HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution No. 285-06 12-12-2006
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A[)OP'I'1NG A I'43LIC~' I:ST~1:Ri_,ISIflN(~ '~'I#1~: 'TI1IE. PLIti()D
F'OR ~~'IIICII C'ONF~hICTS I)I4~CL~t?S~URE S'h,~'hi~;!l~EN'1rS ANT)
C.ONF~,IC'C f~F INTEREST ~IJESTI~;tNNAI~I:S F21<~~hl~k~ll 1E~V"
CHAP'T'ER l76 ~F TiIE LOC.A~: G~\%ERN~iEN'I' CSC}(~F~ '~II~~L,L,
I3E POS'CEI) "I'O T TIE CTTY'S ~~VEBSITE.
WIIERF.AS, Chapter i 76 of the Texas Loc«l Governmc.~~t (~;~tiit: {t_'har,te~ 1 Ifi}
1'egllli"eS each Ill~anlelpal ol~tlCel' t0 the a confllet5 t0 ULiClC~Si.El"i.' titdtelii.,~lt '~4~it~l ll"1l' ~__~[ty
disclosi~:~g the oft?cer's business rclatior~ship with certain indi~~iduals; a;ut
'!~'IIEREAg, C'hapter' l76 also raquires each person wh~~ c~miracts sef~ks t~>
contract with the City fin' the purchase of property, goods, or servic.~~s to life ~h-ith tf~~ C_'ity
of conflict of interest questionnaire disch~sin~~ certai~~ affiliations a„d bi~;;iness
relarionsllips with persons associated with the City; anti
~VEIE~EA:~, Chapter 1 cb r;~quires the City to post on its interact i~~ebite the
disclosure statements and conflict of interest gaestiLnlnai.rca ai~ust be availabl~_: ~~n the
City's intenaet website, tlrc City Council desires tc> ad:~pt police e tabiishing
reasonable and ;appropriate posting period t;~r these documents; ar~d
WHF:I2EAS, because Section 176.t?Qq does not e~tabEisl7 tilt' tin~c pe:ri:_~:.1 1~~,-
which conflicts disclosure statements and contlicts of interest quest~an~:air~rs rest h;
available on the City's internee ~ec:bsite, the City C'ouhcil Clrsires tc~ z;dr>pt a pe,li~y
establishing a reasonable and appr•olariate posting period :,r' thr;sc docurnents; <~~~if
'~!'I-I9±,RF.A.S, the (_'ity Council has deterrnit~ic,d that the tune perioe~s r~sta??iisled by
the i'olicy set forth beto~n~ will ei~f'ertuate the purposes ref C'l~~ap~rter 17~~ i~z i~roviding tl~c.
public with access to infol7nation about potential aonf(icts of interest lur a =efficient
duration, but will not overburden th.e C'ite's intern et website or tcchr~i~::z~l st,~i~t i~ti~
requiring the posting oi~ini~ocmation 1:hr~.t is no l~~ng t~r useti~i.
NOS' 'i'TIEREFC?RE, ~E IS IZF~SCII_,Vhi) R3Y 'Tt~TT: C1Th Cd:F[J'~~::'II, ~4~'
TILE Ci'TY OIF RiCIII,ANI) TIll,L'i, 'E'H;XAS THAT;
SECTI(JN I.
The declarations, deter~ni~zations and findings m~dc ii7 the prrrr,shle :c~ this
Resolution are hereby adopted sand made a part of the operative E>rovi_sions h~~~rcof,
tile;(=~'I~N
. The C'it_y hereby adopts the following policy fur tt~c at.~~lahil~~~~ on rt, in':.~r~t
wcbsitc Ot the CoIrflICtS dlsl'lOSllr~; staten'lent5 and Ctli~Cht;[ anti°r ` i± Gtit<(~~ii~l4l~l:.`~
reci~_nrr<l by Chaptco• l 76 of the Texas 1_,ocal Governrncnt Cade.
(a) A conflicts disclosure staten~~~nt tiled with the City by the City t~~tfzcer as
required by Section 175.003 of the Local government Codc shall be made
available on the City's internet wcbsite as soon as rea~orlai-~ly practicable aftkr
ti lint.;, and shall remain available until the city otticer cea:;es to he an officer
of thu Cite.
(b) A conflict of interest questionnaire tiled with the City by a pclson ~~IS required
by Section 176.Ot)6 ol~the Local Government Code shall he made avail:~blc on
the i~ity's internet websitc as soon as reasonably prac*i4:~ble ilflk:r fiiinit. and
shall remain available until tcrm_onation of the person':; contr,.ICi with the (_'ity
or, if no contract is tc~z7lted, Llntil the City detcrrrYines That no c~ol~ttra~t will be
funned.
SEC'7~[ON 3,
This resolution shall become effective upon passage.
PASS~+;D AND APPROdE:D ON TH[S 12~i~i~ DAl' OF DF;C'E~~BEI2 ?CtC+(-,.
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