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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991 014 CC RESO1991 014 CC RESO(Ìì½­ RESOLUTION NO. 91-14 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 88-20 ADOPTING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Pursuant to applicable laws, the attached document entitled Conflict of Interest Code of the City of Baldwin Park" be, the same hereby is, adopted as the conflict of interest and disclosure code for designated employees of the City of Baldwin Park. SECTION 2. Any conflict of interest code heretofore adopted for said entity is hereby rescinded. SECTION 3. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the adoption of this Resolution and cause the filing of the said Conflict of Interest Code in the manner prescribed by law. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of April, 1991. MAYOR ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) 55: CITY OF BALDWIN PARK I, LINDA L. GAIR, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park at its regular meeting of the City Council on April 17, 1991, by the following vote: AYES COUNCILMEMBERS MCNEILL GALLEGOS, IZELL KEYSER, MAYOR LOWES NOES COUNCILMEMBERS NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS NONE %-AZ. AIR, CITY CLERK BIB] 37650-U01 1991-U02 014-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO2009-U03 DO2108-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 91-14-U05 APR-U05 3-U05 1991-U05 1991 014 CC RESO(Ìì½­ EXHIBIT A" Designated Employees and Disclosure Categories The following positions entail the making or participation in the making of decisions which may foreseeably have a material effect on financial interests: Designated Disclosure Position Categories Director of Administrative Services...............................1 Director of Community Development.................................1 Director of Human Services.......................................1 Chief of Police. * * 1 City Planner 1 Director of Public Works. 1 Redevelopment Manager............................................1 Building official * 1 Finance Manager...................................................1 Accounting Supervisor.............................................1 BIB] 37650-U01 1991-U02 014-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO2009-U03 DO2108-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 91-14-U05 APR-U05 3-U05 1991-U05 1991 014 CC RESO(Ìì½­ EXHIBIT B" Categories of Reportable Economic Interests Designated persons in Category 1" must report: All investments, interest in real property, income and any business entity in which the person is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or holds any position of management. These financial interests are reportable only if located within and subject to the jurisdiction of the City or if the business entity is doing business or planning to do business in an area subject to the jurisdiction of the City or has done business within an area subject to the jurisdiction of the City at any time during the two years prior to the filing of the statement. Designated persons in Category 2" must report: A. All investments in real property located within or subject to the jurisdiction of the City. B. Investments in any business entity which within the last two years has contracted or in the future foreseeably may contract with the City. C. Income from the source which within the last two years has contracted or in the future foreseeably may contract with the City. D. His or her status as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or holder of a position of management in any business entity which within the last two years has contracted or in the future foreseeably may contract with the City. BIB] 37650-U01 1991-U02 014-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO2009-U03 DO2108-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 91-14-U05 APR-U05 3-U05 1991-U05 1991 014 CC RESO(Ìì½­ EXHIBIT C" 82030. Income. a) Income" means, except as provided in subdivision b), a payment received, including but not limited to any salary, wage, advance, dividend, interest, rent proceeds from any sale, gift, including any gift of indebtedness received by the filer, reimbursement for expenses, per diem, or contribution to an insurance or pension program paid by any person other than an employer, and including any community property interest in the income of a spouse. Income also includes an outstanding loan. Income of an individual also includes a pro rata share of any income of any business entity or trust in which the individual or spouse owns, directly or beneficially, a 10 percent interest or greater. Income," other than a gift, does not include income received from any source outside the jurisdiction and not doing business within the jurisdiction, not planning to do business within the jurisdiction, or not having done business within the jurisdiction during the two years prior to the time any statement or other action is required under this title. b) Income" also does not include: 1) Campaign contributions required to be reported under chapter 4 commencing with Section 84100). 2) salary and reimbursement for expenses or per diem received from a state, local, or federal government agency and reimbursement for travel expenses and per diem received from a bona fide educational, academic, or charitable organization. 3) Any devise or inheritance. 4) Interest, dividends, or premiums on a time or demand deposit in a financial institution, shares in a credit union or any insurance policy, payments received under any insurance policy, or any bond or other debt instrument issued by any government or government agency. 5) Dividends, interest, or any other return on a security which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States government or a commodity future registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the United States government, except proceeds from the sale of these securities and commodities futures. 6) Redemption of a mutual fund. 7) Alimony or child support payments. 8) Any loan or loans from a commercial lending institution which are made in the lender's regular course of business on terms available to members of the public without regard to official status if: A) Used to purchase, refinance the purchase of, or for improvements to, the principle residence of filer; or B) The balance owed does not exceed ten thousand dollars $10,000). 