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Timestamp: 2019-08-20 09:52:34
Document Index: 127208620

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 47', '§ 47', '§ 47', '§ 47', '§ 806', '§ 47', '§ 805', '§ 47']

City of Port Jervis, NY Ethics, Code of
§ 47-1 Declaration of policy.
§ 47-3 Standards of conduct.
§ 47-4 Right to file claims preserved.
§ 47-5 Distribution of code.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Port Jervis 8-24-1970 by L.L. No. 1-1970 (Ch. 16 of the 1981 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the provisions of § 806 of the General Municipal Law, the Common Council of the City of Port Jervis recognizes that there are rules of ethical conduct for public officers and employees which must be observed if a high degree of moral conduct is to be obtained and if public confidence is to be maintained in our unit of local government. It is the purpose of this chapter to promulgate these rules of ethical conduct for the officers and employees of the City of Port Jervis. These rules shall serve as a guide for official conduct of the officers and employees of the City of Port Jervis. The rules of ethical conduct of this chapter, as adopted, shall not conflict with but shall be in addition to any prohibition of Article 18 of the General Municipal Law or any other general or special law relating to ethical conduct and interest in contracts of municipal officers and employees.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning indicated:
A direct or indirect pecuniary or material benefit accruing to a municipal officer or employee as the result of a contract with the municipality which such officer or employee serves. For the purposes of this chapter, a municipal officer or employee shall be deemed to have an interest in the contract of:[1]
His or her spouse, minor children and dependents, except a contract of employment with the municipality which such officer or employee serves.
A corporation any stock of which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such officer or employee
An officer or employee of the City of Port Jervis, whether paid or unpaid, including members of any administrative board, commission or other agency thereof. No person shall be deemed to be a municipal officer or employee solely by reason of being a volunteer fireman or civil defense volunteer, except a chief engineer or assistant chief engineer.
§ 47-3 Standards of conduct. [1]
Every officer or employee of the City of Port Jervis shall be subject to and abide by the following standards of conduct:
Gifts. He shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit any gift, or accept or receive any gift having a value in excess of the limit prescribed by Subdivision 1 of § 805-a of the General Municipal Law, as amended, whether in the form of money, services, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing or promise or any other form, under circumstances in which it could reasonably be inferred that the gift was intended to influence him or could reasonably be expected to influence him in the performance of his official duties or was intended as a reward for any official action on his part.[2]
Disclosure of interest in legislation. To the extent that he knows thereof, a member of the Common Council and any officer or employee of the City of Port Jervis, whether paid or unpaid, who participates in the discussion or gives official opinion to the Common Council on any legislation before the Common Council shall publicly disclose on the official record the nature and extent of any direct or indirect financial or other private interest he has in such legislation.
Future employment. He shall not, after the termination of service or employment with such municipality, appear before any board or agency of the City of Port Jervis in relation to any case, proceeding or application in which he personally participated during the period of his service or employment or which was under his active consideration.
Editor's Note: See the Charter, § C3-3, for provisions concerning the liability of officers for official misconduct.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to bar or prevent the timely filing by a present or former municipal officer or employee of any claim, account, demand or suit against the City of Port Jervis or any agency thereof on behalf of himself or any member of his family arising out of any personal injury or property damage or for any lawful benefit authorized or permitted by law.
§ 47-5 Distribution of code. [1]
The Mayor of the City of Port Jervis shall cause a copy of this Code of Ethics to be distributed to every officer and employee of the City of Port Jervis within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter. Each officer and employee elected or appointed thereafter shall be furnished a copy before entering upon the duties of his office or employment. Failure to distribute any such copy or failure of any officer or employee to receive such copy shall have no effect on the duty of compliance with such code, nor the enforcement of provisions thereof.