Title 2 - Administration and Personnel

2.22 Code of Ethics

Article II. Code of Ethics for Elected and Appointed Officials

 

2.22.160 Sanctions

If the Council Committee of the Whole determines an official who is the subject of an investigation under this Article committed official misconduct, the Committee may recommend to the City Council and the City Council may approve one or more of the following actions:

  1. a.
    No action be taken;
  2. b.
    Requiring that the official participate in ethics training. Failure to complete such training after it has been ordered by the City Council shall constitute a separate and additional violation of the provisions of this Article;
  3. c.
    Issuing a written warning or an informal reprimand;
  4. d.
    Adopting a formal resolution of public censure;
  5. e.
    In the case of appointed members of a Plural Authority, recommending that the Governing Body remove the member from such position in accordance with Section 2.09.071 of the Overland Park Municipal Code; or
  6. f.
    Other lawful action that the City Council deems appropriate.

(History: Ord. No. COE-3303 §8, 2020)

Effective on: 1/1/1901