Columbia Conflicts of interest ordinance (§ 2-365.6)

Commission members shall not serve on the board of directors or be employed by any organization which receives funding upon recommendation of the commission or when such member's immediate family or an organization owned or controlled by such member or such member's immediate family could derive a financial or other material gain arising out of action or recommendation by the commission. For purposes of this section, each academic and administrative unit of the University of Missouri shall be considered a separate organization and each school of the Columbia Public School District shall be considered a separate organization. When there is doubt as to whether a conflict of interest exists, the matter shall be resolved by a vote of the commission, excluding the person that is the subject of the potential conflict. For purposes of this section "personal interest" means more than a nominal interest arising from family; close business, political or other associations or other factor likely to affect the welfare of the member or the member's family and is something more than a well-known opinion, or interest in, or academic study of, a subject matter. "Immediate family" includes any person living in the same household as the member together with children, grandchildren, parents and grandparents of the member. Any commission member who violates this section shall automatically forfeit the office.