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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 230547
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Sponsor: Director of the Law Department
Amending Chapter II, Article XV, Code of Ethics, and Chapter III, Article III, Ethics in Contracting, of the Code of Kansas City, Missouri to amend the individuals and entities whose benefit create a conflict of interest, clarify sick leave donations between subordinates and supervisors are financial transactions, move employee ethics in contracting into the Code of Ethics, and add a new Section 2-2033 to prohibit solicitation by employees of kickbacks and gratuities.
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WHEREAS, the City has a Code of Ethics contained in its Code of Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the Code of Ethics established the Municipal Officials and Officers Ethics Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Officials and Officers Ethics Commission has the power to recommend changes to the Code of Ethics; and
WHEREAS the Municipal Officials and Officers Ethics Commission has recommended changes to the Code of Ethics based on an overall review and complaints and issues that have been presented; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Chapter II, Article XV, Code of Ethics, of the Code of Kansas City, Missouri is hereby amended by repealing Sections 2-2002, 2-2020, 2-2023, 2-2024, 2-2030, 2-2043, and 2-2051 and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like numbers and subject matters, and adding a new Section 2-2033, to read as follows:
Sec. 2-2002. Definitions.
As used in this code of ethics, these terms shall have the following meanings unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended:
Board means any appointive board or commission or other appointive body or authority of the city established by charter, ordinance, resolution or act of the mayor.
Commission means the municipal officials and officers ethics commission, unless the context dictates otherwise.
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