New Franklin Disclosure Reports ordinance (§ 117.030)
Chapter 117: Conflicts of Interest
Each elected official, the Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief Purchasing Officer shall disclose in writing the following information by May first (1st) if any such transactions occurred 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 compensation received as an employee or payment of any tax, fee or penalty due to the political subdivision, and other than transfers for no consideration to the political subdivision.
2. The date and the 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.
3. The Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief Purchasing Officer also shall disclose in writing by May first (1st) for the previous calendar year the following information:
a. 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;
b. The name and address and the general nature of the business conducted of each general partnership and joint venture in which he/she 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 percent (10%) 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 percent (2%) or more of any class of outstanding stock, limited partnership units or other equity interests;
c. The name and address of each corporation for which such person served in the capacity of a director, officer or receiver.
Official source: New Franklin City Code, page 33 of the city's PDF
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.