No officer or employee shall have any interest, financial or
otherwise, or engage or invest in any business or transaction or professional
activity, or incur any obligation of any nature, which is in conflict
with the proper discharge of his duties in the public interest. To
this end, no officer or employee shall:
A.
Be or become interested, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever
in any business or professional dealings with the Village of Brockport
or any agency thereof.
B.
Act as attorney, agent, broker, employee or representative in business
or professional dealings with the Village of Brockport or any agency
thereof for himself or any person, firm or corporation, directly or
indirectly.
No officer or employee shall accept other employment or engage
in any business transaction which will impair his independence of
judgement in the exercise of his official duties or create a conflict
of interest with his official duties.
No officer or employee shall use or attempt to use his official
position to secure unwarranted privileges or exemptions for himself
or others.
No officer or employee shall by his conduct give a reasonable
basis for the impression that any person can improperly influence
him or unduly enjoy his favor in the performance of his official duties,
or that he is affected by the kinship, rank, position or influence
of any party or person.
No officer or employee shall receive or enter into any agreement,
express or implied, for compensation for services to be rendered in
relation to any case, proceeding, application or any other matter
before any Village agency, whereby his compensation is to be dependent
or contingent upon any action by such agency with respect to any license,
contract, certificate, ruling, decision, opinion, franchise or other
benefit.
No officer or employee shall request or permit the use of Village-owned
vehicles, equipment, material or property for personal convenience
or profit, except when such services are available to the public generally
or are provided as municipal policy for the use of such officer or
employee in the conduct of official business.
A.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this chapter, any
person serving the Village or any agency thereof without compensation
shall not be deemed to be in violation of this chapter unless such
interest is in conflict with the proper discharge of his official
duties.
B.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the designation
of a bank or trust company as a depository, paying agency, registration
agent or other investment in the funds of the Village in which the
municipal officer or employee has an interest by reason of stock holdings
when less than 5% of the outstanding stock of the corporation is owned
or controlled directly or indirectly by such officer or employee,
except when the chief fiscal officer or his deputy or employee have
an interest in such bank or trust company.
C.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the designation
of a newspaper, including, but not limited to, an official newspaper,
for the publication of any notice, resolution, ordinance or other
proceeding, where such publication is required or authorized by law.
D.
No conflict shall be deemed to arise under this chapter by virtue
of stock ownership where such ownership constitutes less than 5% of
the outstanding stock of the corporation involved.
E.
Where a member of a body, serving without pay, appointed by the Village
Board, enters into contract with the Village for the performance of
services or sale of goods or equipment, which contract does not appertain
to or involve dealings with the body upon which the said member is
serving, the Ethics Board may find that said contract creates only
a technical conflict and may advise that such a conflict is not a
violation of the Code of Ethics. Before the appointment of a member
to a body, the Board of Ethics shall have the duty to give an opinion
on the facts to be submitted by the appointing officer with respect
to possible conflicts and shall have the discretionary power to hold
that a technical conflict of interest does not disqualify a particular
person from serving.
