It is a violation of this code for a vendor or applicant to give any gift or favor to any official that might reasonably tend to influence the official in the discharge of official duties, or yield any improper favor, service, or thing of value.
(Ordinance 2019-05-15-01 adopted 5/20/19; Ordinance 2022-11-07-01 adopted 11/7/2022)
These prohibitions do not apply to:
(1) 
Items valued at fifty dollars ($50.00) or less;
(2) 
Honorary items, such as plaques, trophies, ribbons, and floral arrangements;
(3) 
Entertainment in the form of food, beverages, travel or spectator events at which an official is a guest of a reputable charitable organization and a representative of the host organization is present;
(4) 
Donations made to the city as an entity for use on city property or for city events that have been pre-approved by the city manager;
(5) 
Nothing herein shall be construed to apply this provision to campaign donations;
(6) 
A fee prescribed by law to be received by a public servant or any other benefit to which the public servant is lawfully entitled or for which he gives legitimate consideration in a capacity other than as a public servant;
(7) 
A gift or other benefit conferred on account of kinship or a personal, professional, or business relationship independent of the official status of the recipient; or
(8) 
A donation made to an official by a reputable charitable organization. Reputable charitable organizations that provide donations or charitable gifts exclusively to officials and that exceed $3,000.00 in cumulative annual donations shall submit an annual report no later than April 15th of each year to the city manager.
(A) 
The report shall state for the preceding calendar year the total number of donations made to officials and the total amount donated.
(B) 
The city council may require the city manager to provide such annual reports to the council.
(C) 
Reputable charitable organization that makes donations or other charitable contributions simultaneously available to members of the general public as well as to officials does not have to submit an annual report to the city.
(Ordinance 2022-11-07-01 adopted 11/7/2022)