HomeMy WebLinkAbout2801 Amending Code of Ethics - Family - to Include a Definition of Domestic Partner; and Conflict of Interest - Restrictions After Leaving EmploymentOrdinance No. 2801
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND AMENDING
PORT TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.80, CODE OF
ETHICS, SECTION 2.80.020, DEFINITIONS, TO INCLUDE THE
DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC PARTNER, AND SECTION 2.80.040
CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGARDING RESTRICTIONS AFTER
LEAVING EMPLOYMENT
WHEREAS, the City Council determines it appropriate to include "domestic
partner in the definition of "family" in the Ethics Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains
that the definition of family be and is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment. Chapter 2.80, Code of Ethics, Section 2.80.020,
Definitions, of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows (strike is deleted, underline is added):
"Family" means an individual's spouse, domestic partner, and child, stepchild,
grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, brother, half-brother, sister, or half-sister
of the individual and the spouse of any such person and a child, stepchild, grandchild,
parent, stepparent, grandparent, brother, half-brother, sister, or half-sister of the
individual's spouse and the spouse of any such person.
"Domestic partner" means a partner in a relationship resembling a family or
household, where the partners share the same residence, have a close personal
relationship, and have agreed to be jointly responsible for basic living expenses and/or
each partner has specified responsibilities in the relationship.
SECTION 2. Amendment. Chapter 2.80, Code of Ethics, Section 2.80.040
(E)(1), Conflict of Interest, of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows (strike is deleted, underline is added):
E. Restrictions After Leaving City.
1. No former official or employee may, within a period of one year from the
date of termination of city employment, accept employment or receive compensation
from an employer (other than another government agency, or person or entity that
performs municipal functions currently or formerly performed by the City) if:
a. The officer or employee, during the two years immediately
preceding termination of city employment, was engaged in the negotiation or
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administration on behalf of the city of one or more contracts with that employer and was
in a position to make discretionary decisions affecting the outcome of such negotiation or
the nature of such administration;
b. Such a contract or contracts have a total value of more than ten
thousand dollars; and
c. The duties of the employment with the employer or the activities
for which the compensation would be received include fulfilling or implementing, in
whole or in part, the provisions of such a contract or contracts or include the supervision
or control of actions taken to fulfill or implement, in whole or in part, the provisions of
such a contract or contracts. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit a city
official or city employee from accepting employment with a city employee organization.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or its application
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the
application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after the date of its
publication in the manner provided by law.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a
regular meeting thereof, held this eighteenth day of March, 2002.
Attest:
Approved as to Form:
John P. Watts, City Attorney
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