HomeMy WebLinkAbout0083_Ordinances, Resolutions, Minutes, Deeds & Easements_1985ARTICLE V.
PENALTY
A knowing violation by any city official as designated herein of one or more of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed a Class C Misdemeanor under the
laws of the State of Texas.
ARTICLE VI.
PUBLICATION
The City Secretary is hereby directed to publish this ordinance, or its caption
and penalty, at least one time within TEN (10) days after final passage hereof
or as soon thereafter as possible in a newspaper in the City of Georgetown,
Texas. The City Secretary shall also receive from and file an affidavit of such
publication bypublisher
as evidence ofnewspaper
p blicationbefore any officer
authorized to administer
ARTICLE VII.
SEVERABILITY
If any article, paragraph or part of a paragraph of this this Ethics Ordinance
is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction,
the same shall not invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any
other article, paragraph or part of a paragraph of this Ethics Ordinance.
Read, passed and adopted this day of 1985.
Read, passed and adopted this
day of 1985, on the
second reading.
ARL J. DOERING, MAYOR.
CITY OF GEORGETOWN
ATTEST:
A A ALLERO
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
UMP & STUMP
CITY ATTORNEY
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ORDINANCE NO.
ETHICS ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WRITTEN TEXT OF CERTAIN
STATUTES, INCLUDING THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE OPEN RECORDS ACT, AND THE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATUTE TO CERTAIN CITY OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE MAYOR, ALL
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ANY CITY DIVISION
HEAD, CITY SECRETARY, MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, AND CITY ATTORNEY, TO PROVIDE FOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY CITY OFFICIALS OF THEIR RECEIPT OF SUCH STATUTES, AS WELL AS
THEIR WRITTEN PLEDGES TO ABIDE BY SUCH LAWS, AS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
ARTICLE I.
PURPOSE
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Georgetown that City Officials shall
act and conduct themselves, both inside and outside the City's service, so as to
give no occasion for the distrust of their integrity, impartiality, or of their
devotion to the best interests of the City of Georgetown and the public trust
which they hold; and
WHEREAS, because violations of statutes regarding open meetings, open records
and conflict of interest statutes often occur due to the ignorance of such laws
which apply to city officials;
THEREFORE, the City Council HEREBY provides a mechanism whereby certain public
officials will acknowledge the existence of the applicable statutes and will
pledge to abide by the terms of this ordinance and the various statutes above
indicated.
ARTICLE II.
TITLE
This ordinance shall hereafter be called the Ethics Ordinance.
ARTICLE III.
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Ethics Ordinance, the following definitions shall apply:
"City Official% shall include the Mayor, all City Council members,
City Manager, Deputy City Manager, any City Division Head, City Secretary,
Municipal Court Judge, and City Attorney.
"Ethics Statutes", shall mean the Texas Open Records Act, (Tex. Rev.
Civ. Stat. Ann. art 6252-17A [Supp. 19851), the Texas Open Meetings Act, (Tex.
Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 6252-17 [Supp. 19851), and the Conflict of Interest
Statute, (Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 988b [Supp. 19851), as currently in
effect, or as hereafter amended.
ARTICLE IV.
CONDUCT
Prior to April 1 of each year, the City Secretary of the City of Georgetown,
Texas shall make available to each city official designated in this ordinance a
COPY of the Ethics Statutes. Attached to such Ethics Statutes shall be an
affidavit, which each city official as defined herein shall sign and file with
the City Secretary, stating that the official acknowledges the existence of such
statutes, and that such official pledges to abide by the terms of these Ethics
Statutes in the up -coming year. All such affidavits shall be placed on file for
public inspection.
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M E M O R A N D U M
November 6, 1985
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: ETHICS ORIENTAT;ON
In working with Randy Stump, we have come up with two
dates to have the orientation: Y, DECEMBER and
MONDAY, DECEMBER 16. 'N 2 -
He feels that each session would last approximately 2
hours and they would be held in the Council Chambers.
It is only necessary, of course, to attend one session,._
but we are scheduling two so that it would give
everyone a better opportunity should they. have a
conflict..
Frank A. Reed
FAR/dl
cc: City Secretary
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