Title 2 - Administration and Personnel

2.22.040 Participation in City Contracts

1. A.
   No City employee shall, in the capacity of such an employee, make or participate in the making of a contract with any person or business by which the employee is employed or in whose business the employee has a substantial interest;
2. B.
   No person or business shall enter into any contract where any City employee, acting in that capacity, is a signatory to or a participant in the making of the contract and is employed by or has a substantial interest in the person or business.
3. C.
   A City employee does not make or participate in the making of a contract if the employee abstains from any action in regard to the contract.
4. D.
   This section shall not apply to the following:

   1. 1.
      Contracts let after competitive bidding has been advertised for by published notice; and
   2. 2.
      Contracts for property or services for which the price or rate is fixed by law.
5. E.
   Any City employee who has a substantial interest in a business submitting a bid for award of a City contract must inform the City in writing as part of the bid submission, that the employee has a substantial interest in the business and the nature of the substantial interest. For purposes of this subparagraph only, the term "substantial interest" shall mean the following: If an employee or an employee’s spouse, either individually or collectively, has owned within the preceding twelve months a legal or equitable interest exceeding five percent of any business.

(History: Ord. COE-2370 §1, 2002; COE-1694 §4, 91)

Effective on: 1/1/1901