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HomeMy Public PortalAbout07923REPEALED BY NO. 9286 - 8/10/94 O R D I N A N C E NO. 7923 AN ORDINANCE, repealing Ordinance No. 1054 as adopted October 4, 1963, 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, on October 4, 1963, the Board of Trustees of the District adopted Ordinance No. 1054 which provides certain additional standards for District trustees, officers and employees in the conduct of their official actions and their relations designed to prevent conflicts of interest; and WHEREAS, the District has from time to time adopted resolutions declaring certain policies of the District designed to prohibit conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest by District trustees, officers and employees, including Resolutions No. 653 and 656 (such resolutions, together with Ordinance No. 1054, are hereinafter referred to as the "District Regulations"); 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, hereinafter the "Missouri Conflict of Interest Act"); and WHEREAS, the Missouri Conflict of Interest Act applies to District trustees, officers and employees and regulates conflict of interests in a more comprehensive manner than the District's Regulations; and WHEREAS, there are certain inconsistencies between the Missouri Conflict of Interest Act and current District Regulations relating to conflicts of interest; 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. 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 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 ordinances and resolutions are hereby repealed. Section Three. Upon the adoption of this ordinance, a copy of the Missouri Conflict of Interest Act and the Plan of the District shall be given to each employee of the District and all new employees. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted October 11, 1989.