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.