The Town Board of the Town of Glenville recognizes
that there are state statutory provisions mandating or authorizing
towns to establish rules and standards of ethical conduct for public
officers and employees which, if observed, can enhance public confidence
in local government. In the light of a tendency today on the part
of some people to downgrade our local governments and to discredit
our public servants and our free institutions generally, it appears
necessary that every effort should 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 prohibited acts, conflicts
of interest, provisions or procedures prescribed by statute of 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.