HomeMy WebLinkAboutGift Amendments April 23 2012Reporting for Not Attending Ethics Training:
2.03.600. – Duties and powers of the board.
A.
14. In coordination with the city attorney, city manager, and other appropriate city
personnel, arrange for the conduct of an annual workshop, which shall serve as an orientation for new board members and an opportunity for experienced members to explore specific issues
in depth.;
a. aAttendance at this workshop shall be made a condition of service as a member of the board, and, before taking office, board members shall commit themselves to attend
it.
b. The City Clerk shall forward to the Commission annually a list of officials who fail to take the training required under this section and the Charter. The Commission may remove
an official for failing to take the required training.
Gifts:
Sec. 2.03.540. - Gifts, gratuities and favors.
A. No official or employee shall accept a gift, gratuity, or favor
from any person or entity:, except as authorized by law.
1. That would tend improperly to influence a reasonable person in the person's position to depart from the faithful and impartial
discharge of the person's public duties; or
2. That the person knows or that a reasonable person in that position should know under the circumstances is primarily for the purpose of
rewarding the person for official action taken.
B. An employee or official may not accept a gift, gratuity, or favor that complies with 2.03.540.A if the gift, gratuity, or favor
has a value of $50 or more for an individual.
C. An employee or official may accept a gift, gratuity, or favor that complies with 2.03.540.A if the gift, gratuity or favor has a value
greater than $15 but less than $50 for an individual only if the gift, gratuity, or favor is:
1. Provided incidental to and in conjunction with a public event where the official or
employee’s attendance is in fulfillment of their official duties; or
2. Constitutes an award publically presented to an employee or official in recognition of
public service.
C. Upon the acceptance of a gift, gratuity, favor or award pursuant to 2.03.540.D the recipient shall file a disclosure statement with the Board of Ethics. Such disclosure
statement shall indicate the gift, it’s estimated value, the person or entity making the gift, and the date of the gift. The disclosure statement is a public record.