1972/03/20 City Council Resolution (3)RESOLUTION NO. 72-38
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Section 2. Responsibilities of Public Office.
The term public officials used in this resolution
means all elective officials of the City and the members
of all official boards, commissions, and committees of the
city.
Section 3. Dedicated Service.
Public officials and employees should not exceed
their authority or breach the law or ask others to do so and
they should work in full cooperation with o public officials
and employees unless prohibited from so doing by law or officially
recognized confidentiality of their work.
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Section 4. Fair and Equal Treatment.
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municipal policy for the use of such official or employee
in the conduct of official business. No public official or
employee shall use the time of any city employee during
working hours for personal convenience or profit.
Section 6. obligations to Citizens.
Section 7. Conflict of Interest: General.
• Incompatible Employment. No public official or
employee shall accept other employment which he has reason to
believe will either impair his independence of judgment as to
his official duties or require him ♦ induce him to disclose
confidential information acquired by him in the course of and
• reason of his official duties.
C. Disclosure of Confidential Information. No
,#ublic official • employee shall wilfully and knowlingly
disclose for pecuniary gain to any other person confidential
information acquired • him in the course of and • reason of
his official duties nor shall any public official or employee
use any such information for the purpose of pecuniary gain.
d. Gifts. No public official or employee shall
receive or agree to receive, directly or indirectly, any
compensation, reward or gift from any source except the City
of Rohnert Park for any service, advice, assistance or other
matter related to the governmental process.
e. Conflict of Interest. A conflict of interest
exists in a matter before an official for consideration or
determination if:
(1) The public official has a substantial financial
or substantial personal interest in the outcome
or as owner, member, partner, officer, employee,
stockholder or other professional enterprise
that will be affected by the outcome, and such
interest is or may be adverse to the public
interest in the proper performance of govern-
mental duties by the official.
(2) He has reason to believe or expect that he will
derive a direct monetary gain or suffer -a-,direct
monetary loss, as the case may be, by reason of
his official activity.
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Personal interest as distinguished fran financial
interest is defined as including, among other matters, an
interest arising from blood or marriage relationships or close
business association.
Section S. Disclosure of Interest and Disqualification.
Any councilman who has a conflict of interest in any
matter before the City Council, shall disclose that fact on
the records of the City Council and refrain from participating
in any discussion or voting on the matter.
ABSENT: (1) Councilman Buchanan
ATTEST:
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