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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 22:17:55+00:00

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§ 30-4 Use of town position for personal or private gain.
§ 30-5 Prohibited interests in contracts.
§ 30-7 Prohibition inapplicable; recusal and disclosure not required.
§ 30-8 Investments in conflict with official duties.
§ 30-9 Private employment in conflict with official duties.
§ 30-12 Personal representations and claims permitted.
§ 30-13 Use of Town resources.
§ 30-17 Gifts, tips and other benefits.
§ 30-18 Inducement of others.
A relative or member of his or her household.
Any private organization in which he or she has an interest.
A person from whom the officer or employee has received a private loan or loans, or a gift or gifts, having an aggregate value of $75 or more during the previous 12 months.
Appoint an officer or employee who has any of the foregoing powers or duties.
For the purposes of this section, the term "contract" means any claim, account or demand against or agreement with the Town, express or implied.
A contract in which a Town officer or employee has an interest if the total consideration payable thereunder, when added to the aggregate amount of all consideration payable under contracts in which such person had an interest during the fiscal year, does not exceed the sum of $750.
A contract with a member of a private industry council stablished in accordance with the federal job training partnership act or any firm, corporation or association in which such member holds an interest, provided the member discloses such interest to the council and the member does not vote on the contract.
No Town officer or employee shall participate in any decision or take any official action requiring the exercise of discretion, including discussing, deliberating or voting on a matter, when he or she knows or has reason to know that the action may confer a direct or indirect, material, financial or other benefit on a person or entity specified in § 30-4 of this chapter.
Which comes before a Town officer when the officer would be prohibited from acting and the matter cannot be lawfully delegated to another person.
That would impair his or her independence of judgment in the exercise or performance of his or her official powers and duties.
Bonds or notes issued by the Town and acquired more than one year after the date on which the bonds or notes were originally issued.
No elected Town official or Town employee serving as staff to the Town Board or to a Town Board member, shall receive or agree to receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation for consulting or advisory services in connection with any proposed local law or resolution of the Town Board.
No Town officer or employee shall ask for, pursue or accept a private secondary employment opportunity with any person or organization that has a matter requiring the exercise of discretion pending before the Town officer or employee, either individually or as a member of a board or commission, while the matter is pending or within the 30 days following final disposition of the matter.
Pursuant to which the officer or employee will receive, or enter into any agreement, express or implied, to receive compensation for services rendered in connection with any application, request, claim or proposal before any Town department, agency, board or commission, or any litigation, negotiations or matter requiring the exercise of discretion to which the Town is a party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person serving the Town or any agency thereof without compensation shall not be subject to the prohibitions set forth in Subsection C(6) and C(7) of this section.
No Town officer or employee shall ask for, pursue or accept a private post-government employment opportunity with any person or organization that has a matter requiring the exercise of discretion pending before the Town officer or employee, either individually or as a member of a board or commission, while the matter is pending or within the 30 days following final disposition of the matter.
No Town officer or employee, for the one-year period after serving as a Town officer or employee, shall appear before or communicate in any form with the Town office, board, department or comparable organizational unit for which he or she served, except on behalf of the state or a political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or in furtherance of the interests of the Town with the approval of the Board of Ethics upon application of the his or her former Town department, agency, board or commission.
No Town officer or employee, at any time after serving as a Town officer or employee, shall represent or render services to a private person or organization in connection with any particular matter in which he or she personally and substantially participated while serving as a Town officer or employee, except on behalf of the state or a political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or in furtherance of the interests of the Town with the approval of the Board of Ethics upon application of a Town department, agency, board or commission.
No independent contractor or employee of an independent contractor of the Town shall seek to exert undue influence, or to obtain an undue preference, on behalf of a private interest, directly or indirectly, in a matter before any Town department, agency, board or commission. A violation of this section shall be cause for termination of the independent contractor's engagement with the Town.
Seeking or accepting Town services, benefits, or the use of Town facilities, on the same terms and conditions as are available to Town residents or a class of similarly situated Town residents.
Asserting a claim against the Town on his or her own behalf, or on behalf of a relative or member of his or her household, unless the claim is prohibited by § 30-2 of this article, or by Section 801 of the New York General Municipal Law.
Town resources shall be used only for lawful Town purposes. Town resources include, but are not limited to, Town personnel, compensated time, money, vehicles, equipment, letterhead, materials, supplies or other property.
The occasional and incidental use of Town telephones and computers for necessary personal, nonbusiness matters such as family care and changes in work schedule.
No Town officer or employee shall cause the Town to spend more than is reasonably necessary for transportation, meals or lodging in connection with official travel.
No Town officer or employee, either individually or as a member of a Town Board or commission, shall participate in any decision to appoint, hire, promote, discipline or discharge a relative or a member of his or her household.
No Town officer or employee shall supervise a relative or member of his or her household in the performance of such person's official duties.
No Town officer or employee shall directly or indirectly use his or her authority or official influence to compel or induce a subordinate Town officer or employee to make or promise to make any political contribution, whether by gift of money, service or other thing of value.
No Town officer or employee shall act or decline to act in relation to appointing, hiring or promoting, discharging, disciplining, or in any manner changing the official rank, status or compensation of any Town officer or employee, or an applicant for a position as a Town officer or employee, on the basis of the giving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of money or service or any other valuable thing for any political purpose.
No current or former Town officer or employee shall disclose confidential information concerning the property, government or affairs of the Town or any other confidential information of an official character obtained as a result of Town employment, except when disclosure is required by law or when such information is otherwise available to the public, nor shall be or she use such information to advance the financial or other private interest of himself or herself or others.
No Town officer or employee shall directly or indirectly solicit any gift, tip or other benefit from a person who has received or sought a financial benefit from the Town within the previous 24 months.
No Town officer or employee shall accept any gift, tip or other benefit from a person who the Town officer or employee knows or has reason to know has received or sought a financial benefit from the Town within the previous 24 months.
No Town officer or employee shall solicit, accept or agree to accept any gift, tip or other benefit for having engaged in official conduct which he or she was required or authorized to perform, and for which he or she was not entitled to any special or additional compensation.
The gift, tip or other benefit would reasonably appear to be intended as a reward for any official action on the part of the officer or employee.
For purposes of this section, a "gift, tip or other benefit" includes anything of value, whether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing or promise, or in any other form. The value of a gift, tip or other benefit shall be deemed to be its fair market value, determined by the retail cost of the item or a comparable item. The fair market value of a ticket entitling the holder to food, refreshments, entertainment, or any other benefit shall be deemed to be the face value of the ticket, or the actual cost to the donor, whichever is greater.
Gifts or benefits having a value of $75 or less that are received by a marriage officer appointed by the Town Board pursuant to Section 11-c of the Domestic Relations Law and serving without salary or wage, for the solemnization of a marriage by the officer or employee.
No Town officer, employee or independent contractor shall induce a Town officer, employee or independent contractor to violate, nor aid a Town officer, employee or independent contractor in violating, any of the provisions of this chapter.

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