HomeMy Public PortalAbout13721ORDINANCE NO. 13721
AN ORDINANCE, repealing Ordinance No. 13307 as adopted September 8,
2011, 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, 2013
which establishes and makes public the method of disdaining potential conflicts of interest, and
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2011, the Board of Trustees of the District adopted
Ordinance No. 13307 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. 13307, as adopted September 8, 2011 is hereby
repealed.
Section Two. The Conflict of Interest Policy as attached hereto and maintained
on the District website is made a part hereof and 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ordinances and resolutions are hereby repealed.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 on September 12, 2013.