The following words and phrases shall have the meaning specified for the purposes of Chapter
1, Part
11, of the Ross Township Code of Ordinances:
APPOINTED OFFICIAL
Any person appointed by the Board of Commissioners to any
board or commission of the Township and any person or entity deputized
by the Tax Collector.
BUSINESS
Any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm,
enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual,
holding company, joint stock company, receivership, trust or any legal
entity organized for profit.
BUSINESS TRANSACTION
An activity or event that can be measured in terms of money
or which affects the financial position or operations of the business
entity.
CONTRACT
An agreement or arrangement for the acquisition, use or disposal
by the Township of consulting or other services or of supplies, materials,
equipment, land or other personal or real property. The term shall
not mean an agreement or arrangement between the Township as one party
and a public official or public employee as the other party concerning
his or her expense, reimbursement, salary, wage, retirement or other
benefit, tenure or other matters in consideration of his or her current
public employment with the Township.
DE MINIMIS VALUE
Shall mean, for each employee, a pecuniary or in-kind benefit valued at $500 or less per calendar year for each entity regulated by §
1-1102 of this Part, and shall mean, for each elected and appointed official, a pecuniary or in-kind benefit valued at $25 per entity regulated by §
1-1102 of this Part with a cumulative total not to exceed $500 per calendar year.
ELECTED OFFICIAL
Any person elected by the public, and shall include, but
not be limited to, Township Commissioners and Tax Collector.
EMPLOYEE
Any person employed on a full-time, part-time or seasonal
basis by the Township and not subject to a collective bargaining agreement.
FINANCIAL INTEREST
Any financial interest in a legal entity engaged in business
for profit which comprises more than 5% of the equity of the business
or more than 5% of the assets of the economic interest in indebtedness.
GIFT
Anything which is received without consideration of equal
or greater value.
HONORARIA
Payment made in recognition of published works, appearances,
speeches and presentations and which is not intended as consideration
for the value of such services which are nonpublic, occupational or
professional in nature. The term does not include tokens presented
or provided which are of de minimis value.
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER
Spouse, ex-spouse, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren,
brothers and sisters, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brothers-in-law,
sisters-in-law, daughters-in-law, and sons-in-law. Adopted, half and
step members are also included in "immediate family member."
TAX COLLECTOR
The person elected by the public or appointed by the Board
of Commissioners to collect real estate taxes in the Township.