City Council Agenda and Packet 2012 01 30 SP

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other person, in any other matter before the City Council, any public body, or department of the City, without disclosing to the City the officer's, public body member's, or employee's prior relationship to the City and present relationship to the interest. (m) Except as provided in Subsection (n), no officer, public body member, or employee shall appear before the City Council or any public body on behalf of any business entity. (n) A member of a public body may appear on behalf of a business entity before the City Council or before a public body other than the public body of which he or she is a member, so long as the appearance does not concern any matter that has or may come before the public body of which he or she is a member. (o) Nothing in the Code of Ethics shall preclude an officer, public body member, or employee from appearing before the City Council, any public body, or any other officer, public body member, or employee on behalf of any person which is not a business entity, so long as the appearance does not concern the officer's, public body member's, or employee's interest. (p) No officer or public body member shall offer or promise to give his or her vote or influence in favor of or against any proposed official action in consideration or upon condition that any other officer, public body member, will promise or assent to give his or her vote or influence in favor of or against any other proposed official action. (q) No officer shall become a City employee at any time during the term of office, or for two (2) years after leaving office. (r) No officer shall acquire or seek to acquire any real estate or interest therein if the officer knows, or reasonably should know, that the Council is evaluating, proposing, or pursuing the acquisition of such real estate or interest therein. The officer's knowledge shall be presumed if the minutes or other record of any Council meeting or study session reflect any discussion of the same, or if the officer was present at any executive session at which the same was discussed. The prohibitions of this subsection shall continue to apply until after the Council has abandoned any effort to acquire such real estate or interest therein, and such abandonment has been reflected in the minutes or other record of a Council meeting. Section 5 -10. Code of Ethics - Disclosure of Interest; Non - Participation in Discussion or Action. (a) The procedures of this section shall be followed by: (1) Each officer who has an interest in, or whose interest would be affected by, any proposed official action before the City Council; and (2) Each public body member who has an interest in, or whose interest would be affected by, any proposed official action before the public body of which the person is a member. (b) Each officer or public body member, when required to follow this section, shall: (1) Immediately and publicly disclose the nature and extent of the interest; 10