A.
There is hereby established a Board of Ethics for the municipality.
The Board of Ethics shall consist of five members, all of whom shall
be residents of the City of Auburn, a majority of whom shall not be
officers or employees of the municipality, but at least one of whom
must be a municipal officer or employee. The members of such Board
of Ethics shall be appointed by the Mayor and City Council, serve
at the pleasure of the appointing authority, and receive no salary
or compensation for their services as members of the Board of Ethics.
B.
The Board of Ethics shall render advisory opinions to the officers
and employees of the City of Auburn with respect to Article 18 of
the General Municipal Law and this code. Such advisory opinions must
be rendered pursuant to the written request of any such officer or
employee under such rules and regulations as the Board of Ethics may
prescribe. The Board of Ethics shall have the advice of legal counsel
employed by the Board or, if none, the municipality's legal counsel.
In addition, the Board of Ethics may make recommendations with respect
to the drafting and adoption of a Code of Ethics, or amendments thereto,
upon the request of the City of Auburn, New York.
A.
The City Manager must promptly cause a copy of this code, and a copy
of any amendment to this code, to be posted publicly and conspicuously
in each building under the municipality's control. The code must
be posted within 10 days following the date on which the code takes
effect. An amendment to the code must be posted within 10 days following
the date on which the amendment takes effect.
B.
The City Manager must promptly cause a copy of this code, including
any amendments to the code, to be distributed to every person who
is or becomes an officer and employee of the City of Auburn, New York.
C.
Every municipal officer or employee who receives a copy of this code
or an amendment to the code must acknowledge such receipt in writing.
Such acknowledgments must be filed with the City Clerk, who must maintain
such acknowledgments as a public record.
D.
The failure to post this code or an amendment to the code does not
affect either the applicability or enforceability of the code or the
amendment. The failure of a municipal officer or employee to receive
a copy of this Code of Ethics or an amendment to the code, or to acknowledge
receipt thereof in writing, does not affect either the applicability
or enforceability of the code or amendment to the code.
A.
The City Manager shall promulgate and distribute to those persons
required to file the annual financial disclosure statement, a financial
disclosure statement form.
B.
Those officers and employees who are required to file an annual statement
of financial disclosure shall complete and file said annual statement
on or before the 15th day of February following the year in which
the disclosure is required.
