[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Pelham
Manor 12-14-1970. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
An officer or employee of the village, whether paid or unpaid, including
members of any administrative board, commission or other agency thereof. No
person shall be deemed to be a village officer or employee solely by reason
of being a volunteer fireman or civil defense volunteer, except a chief engineer
or assistant chief engineer.
A.
Every village officer and employee shall be subject to
and abide by the following standards of conduct:
(1)
No village officer or employee shall directly or indirectly
solicit any gift, or accept or receive any gift having a value of $25 or more,
whether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality,
thing or promise, or in any other form, under circumstances in which it could
be reasonable inferred that the gift was intended to influence him in the
performance of his official duties or was intended as a reward for any official
action on his part.
(2)
No village officer or employee shall disclose confidential
information acquired by him in the course of his official duties or use such
information to further his personal interests.
(3)
No village officer or employee shall receive or enter
into any agreement, express or implied, for compensation for services to be
rendered in relation to any matter before any municipal agency of which he
is an officer, member or employee, or of any municipal agency over which he
has jurisdiction or to which he has the power to appoint any member, officer
or employee.
(4)
No village officer or employee shall receive, or enter
into any agreement, express or implied, for compensation for services to be
rendered in relation to any matter before any agency of the village, whereby
his compensation is to be dependent or contingent upon any action by such
agency with respect to such matter, provided that this subsection shall not
prohibit the fixing at any time of fees based upon the reasonable value of
the services rendered.
B.
In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision
of law, any person who shall knowingly and intentionally violate this section
may be fined, suspended or removed from office or employment in the manner
provided by law.
Any village officer or employee, whether paid or unpaid, who participates
in a discussion or gives an official opinion to the Board of Trustees of the
village on any legislation before such Board shall publicly disclose on the
official record the nature and extent of any direct or indirect financial
or other private interest of his in such legislation.
No village officer or employee shall invest or hold any investment,
directly or indirectly, in any financial, business, commercial or other private
transaction which creates a conflict with his official duties.
No village officer or employee shall engage in, solicit, negotiate for
or promise to accept private employment or render services for private interests
when such employment or service creates a conflict with or impairs the proper
discharge of his official duties.
No village officer or employee shall, after the termination of service
or employment with the village, appear before any board or agency of the village
in relation to any case, proceeding or application in which he personally
participated during the period of his service or employment or which was under
his active consideration.
No village officer or employee shall use or attempt to use his official
duties to secure unwarranted privileges or exemptions for himself or others.
Nothing in this Code shall be deemed to bar or prevent the timely filing
by any village officer or employee or any former village officer or employee
of any claim, account, demand or suit against the village or any agency thereof
on behalf of himself or any members of his family arising out of any personal
injury or property damage or any lawful benefit authorized or permitted by
law.
The Mayor of the village shall cause a copy hereof to be distributed
to every officer and employee of the village within 20 days after the adoption
of this Code. Each officer and employee elected or appointed after the adoption
of this chapter shall be furnished a copy upon entering the duties of his
office or employment.
The Board of Trustees of the village may establish a Village Board of
Ethics which shall have all the powers and duties provided by law with respect
to village officers and employees. The members of the Board of Ethics shall
be appointed by the Board of Trustees to serve at the pleasure of the Board
of Trustees. The Board of Ethics shall consist of at least three members,
a majority of whom are not otherwise officers or employees of the village.
Such Board of Ethics shall include at least one member who is an elected or
appointed village officer or employee.