9) Any loan from an individual's spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in- law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, or first cousin, or the spouse of any such person, provided that a loan from any such person shall be considered income if the lender is acting as an agent or intermediary for any person not covered by this paragraph. BIB] 37650-U01 1991-U02 014-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO2009-U03 DO2108-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 91-14-U05 APR-U05 3-U05 1991-U05 1991 014 CC RESO(Ìì½­ Exhibit C" 10) Any indebtedness created as part of a retail installment or credit card transaction if made in the lender's regular course of business on terms available to members of the public without regard to official status, so long as the balance owed to the creditor does not exceed ten thousand dollars $10,000). 11) Payments received under a defined benefit pension plan qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 4019(a). 12) Proceeds from the sale of securities registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States government or from the sale of commodities futures registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the United States government if the filer sells the securities or the commodities futures on a stock or commodities exchange and does not know or have reason to know the identity of the purchase. BIB] 37650-U01 1991-U02 014-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO2009-U03 DO2108-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 91-14-U05 APR-U05 3-U05 1991-U05 1991 014 CC RESO(Ìì½­ CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK SECTION 100.' Purpose. Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Sections 87300, et seq., the City of Baldwin Park hereinafter referred to as City")., hereby adopts the following Conflict of Interest Code. The provisions of this Code are additional to those contained in Title 9, Chapter 7 of the Government Code Section 87100 et seq.). Except as otherwise indicated, the definitions contained in Title 9, Chapter 2 of the Government Code Sections 82000 et seq.) are incorporated herein and apply to this Code. It is the purpose of this Code to provide for the disclosure of assets and income of designated employees which may be materially affected by their official actions, and, in appropriate circumstances to provide that designated employees should be disqualified from acting in order that conflicts of interest may be avoided. SECTION 200. Designated Positions. The positions listed in Exhibit A" are designated positions. officers and employees holding those positions are designated employees and are deemed to make or participate in the making of decisions which may forseeably have a material effect on a financial interest. SECTION 300. Disclosure statements. Designated positions shall be assigned to one or more of the disclosure categories set forth in Exhibit B". Each designated employee or official shall file an annual statement disclosing that employee's or official's interest in investments, business positions, interest in real property and source of income designated as reportable under the category to which the employee's or official's position is assigned on Exhibit B". SECTION 400. Place. and Time of Filing. a) All designated employees or officials required to submit a statement of financial interests shall file the original with the City Clerk's office. * b) The City Clerk's office shall make and retain a copy of the statement. BIB] 37650-U01 1991-U02 014-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO2009-U03 DO2108-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 91-14-U05 APR-U05 3-U05 1991-U05 1991 014 CC RESO(Ìì½­ Conflict of Interest Code Page Two c) A designated employee or official required to submit an initial statement of financial interest shall submit the statement within 30 days after the effective date of this Code, disclosing interests held on the effective date of this Code. d) All persons appointed, promoted or transferred to designated positions shall file initial statements not more than 30 days after assuming office. e) The first statement of financial interests filed by a designated employee shall disclose the designated employee's reportable investments and interests in real property exist as of the effective date of this Code or the date the designated employee assumed office, whichever is later. Income and business. positions need not be reported on the first statement. f) Annual statements shall be filed during the month of July by all designated employees. Such statements shall disclose reportable investments, business positions, interest in real property and income held or received at any time during the previous calendar year or since the designated employee took office if during the calendar year. g) A designated employee required to file a statement of financial interest with any other agency which is within the same territorial jurisdiction and whose disclosure requirements are comparable may comply with the provisions of this Code by filing a duplicate copy of the statement filed with the other agency, in lieu of an entirely separate statement. h) Every designated employee who leaves office shall file, within 30 days of leaving office, a statement disclosing reportable investments, business positions, interest in real property and income held or received at any time during the period between the closing date of the last statement required to be filed and the date of leaving office. i) A designated employee who resigns the position within 30 days following initial appointment is not deemed to assume or leave office, provided that during the period between appointment and resignation the individual does not make, participate in making or use the position to influence any decision of the City or receive or become entitled to receive BIB] 37650-U01 1991-U02 014-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO2009-U03 DO2108-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 91-14-U05 APR-U05 3-U05 1991-U05 1991 014 CC RESO(Ìì½­ Conflict of Interest Code Page Three any form of payment by virtue of being appointed to the position. SECTION 500. Contents of Disclosure Statements. Disclosure statements shall be made on forms supplied by the City Clerk's office and shall contain the following information: a) Contents of Investment and Real Property Reports. when an investment or an interest in real property is required to be disclosed, the statement shall contain: 1) A statement of the nature of the investment or interest; 2) The name of the business entity in which each investment is held and a general description of the business activity in which the business entity is engaged; 3) The address or other precise location of the real property; 4) A statement whether the