The Town Board of the Town of Pendleton recognizes that there are state
statutory provisions mandating towns to establish rules and standards of ethical
conduct for public officers and employees which, if observed, can enhance
public confidence in local government. The Board considers it necessary that
every effort be made to assure the highest caliber of public administration
of this Town as part of our state's important system of local government.
It is the purpose of this chapter to implement this objective through the
establishment of standards of conduct, to provide for punishment of violation
of such standards and to create a Board of Ethics to render advisory opinions
to the Town's officers and employees as provided for herein.
The standards, prohibited acts and procedures established herein are
in addition to any conflict of interest laws, provisions or procedures prescribed
by the State of New York and also in addition to common law rules and judicial
decisions relating to the conduct of Town officers to the extent that the
same are more severe in their application than this chapter.
