§ 2-2002. Definitions.

As used in this code of ethics, these terms shall have the following meanings unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended:

Board means any appointive board or commission or other appointive body or authority of the city established by charter, ordinance, resolution or act of the mayor.

Commission means the municipal officials and officers ethics commission, unless the context dictates otherwise.

Contract means any arrangement or agreement pursuant to which any material, service or other thing of value is to be furnished to the city for valuable consideration to be paid by the city or is to be sold or transferred by the city.

Councilmember means any member of the city council, including the mayor.

Domestic partner is an adult, unrelated by blood, with whom an unmarried or separated official or employee has an exclusive committed relationship, maintains a mutual residence, and shares basic living expenses. To be a domestic partner within this code of ethics, registration with the city clerk of a domestic partnership is not required.

Elected official means the mayor or any member of the city council.

Financial benefit includes any money, service, license, permit, contract, authorization, loan, discount, travel, entertainment, hospitality, gratuity, or any promise of any of these, or anything else of value. This term does not include campaign contributions authorized by law.

Household includes anyone whose primary residence is in the official or employee's home.

Immediate family member means a spouse or unemancipated child, or a domestic partner and the domestic partner's unemancipated child.

Interest means a pecuniary, property, or commercial interest, or any other interest the primary significance of which has been, will be, or might be the realization of economic gain or the avoidance of economic loss to an elected official, board member, his or her relative, or his or her designee whether direct or indirect; provided, however, that "interest" shall not include any matter involving the common public good or necessity, or any matter in which a similar benefit is conferred to all persons or property similarly situated; and further, that ownership individually or in a fiduciary capacity of any securities, or of any beneficial interest in securities, of a corporation shall not be deemed to create an "interest" in the corporation unless the aggregate amount of such securities, or interest in such securities, amount to five percent or more of any class of the securities of the corporation then outstanding or constitutes a controlling interest in the corporation.

Official or employee means the mayor and the mayor's assistants; a member of the city council and a member's assistants; a member of any city board, commission, authority, task force, committee or other organized group of people called to serve the city; a member of any other board, commission or other organized group of people appointed to that group to serve as a representative of the city; the city manager and all assistant city managers; department directors, including the city clerk and city auditor, and their deputies; contract employees; and all other employees of the city. Official or employee shall also include all volunteers unless the office or department in which the volunteer service is offered has adopted a special code of ethics applicable to volunteers. Official or employee shall also include the judges of the municipal court insofar as this code of ethics is not inconsistent with the Code of Judicial Conduct promulgated by the Missouri Supreme Court.

Personal benefit includes benefits other than those that are directly financially advantageous. These include financial benefits to relatives, business associates, and others, as well as non-financial benefits to these people and to oneself, including such things as reputation and the success of one's career.

Relative means any of the following persons related to the employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner:

(1)

Children, parents;

(2)

Grandchildren, grandparents, brothers and sisters;

(3)

Great-grandchildren, great-grandparents, nephews and nieces, uncles and aunts; or

(4)

Great-great-grandchildren, great-great-grandparents, grand nephews and grand nieces, first cousins, great uncles and great aunts.

Subordinate means another official or employee over whose activities an official or employee has direction, supervision or control.

( Ord. No. 130249, § 2, 5-30-13 )