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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 Ordinance No. 13307, as adopted September 8, 2011 is hereby repealed.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same subject matter which are herewith inconsistent and such prior regulations, ordinances and resolutions are hereby repealed.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.