[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Elm Grove 11-9-1981. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this standard of conduct is to
enable public officials and employees to conduct themselves In a manner
that will tend to preserve public confidence in and respect for the
government of the Village.
The terms used in this standard are defined
as follows:
Any interest which shall yield, directly or indirectly, a
monetary or other material benefit (other than the duly authorized
salary or compensation for his or her services to the Village) to
the official or employee or to any person employing or retaining the
services of the official or employee.
Any person elected or appointed to, or employed or retained
by, any public office or public body of the Village, whether paid
or unpaid and whether part time or full time.
Any interest arising from blood or marriage relationships
or from close business or political association, whether or not any
financial interest is involved.
Any agency, board, body, commission, committee, department
or office of the Village.
A.Â
Financial or personal interest. No official or employee,
either on his or her own behalf or on behalf of any other person,
shall have any financial or personal interest in any business or transaction
with any public body in the Village unless he or she shall first make
full public disclosure of the nature and extent of such interest.
B.Â
Disclosure and disqualification. Whenever the performance
of his or her official duties requires any official or employee to
deliberate and vote on any matter involving or appearing to involve
his or her financial or personal interest, he or she shall publicly
disclose the nature and extent of such interest and disqualify himself
or herself from voting.
C.Â
Incompatible employment. No official or employee shall
engage in private employment with, or render service for, any private
person who has business transactions with any public body of the Village
unless he or she shall first make full public disclosure of the nature
and extent of such employment or services.
D.Â
Representation of private persons. No official or
employee shall use or attempt to use his or her official position
to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself or herself
or others except as may be otherwise provided by law.
E.Â
Gifts. Except when injured within the scope of employment
or afflicted by a life-threatening illness while holding public office
or Village employment, no official or employee or immediate member
of such person’s family shall accept from anyone any gift, whether
in the form of money, thing, favor, loan or promise, hospitality or
entertainment, that would not be offered or given to him or her if
he or she were not an official or employee.
[Amended 6-23-2009
F.Â
No official or employee shall use or permit the use
of any privileged or nonpublic information obtained in the course
of his or her official duties to advance the financial or personal
interest of himself or herself or any other person.
[Added 12-11-2000; amended 7-26-2005]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation made under this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-16 of this Code, except that the forfeiture shall not be less than $100.
[Added 8-13-2001]
A.Â
The Village Manager shall direct the background investigations,
including criminal history checks, of all candidates for any Village
official or employee positions.
B.Â
Temporary part-time employee candidates shall be subject to Subsection A at the discretion of the Village Manager.
C.Â
The Village President shall direct the background
investigation of any candidate for the position of Village Manager.
