The husband is not seeking to do business nor is currently doing business with the county and has never been awarded a County contract in the spouse's area of responsibility.
Individuals solicit the expertise of the employee's husband on their own.
The employee does not promote her husband's business on county time nor at any time while in the performance of any official duty. Therefore, based on the information provided and given the intent of the King County Code of Ethics, we believe that in this matter, there is no violation of the Code of Ethics. In his profession, he occasionally provides system development and programming services to persons who come before the Board on property assessment appeals. For example, he may develop a computer program to enable a department to put their payroll process on line. The husband has never bade on County contracts, nor has he or his business been retained by any County organizational unit on a contractual basis.