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HomeMy Public PortalAbout09693 O R D I N A N C E NO. 9693 REPEALED BY NO. 10174 - 8/14/97 AN ORDINANCE, repealing Ordinance No. 9286 as adopted August 10, 1994, and enacting a new ordinance in lieu thereof, proscribing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, 1995 which establishes and makes public the method of disdaining potential conflicts of interest, and WHEREAS, on August 10, 1994, the Board of Trustees of the District adopted Ordinance No. 9286 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to the same subject matter which are herewith inconsistent and such prior ordinances and resolutions are hereby repealed.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 September 14, 1995.