§ 3-5. Acceptance of gifts.

(a)

No elected or appointed official shall directly or indirectly request, exact, receive or agree to receive a gift, loan, favor, promise or thing of value for him/herself or another person if it could reasonably be considered to influence said individual in the discharge of his or her official duties. Elected officials may not solicit or accept directly or indirectly, anything of value from a person, corporation or group which:

(1)

Has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the city; or

(2)

In exchange for the thing of value, seeks to have a council member exercise a matter of discretion in his or her favor.

(b)

This section shall not apply in the case of:

(1)

Admission to and/or consumption of food at a breakfast, lunch or dinner, function or event, so long as the admission or cost of said meal, function or event is less than $50.00;

(2)

An award publicly presented in recognition of public service;

(3)

A commercially reasonable loan or other financial transaction made in the ordinary course of business by an institution or individual authorized by the laws of the state to engage in such transactions; or

(4)

Campaign contributions made and reported in accordance with state law.

(Ord. No. 13-2006, § 1, 7-24-06; Ord. No. 12-2007, 8-13-07)