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REPEALED 10/11/89 BY NO. 7923 O R D I N A N C E NO. 1054
AN ORDINANCE, prescribing standards for officers and
employees in the conduct of their official actions and their
relations with other persons, with penalty provisions.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. As used in this ordinance, unless the
context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms have the
meanings indicated:
1. "Business entity", a corporation, association,
firm, partnership, proprietorship, or business enterprise of any
kind or character.
2. "District", The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District.
3. "Officer or employee", any Member of the Board of
Trustees or of the Civil Service Commission or any other officer
or employee in the unclassified or classified service of the
District.
4. "Substantial interest", ownership by the
individual, his spouse or anyone related to him in the first or
second degree of consanguinity or affinity as computed according
to the rules of the civil law, directly or indirectly, of ten per
cent or more of any business entity, or of an interest having a
value of ten thousand dollars or more.
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Section Two. The Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District shall transact all of its official
business at public meetings and shall keep a record of such
meetings. Said record shall contain all appearances before it of
anyone who appears before the Board, including any agents, rep-
resentatives and attorneys appearing formally or informally on
behalf of any person, firm or corporation or association. This
record shall be kept by the Secretary-Treasurer and shall be open
to the public inspection.
Section Three. Any officer or employee who has a
substantial interest in any ordinance, rule, regulation,
agreement, or other action proposed or pending before the Board of
Trustees of the District shall, before passage thereof, report the
nature of the interest to the Board of Trustees thereof before its
further consideration of such matter, and such statement shall be
recorded in the journal of the Board's proceedings.
Section Four. No officer or employee shall knowingly
transact any business in his official capacity with any business
entity of which he is an officer, agent, or member or in which he
owns a substantial interest unless that business entity provides a
service which is unavailable from any other source and for which
the rates are fixed by an agency of the United States Government
or the State of Missouri; nor shall he knowingly make any personal
investments in any enterprise which will create a substantial
conflict between his private interest and the public interest; nor
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shall he or any firm or business entity of which he is an officer,
agent or member, or the owner of substantial interest, knowingly
sell any goods or services to The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit
any firm or association in which any officer or employee of the
District is a member from transacting business with the District,
where the officer or employee of the District does not share in
the profits resulting therefrom.
Section Five. No officer or employee of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District shall enter into any private
business transactions with any person or entity that has a matter
pending or which he has knowledge is to be pending upon which the
officer or employee is or will be called upon to render a decision
or pass judgment. If any officer or employee is already engaged
in the business transaction at the time that a matter arises, he
shall be disqualified from rendering any decision or passing any
judgment upon the same.
Section Six. Any person failing to comply with the
provisions of this ordinance shall be charged with misfeasance in
office and appropriate disciplinary action shall be taken.
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The foregoing Ordinance was adopted October 4, 1963.