HomeMy Public PortalAbout10174 O R D I N A N C E NO. 10174
REPEALED BY 10624 - 9/9/99
AN ORDINANCE, repealing Ordinance No. 9693 as adopted September 14,
1995, and enacting a new ordinance in lieu thereof, proscribing conflicts of interest by 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,
1997 which establishes and makes public the method of disdaining potential conflicts of
interest, and
WHEREAS, on September 14, 1995, the Board of Trustees of the District
adopted Ordinance No. 9693 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. That the trustees, officers and employees of The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District shall continue to be governed by Section 12.030 of the District's Plan
and applicable provisions of the State Conflict of Interest Law as amended from time to time.
Section Two. The provisions contained in this Ordinance shall take the place of
and supersede the provisions of the District Regulations and any other prior ordinances or
resolutions relating to the same subject matter which are herewith inconsistent and such prior
ordinances and resolutions are hereby repealed.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted August 14, 1997.