, unless the claim is prohibited by Section
29-2 of this Article, or by Section 801 of the New York General Municipal Law.
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Except as otherwise required by law:
(A) No Town officer or employee, either individually or as a member of
a Town Board or commission, shall participate in any decision to appoint,
hire, promote, discipline or discharge a Relative, dependent, or a
member of his or her household.
(B) No Town officer or employee shall directly supervise a Relative,
dependent, or member of his or her household in the performance of
such person's official duties.
No current or former Town officer or employee shall disclose
confidential information concerning the property, government or affairs
of the Town or any other confidential information of an official character
obtained as a result of Town employment except when disclosure is
required by law or when such information is otherwise available to
the public, nor shall be or she use such information to advance the
financial or other private interest of himself or herself or others.
No Town officer, employee or independent contractor shall induce
a Town officer, employee or independent contractor to violate, nor
aid a Town officer, employee or independent contractor in violating,
any of the provisions of this Chapter.