[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of East Syracuse as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-24-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003 as § 201 of the 2003
Code]
A.
Purpose. This article is enacted to insure the high moral conduct
of Village officials and to maintain public confidence in the Village.
B.
Basis and subordination. This article is enacted pursuant to § 806
of the General Municipal Law and is inferior and supplemental to Article
18 of that law and any other law regulating the ethical conduct of
Village officials.
C.
Notice of this article. The Village Clerk shall make copies of this
article available to all Village officials and shall post a copy in
the Village office. Failure to so post shall not affect compliance
with or enforcement of this article.
A.
Conflicts of interest. No Village official shall have any financial
or other interest, engage in any business, or incur any obligation
in substantial conflict with his discharge of duties in the public
interest.
B.
Conflicting employment. No Village official shall accept any other
employment, present or future, which impairs his independence of judgment
in exercising his duties.
C.
Unwarranted privileges. No Village official shall use or attempt
to use his official position to secure unwarranted privileges for
himself or others.
D.
Conflicting transactions. No Village official shall engage in any
transaction as agent of the Village in which he has any financial
interest that might reasonably conflict with the proper discharge
of duties.
E.
Personal investments. No Village official shall make personal investments
in any enterprise which he has reason to believe may be directly involved
in his decisions or will create a conflict between the public and
his private interests.
F.
Disclosure of personal investments. Any Village official who learns
that a personal investment would appear to influence him in his official
duties shall immediately file a written disclosure of this interest
with the Village Clerk and shall refrain from discussion, deliberation
or decisions on such matters.
G.
Prohibited sales. No sale of goods or services to anyone who is licensed
or whose rates are fixed by the Village shall be made by any full-time
Village employee or firm or association of which such employee is
a member, or corporation substantially owned or controlled by such
employee.
In addition to any other penalty under law, any Village official
who knowingly and intentionally violates this article may be fined,
suspended or removed from office or employment in the manner provided
by law.
All Village officials' duties under this article include:
[Adopted 3-24-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003 as § 212 of the 2003
Code]
A.
Number and appointment. The Board of Ethics shall consist of five
Village residents appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the
Village Board.
B.
Inclusion of Village officials. At least one and not more than two
members of the Board of Ethics shall be Village officials.
C.
Ex officio members. The Village Attorney shall be an ex officio nonvoting
member of the Board of Ethics.
A.
Legal counsel. All opinions of the Board of Ethics shall be on the
advice of counsel employed by it or, if none, the Village Attorney.
B.
At officials' request. The Board of Ethics shall issue advisory opinions
on the Code of Ethics at the written request of Village officials.
C.
Code of Ethics amendments. The Board of Ethics shall recommend amendments
to the Code of Ethics at the Village Board's request.
D.
Confidentiality. Advisory opinions of the Board of Ethics are confidential
and the identity of officials involved shall not be disclosed except
as required by law.
The Board of Ethics shall not commit to the expenditure of any
monies except as appropriated by the Village Board.
