No officer or employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for work or materials, or in the profits thereof, to be furnished or performed for the city or for any public or private utility operating within the territorial limits of the city.
No officer or employee shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person or agency operating any public or private utility under franchise within the territorial limits of the city any frank or any pass, ticket or service, either free or on terms more favorable than those granted to the public generally.
No candidate for office, appointment or employment and no officer, appointee or employee shall, directly or indirectly, give or promise any office, position, employment, benefit or thing of value to any person for the purpose of influencing or obtaining his/her political support, aid or vote, under the penalty of being disqualified to hold the office or employment to which elected or appointed.
Any person who shall violate any provision of the above shall, upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction, forfeit his office.
Any person convicted of a crime or offense involving moral turpitude shall be ineligible to assume any office, position or employment governed pursuant to this chapter. Upon conviction thereof while in office, he shall forfeit his office, provided that any such person who, in the opinion of the appointing authority (and the Civil Service Commission as to employment subject to the Civil Service Law), has achieved a degree of rehabilitation such that his employment would not be incompatible with the welfare of society and the aims and objectives of the city may be considered eligible to apply for employment or to be continued in employment.
The Council may remove any person hereafter elected or appointed to any office or position governed under this chapter if:
A. 
After lawful notice or process, he willfully refuses or fails to appear before any court, any legislative committee or the Governor.
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Having appeared, he refuses to testify or to answer any question regarding the property, government or affairs of the city or regarding his nomination, election, appointment or official conduct, on the grounds that his answer would tend to incriminate him.
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He refuses to waive immunity from prosecution on account of any such matter in relation to which he may be asked to testify.
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No person removed from office pursuant to this section shall thereafter be eligible for election or appointment to any office or employment in the city.
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Every officer or employee who is entrusted with the receipt, custody or expenditure of moneys shall be bonded in such manner and amount as shall protect the city against financial loss due to dishonest or negligent conduct.
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Every officer or employee who is required by law to give bond shall execute it with sufficient surety and deliver it to the City Clerk before entering upon the duties of his/her office or employment. The Clerk shall deliver his/her bond to the Treasurer.
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The office or position of any officer or employee who shall neglect to execute and deliver his/her bond as herein required, within thirty (30) days after due notification of the obligation to do so, may be declared vacant by the Council upon recommendation of the Mayor.
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Bonds may be individual, schedule or blanket. They shall be secured by a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state and shall be approved by the City Attorney for legal form and sufficiency. All premiums shall be paid by the city.
Every officer or employee shall, upon termination, deliver forthwith to his successor or, if there is no successor, to the Business Administrator all moneys, papers, books, memorandums, accounts and data pertaining to his office.