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Timestamp: 2018-02-19 05:49:07
Document Index: 94409746

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 30', '§ 30', '§ 30', '§ 30', '§ 30', '§ 806', '§ 30']

Village of Northport, NY Ethics, Code of
§ 30-1 Legislative intent.
§ 30-3 Standards of conduct.
§ 30-4 Exemption for certain filings.
§ 30-5 Distribution.
§ 30-6 Penalties for offenses.
Chapter 30: Ethics, Code of
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Northport 12-15-1970 by L.L. No. 2-1970 (Ch. 27 of the 1966 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Chapter 30 : Ethics, Code of
Pursuant to the provisions of § 806 of the General Municipal Law, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Northport 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 Village of Northport. These rules shall serve as a guide for official conduct of the officers and employees of the Village of Northport. 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.
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:
An officer or employee of the Village of Northport, 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 fire chief or assistant fire chief.
Every officer or employee of the Village of Northport 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 of $75 or more, 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.[1]
Representation before one's own agency. He shall not receive, or enter into any agreement, express or implied, for compensation for services to be rendered in relation to any matter before any municipal agency of which he is an officer, member or employee, or of any municipal agency over which he has jurisdiction, or to which he has the power to appoint any member, officer or employee.
Representation before any agency for a contingent fee. He shall not receive, or enter into any agreement, express or implied, for compensation for services to be rendered in relation to any matter before any agency of his municipality whereby his compensation is to be dependent or contingent upon any action by such agency with respect to such matter, provided that this subsection shall not prohibit the fixing at any time of fees based upon the reasonable value of the services rendered.
Disclosure of interest in legislation. To the extent that he knows thereof, a member of the Board of Trustees and any officer or employee of the Village of Northport, whether paid or unpaid, who participates in the discussion or gives official opinion to the Board of Trustees on any legislation before the Board of Trustees, 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 Village of Northport 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.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to bar or prevent the timely filing by a person or former municipal officer or employee of any claim, account, demand or suit against the Village of Northport, or any agency thereof on behalf of himself or any member of his family arising out of any personal injury or property damaged or for any lawful benefit authorized or permitted by law.
§ 30-5 Distribution. [1]
The Mayor of the Village of Northport shall cause a copy of this Code of Ethics to be distributed to every officer and employee of the Village of Northport within five 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 copy of the Code of Ethics 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 the provisions thereof.