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City attorney unveils proposed code of ethics, financial-disclosure rules after months of work
Summary
City Attorney presented a draft ordinance requiring city officials and employees to disclose specified financial interests and to avoid city business arrangements with immediate family; council debated scope, reporting categories and enforcement mechanisms.
City Attorney (Mr. Garner) presented an ordinance and redlined Exhibit A on July 23 that would add a code of ethics and expanded financial-disclosure requirements for city officials and employees.
"City officials and city employees and their immediate family members will not be allowed to enter into business arrangements with the city," Garner said while summarizing the proposal. He told council he had removed requirements that would have forced disclosure of pension dollar amounts and the dollar value of mutual funds; instead, the draft would require names of funds and number of shares for publicly traded investments.
Why it matters: The ordinance would require elected officials, candidates and certain city employees to report personal financial and business interests for a set…
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