Fayette Code of Conduct ordinance (§ 112.030)

A. Employees, officers, and agents of the City who are involved in the procurement and selection of bids and purchases shall make reasonable efforts to avoid real, apparent, or potential conflicts of interest.

B. No employee, officer, or agent of the City shall participate in the selection, award, or administration of a contract if a conflict of interest, real or apparent, would be involved.

C. Such a conflict would arise when:

1. An employee, officer, or agent of the City participates in the selection process and a vendor employs or is about to employ, any member of his or her immediate family, his or her partner; or

2. An employee, officer, or agent of the City, or a member of his or her immediate family, or his or her partner, stands to receive anything of financial value if a vendor is selected.

D. No officer or employee of the City shall transact any business in his official capacity with any business entity of which he is an officer, agent, or member or in which he owns a substantial interest; nor shall be or she make, any personal investments in any enterprise that will create a substantial conflict between his or her private interest and the public interest; nor shall be, she, or any firm or business entity of which he or she is an officer, agent or member, or the owner of substantial interest, sell any goods or services to the City except where such sale is done by competitive bidding and the officer or employee is the lowest bidder. For the purpose of this Section, the term "investments" shall not include any publicly traded stock or other investment vehicle regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

E. An employee, officer, or agent of the City who is involved in the procurement and selection of a bid or purchase and has a real or apparent conflict of interest must disclose that conflict of interest to the Mayor before the bid selection or purchase takes place. Such disclosure must be in writing and shall be retained as part of the official record surrounding the bid or purchase.

F. Officers, employees, and agents of the City will not solicit nor accept gratuities, favors, or anything of monetary value from contractors, potential contractors, or parties to subagreements. For the purposes of this section, a gratuity shall include any amount of cash, or a gift having a value of more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Non-cash gifts made to an entire department or to the City as a whole with a value of less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall not be considered a gratuity.

G. Officers, employees, and agents who fail to follow the above Code of Conduct shall be sanctioned or disciplined, to the extent permitted by law, for violations of the above standards.

H. Same; Penalties. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in the City Code.