City Council Minutes 2007 02 20 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

City Council Meeting Minutes February 20, 2007 Page 9 of 11 reported on the annual International Council of Shopping Centers convention, which will be held May 20 - 2:3, in Las Vegas. The suggestion has been for the Mayor, the Interim City Mana~)er, and Ms. Hogan to attend the conference. At the conference, appointments would be set with a mix of existing retail currently doing business in Louisville, als well as interested developers looking at doing future retail business in the City. Mayor Sisk reported on a meeting he and Interim City Manager Balser attended with Lakewood Officials where the International Council of Shopping Centers conference was discussed. He stressed the conference would afford the City opportunities to discuss economic development opportunities for the City of Louisville. RESOLUTION No. 15, SERIES 2007 - A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE CITY'S CODE OF ETHICS ,AS CONTAINED IN THE CITY'S CHARTER AND MUNICIPAL CODE Mayor Sisk requested a Staff presentation. Interim City Manager Balser Elxplained in November 2006 the Colorado voters approved Amendment 41 , which adds a new Article XXIX to the Colorado Constitution pertaining to ethics in government. The Amendment became effective on December 31,2006, and establishes standards for ethical considerations for elected and appointed officials, as well as employees and independent contractors of loeal governments. The Amendment does not apply to home rule municipalities that have adopted "charters, ordinances, or resolutions that address the matters covered" by Amendment 41. The immediate concern for Louisville, as a home rule city, is to consider action affirming the applicability of the City's Code of Ethics in lieu of Amendment 41 , and to discuss whether additions to the Code of Ethics are desired. Resolution No. 15, Series 2007 affirms that Amendment 41 does not apply because the City's Code of Ethics addresses matters covered by Amendment 41. Louisville has adopted in its Charter and municipal code a comprehensive Code of Ethics (first version adopted in 1992). Louisville's Code of Ethics provides considerably more detail and guidance than Amendment 41 on ethical matters. The Code of Ethics has much greater clarity with respect to enforcement, determination of covered persons, and ethical standards. Main distinctions are that the Code of Ethics gift ban provision does not expressly apply to independent contractors and does not expressly extend to non-contract matters, though receipt of gifts in connection with exercise of non-contract functions is clearly contrary to the spirit of the Code and is covered by other laws other than Amendment 41.