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CCR1974152RESOLUTION #152-74 CODE OF ETHICS PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, BOTH APPOINTIVE AND ELECTIVE a BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of Muskego does hereby approve, upon the recommendation of the Finance Committee, a€ the Code of Ethics for public officials and employees, both appointed and elective, as attached hereto. ATTEST: FINANCE COMMITTEE CODE OF ETHICS. The purpose of this Code of Ethics is to enable public officials and employees, both appointive and elective, to conduct themselves in a manner that will tend to preserve public confidence in and respect for the government of the City and to treat all citizens with courtesy, impartiality, fairness and equality under the law. (1) DEFTNITIONS. The terms used in this Code are hereby defined as follows: (a) Official or Employee. Any person elected or appointed to, or employed or retained by, any public office or public body of the municipality, whether paid or unpaid and whether parttime or full time. (b) Public Body. Any agency, board, body, commission, committee, department or office of the municipality. a (c) Financial Interest. Any interest which shall yield, directly or indirectly, a monetary or other material benefit (other than the duly authorized salary or compensation for his services to the municipality) to the official or employee or to any person employing or retaining the’ services of the official or employee. (d) Personal Interest. Any interest arising from blood or marriage relationships or from close business or political association whether or not any financial interest is involved. (2) FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT. (a) Impartiality. No official or employee shall request, use or permit the use of, any consideration, treatment, advantage or favor beyond that which it is. the general practice to grant or make available to the public at large. (b) Use of Public Property. No official or employee shall request, use or permit the use of, any publicly-owned or publicly- supported property, vehicle, equipment, material, labor or service for the personal convenience or the private advantage of himself or of any other person. This rule shall not be deemed to prohibit an official or employee from requesting, using or permitting the use of such publicly-owned or publicly-supplied property, vehicle, equipment, material, labor or service which it is the general practice to make available to the public at large or which are provided as a matter of stated public policy for the use of officials and employees in the conduct of official business, (3) CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) Financial or Personal Interest. No official or employee, either on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, shall have any financial or personal interest in any business or transaction with any public body in the municipality unless he shall first make full public disclosure of the nature and extent of such interest. ”.. 4B (b) Disclosure and Disqualification. formance of his official duties shall require emDlovee to deliberate and vote on any matter Whenever the per- any official or involving his .- financial or personal interest, he s&ll publicly disciose the nature and extent of such interest and disqualify himself from participating in the deliberations in his official capacity as well e as in the voting. \ -4 7 Code of Ethics - Cont'd. Page 2. Elected officals and members of.the Plan Commission shall disclose any legal and/or equitable interest, which they might have in any real estate subject to the deliberation of the Commission. r. (c) Incompatible Employment. No official or employee shall engage in private employment with, or render service for, any private person who has business transactions with any public body of the municipality unless he shall first make full public disclosure of the nature and extent of such employment or services. x. (d) Representation of Private Persons. No official or employee shall use or attempt to use his official position to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself or others except as may be otherwise provided by law. 0 (e) Compensation, Gift, Reward or Gratuity. No officer or employee of the City shal€ directly solicity, receive or agree to receive any compensation, gift, reward or gratuity from any source for any matter or proceeding connected with or related to the duties of such officer or employee, unless otherwise provided for by law. This provision is not intended to restrict usual social amenities or to refer to unsubstantial advertising gifts. Compen- sation, gifts, rewards or gratuities within the meaning of this subsection which practically cannot be returned shall immediately be turned over to the City and be considered by it as City property (f) Confidential Information. No official or employee shall, without prior formal authorization of the public body having jurisdiction, disclose any confidential information concerning any other official or employee, or any other person, or any property or governmental affairs of the municipality. Whether or not it shall involve disclosure, no official or employee shall use or permit the use of any such confidential information to advance the financial or personal interest of himself or any other person.