fair market value of the investment or interest in real property equals or exceeds one thousand dollars $1,000) but does not exceed ten thousand dollars $10,000), whether it exceeds ten thousand dollars $10,000) but does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars $100, 000)1 or whether it exceeds one hundred thousand dollars $100,000). For purposes of this Code, interest in real property" does not include the principal residence of the designated employee or any other property which the designated employee utilizes exclusively as the employee's personal residence. b) Contents of Personal Income Reports: when personal income* is required to be disclosed, the statement shall contain: 1) The name and address of each source of income aggregating two hundred and fifty dollars $250) or more in value, or fifty dollars $50) or more in value if the income was a gift, and a general description of the business activity, if any, of each source; * Income" is defined in Title 9, Chapter 2 of the Government Code Section 62030). That definition is attached hereto as Exhibit C". BIB] 37650-U01 1991-U02 014-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO2009-U03 DO2108-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 91-14-U05 APR-U05 3-U05 1991-U05 1991 014 CC RESO(Ìì½­ Conflict of Interest Code Page Four 2) A statement whether the aggregate value of income from each source, or in the case of a loan, the highest amount owed to each source, was at last two hundred fifty dollars $250) but did not exceed one thousand dollars $1,000), whether it was in excess of one thousand dollars $1,000) but not greater than ten thousand dollars $10,000), or whether it was greater than ten thousand dollars $10,000). 3) A description of the consideration, if any, for which the income was received; 4) In the case of a gift, the amount and the date on which the gift was received; 5) In the case of a loan, the annual interest rate and the security, if any, given for the loan. C) Contents of Business Entity Reports. when the designated employee's pro rata share of income to a business entity, including income to a sole proprietorship, is required to be reported, the statement shall contain: 1) The name, address and a general description of the business activity of the business entity; 2) The name of every person from whom the business entity received payments if the designated employee's pro rata share of gross receipts from such person was equal to or greater than ten thousand dollars $10,000) during a calendar year; 3) Income of a business entity is only required to be reported if the direct, indirect or beneficial interest of the designated employee and his or her spouse in the business entity aggregates a 10 percent or greater interest. In addition, for purposes of subparagraphs 2 and 3 of this section c), the disclosure of persons who are clients or customers of a business entity is required only if it is reasonably foreseeable that the client or customer may be materially affected by the decision of the designated employee. d) Contents of Business Position Disclosure. when business positions are required to be reported, the designated employee shall list the name and address of each BIB] 37650-U01 1991-U02 014-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO2009-U03 DO2108-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 91-14-U05 APR-U05 3-U05 1991-U05 1991 014 CC RESO(Ìì½­ Conflict of Interest Code Page Five business entity in which he or she is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or in which he or she holds any position of management, a description of the business entity in which the business is engaged and the designated employee's position with the business entity. e) Acquisition or Disposal During a Calendar Year. If any otherwise reportable investment or interest in real property was partially or wholly acquired or disposed of during the period covered by the statement, the statement shall contain the date of acquisition or disposal. SECTION 600. Disqualification. Designated employees shall disqualify themselves from making, participating in the making of or in any way using their official position to influence a governmental decision when it is reasonably foreseeable that the decision will have a material financial effect, distinguishable from its effect on the public generally, on designated employee or a member of his or her immediate family or on: a) Any business entity in which the designated employee has a direct or indirect investment worth one thousand dollars $1,000) or more; b) Any real property in which the designated employee has a direct or indirect interest worth one thousand dollars $1,000) or more; c) Any source of income, other than gifts and other than loans by a commercial lending institution in the regular course of business on terms available to the public without regard to official status, aggregating two hundred fifty dollars $250) or more in value provided to, received by or promised to the designated employee within 12 months prior to the time when the decision is made; d) Any business entity in which the designated employee is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or holds any position of management; or e) Any donor of, or any intermediary or agent for a donor of, a gift or gifts aggregating two hundred fifty dollars BIB] 37650-U01 1991-U02 014-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO2009-U03 DO2108-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 91-14-U05 APR-U05 3-U05 1991-U05 1991 014 CC RESO(Ìì½­ Conflict of Interest Code Page Six $250) or more in value provided to, received by or promised to the designated employee within 12 months prior to the time when the decision is made. For purposes of this section, indirect investment or interest means any investment or interest owned by the spouse or dependent child of a designated employee, by an agent on behalf of a designated employee or by a business entity or trust in which the designated employee, the designated employee's agents, spouse and dependent children own directly, indirectly or beneficially a 10 percent interest or greater. No designated employee shall be required to disqualify himself or herself with respect to any matter which could not legally be acted upon or decided without his or her participation. A designated employee required to disqualify himself or herself shall notify the City Manager in writing, who shall record the person's disqualification. BIB] 37650-U01 1991-U02 014-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO2009-U03 DO2108-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 91-14-U05 APR-U05 3-U05 1991-U05