Title 2 - Administration and Personnel

2.22.080 Restriction on Former Employees in Selling to the City

It shall be a breach of ethical standards for any former employee to engage in selling or attempting to sell supplies, services, or construction to the City for one year following the date employment ceased.

The term "sell" as used herein means signing a bid, proposal, or contract; negotiating a contract; contacting any employee for the purpose of obtaining, negotiating, or discussing changes in specifications, price, cost allowances, or other terms of a contract; settling disputes concerning performance of a contract; or any other liaison activity with a view toward the ultimate consummation of a sale although the actual contract therefor is subsequently negotiated by another person; provided, however, that this Section is not intended to preclude a former employee from accepting employment with private industry solely because the former employee's employer is a contractor with this city, nor shall a former employee be precluded from serving as a consultant to this City.

This section shall not apply to the following:

1. 1.
   If the former employee, before he/she engages in or attempts to sell, makes a full disclosure to the Governing Body of the former employee's date of employment and position with the City, and the Governing Body determines that it is in the best interest of the City to permit the former employee to sell or attempt to sell such supplies, services, or construction.
2. 2.
   Participation in the competitive bidding process after competitive bidding has been advertised for by published notice or to contracts let after such competitive bidding, provided the former employee must make a full disclosure of the former employee’s dates of employment and position with the City. This disclosure shall be in the form of a cover letter attached to the bid documents submitted by the former employee.
3. 3.
   Contracts for property or services for which the price or rate is fixed by law.

(History: Ord. COE-2596 §1, 2006; COE-1694 §8, 91)

Effective on: 1/1/1901