2.16.342 Municipal Officers’ and Employees’ Ethics Act.
A. Elected officers or city managers/chief administrative officers of Midvale City are required to comply with the Municipal Officers’ and Employees’ Ethics Act (Section 10-3-1301 et seq. of the Utah Code Annotated), as amended, which is incorporated herein by reference.
B. Included in the Municipal Officers’ and Employees’ Ethics Act is the obligation of elected officers or city managers/chief administrative officers to:
1. Not disclose or improperly use private, controlled, or protected information acquired by them by reason of their position, or in the course of their duties in order to further substantially their personal economic interest or to secure special privileges or exemptions for the elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer or others; and avoid the use of their office for personal benefit;
2. Not use or attempt to use their position to further substantially their personal economic interest or secure special privileges for the elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer, or for others;
3. Not knowingly receive, accept, take, seek, or solicit, directly or indirectly, for the elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer, or for another, a gift of substantial value or a substantial economic benefit tantamount to a gift that:
a. Would tend improperly to influence a reasonable person in the elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer’s position to depart from the faithful and impartial discharge of the person’s public duty; or
b. The elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer knows or that a reasonable person in that position should know under the circumstances is primarily for the purpose of rewarding the elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer for official action taken.
C. The Municipal Officers’ and Employees’ Ethics Act also requires public disclosures and filings in certain circumstances as described in the Act, including:
1. Where an elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer receives or agrees to receive compensation for assisting any person or business entity in any transaction involving Midvale City;
2. Where an elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer is an officer, director, agent, or employee, or the owner of a substantial interest in any business entity which is subject to regulation by Midvale City;
3. Where the elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer is an officer, director, agent, employee, or owner of a substantial interest in any business entity which does, or anticipates doing, business with Midvale City; and
4. Where an elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer has a personal interest or investment which creates a conflict between the elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer’s personal interests and the elected officer or city manager/chief administrative officer’s public duties. (Ord. 2013-01 (part))