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O R D I N A N C E NO. 9286 REPEALED BY ORDINANCE NO. 9693 - 9/14/95
AN ORDINANCE, repealing Ordinance No. 7923 as adopted
October 11, 1989, 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 11, 1989, the Board of Trustees of
the District adopted Ordinance No. 7923 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. 7923, 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, as may be amended, 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.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted August 10, 1994.