HomeMy Public PortalAbout11487ORDINANCE NO. 11487
AN ORDINANCE, repealing Ordinance No. 10624 as adopted September
9, 1999, and enacting a new ordinance in lieu thereof, establishing a Conflict
of Interest Policy for District trustees, officers and employees.
WHEREAS, Section 12.030 of the District's Plan prohibits trustees,
officers and employees of the District from having any interest in District
contracts as more fully described in said Section; and
WHEREAS, in 1978 the General Assembly of the State of Missouri
adopted a comprehensive statutory provision regulating conflicts of interest
by public officials and employees, including trustees, officers and
employees of the District (Section 105.450 et seq. RSMO, as may be
amended, hereinafter the "Missouri Conflict of Interest Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Missouri Ethics Commission has ordered that each
political subdivision must readopt an ordinance (biannually) at an open
meeting by September 15, 2003 which establishes and makes public the
method of disdaining potential conflicts of interest, and
WHEREAS, on September 9, 1999, the Board of Trustees of the District
adopted Ordinance No. 10624 which provided that the District trustees,
officers and employees, in the conduct of their official actions and their
relations, would be governed by Section 12.030 of the District’s Plan and the
applicable provisions of the State Conflict of Interest Law, as amended from
time to time; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the District is desirous of
establishing a clear policy regulating conflicts of interest of trustees, officers
and employees of the District and to comply with the order of the Missouri
Ethics Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. Ordinance No. 10624, as adopted September 9, 1999,
is hereby repealed.
Section Two. The Conflict of Interest Policy, as marked "Exhibit A" and
attached hereto and made a part hereof, is hereby adopted and enacted for all
trustees, Officers and employees of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District.
Section Three. The provisions contained in this Ordinance shall
take the place of and supersede the provisions of any District Regulations and
any prior ordinances or resolutions relating to the same subject matter
which are herewith inconsistent and such prior regulations, ordinances
and resolutions are hereby repealed.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted May 22, 2003 by the following vote –
Ayes – R.J. Baer, M.A. Rhodes, D. Joyce-Hayes, B.J. Margiotta, C. Brown, and
J.M. Swartz.
Nays – None.
Secretary-Treasurer