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Columbia Disclosure reports ordinance (§ 2-125.1)

Chapter 2: Administration · Article III. Officers and Employees

(a) Each member of the council, the city manager, the head of the purchasing division and the city counselor shall disclose, in writing, the following information by May 1 of each year, beginning in 1992, if any such transactions were engaged in during the previous calendar year:

(1) For such person, and all persons within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity of such person, the date and the identities of the parties to each transaction with a total value in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00), if any, that such person had with the political subdivision, other than a city council stipend, compensation received as an employee, payment of any tax, fee or penalty due to the political subdivision, and other than transfers for no consideration to the political subdivision; and

(2) The date and identities of the parties to each transaction known to the person with a total value in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00), if any, that any business entity in which such person had a substantial interest had with the political subdivision, other than payment of any tax, fee or penalty due to the political subdivision or transactions involving payment for providing utility service to the political subdivision, and other than transfers for no consideration to the political subdivision.

(b) The city manager and the head of the purchasing division shall disclose, in writing, by May 1 of each year, beginning in 1992, the following information for the previous calendar year:

(1) The name and address of each of the employers of such person from whom income of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more was received during the year covered by the statement;

(2) The name and address of each sole proprietorship that such person owned; the name, address and the general nature of the business conducted of each general partnership and joint venture in which such person was a partner or participant; the name and address of each partner or co-participant for each partnership or joint venture unless such names and addresses are filed by the partnership or joint venture with the secretary of state; the name, address and general nature of the business conducted of any closely held corporation or limited partnership in which the person owned ten (10) percent or more of any class of the outstanding stock or limited partnership units; and the name of any publicly traded corporation or limited partnership that is listed on a regulated stock exchange or automated quotation system in which the person owned two (2) percent or more of any class of outstanding stock, limited partnership units or other equity interests;

(3) The name and address of each corporation for which such person served in the capacity of a director, officer or receiver.

(c) The definitions set forth in section 2-53.1 shall apply to this section.

Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 2-125.1

Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).

Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.