HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 678ORDINANCE NO. 678
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING
ORDINANCE 345 AND AMENDING SECTION 2.52.470 OF
THE PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO
THE EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER CITY EMPLOYEES.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance 345 which constitutes a portion
of the City of Palm Desert Personnel System Rules and Regulations,
is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. That it does hereby amend the City of Palm
Desert Personnel System Rules and Regulations as contained in
Section 2.52.470 of the Municipal Code, set forth in Exhibit "A"
attached hereto and made a part thereof, effective immediately.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage
and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published and circulated within the City of
Palm Desert, and the same shall be in full force and effect thirty
(30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the Palm Desert City Council
this 9th day of April, 1992, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: CRITES, SNYDER, WILSON, BENSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: KELLY
ABSTAIN: NONE
O'c"
JEAN BENSON,
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. GI IG
City of Palm Des
/City Clerk
, California
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MAYOR PRO-TEMPORE
ORDINANCE NO. 678
EXHIBIT "A"
SECTION 2.52.470 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. An employee or
former employee or former city official shall not engage in any
other employment or activities which in any way creates a conflict
of interest or even the appearance of impropriety.
A. Outside employment. An employee must not have any
outside employment, profession, occupation or activity for
financial gain, without first obtaining approval from his or her
department head and the City Manager. The employee is required to
assure the City, in writing, that the outside employment,
profession, occupation or activity for financial gain does not
involve a conflict of interest, or appearance of impropriety and
does not interfere with City duty or the recall to City duty on an
after-hours basis or in the event of a City emergency.
B. Former employees. It shall be improper for any former
employee or former city official to appear as a compensated
representative at any time before the City Council, or any of its
commissions, boards or agencies, by which he or she was formerly
employed in connection with any case or other matter with which
such person was duly connected in a policy -making capacity while
with the City for two years following the termination of said
employment with the City. Such officer or former employee may be
released from the obligation imposed by this section upon the
submission of a written request to the City Council in advance of
his or her proposed appearance including a certification that,
while an officer or employee of the City, he or she took no action
or obtained no information which would prejudice their conduct or
presentation, either while an officer or an employee, or at the
time of the said presentation. Such a waiver request submitted to
the City Council will include a recommendation from the City
Manager.