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Title 1 : General Administration
Chapter 5 : Code Of Ethics

1-502 : Definition of "personal interest."

  1. For purposes of §§ 1-503 and 1-504, "personal interest" means:

    1. Any financial, ownership, or employment interest in the subject of a vote by a municipal board not otherwise regulated by state statutes on conflicts of interests; or

    2. Any financial, ownership, or employment interest in a matter to be regulated or supervised; or

    3. Any such financial, ownership, or employment interest of the official's or employee's spouse, parent(s), step parent(s), grandparent(s), sibling(s), child(ren), or step child(ren).

  2. The words "employment interest" include a situation in which an official or employee or a designated family member is negotiating possible employment with a person or organization that is the subject of the vote or that is to be regulated or supervised.

  3. In any situation in which a personal interest is also a conflict of interest under state law, the provisions of the state law take precedence over the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. #2006-7, Sept. 2006)