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A NEW BEGINNING... <br />City Conflict Of Interest Policy <br />3. The elected official or appointed commissioner having a conflict shall not participate in the deliberation or <br />decision regarding the matter under consideration and shall retire from the room during deliberations <br />except to the extent he or she has been invited by the City Council or board/committee to participate, <br />after consideration of the significance to the City of Ramcey of the disclosed conflict. The City Council or <br />board/committee may also request that he or the the interested person provide the City of Ramsey with <br />any relevant information known to the individualdirector regarding the matter. <br />Procedure When Staff has a Conflict <br />1. Each staff member has a duty to disclose to the City Administrator, Finance Director and/or Human Resources <br />Manager of the City of Ramsey the material facts of any proposed transaction of the City of Ramsey in <br />which such person has any conflicta). <br />2. The disclosure required under #1 (above) is to be made immediately, and to the extent possible, before any <br />consideration of such proposed transaction by the City of Ramsey. If a staff member does not recognize <br />the existence of a conflict prior to aCity of Ramccy'c decision regarding the transaction, the staff member <br />has a duty to disclose the material facts of the conflict as soon as it is recognized. <br />3. A staff member having a conflict shall not participate in the deliberation or decision by the City of Ramsey <br />regarding the transaction under consideration, unless invited by the City Administrator, Finance Director, <br />and/or Human Resources Manager of the City_ of Ramsey to do so, after consideration of the significance <br />to the City of Ramsey of the disclosed conflict. The City Administrator, Finance Director and/or Human <br />Resources Manager of the City of Ramsey may also request that he or she provide the City of Ramsey <br />with any relevant information regarding the matter. <br />4. The City Administrator, Finance Director and/or Human Resources of the City of Ramsey shall take such <br />additional action as may be required to ensure that the conflict is properly noticed to management and <br />that appropriate steps are employed as the transaction and its terms are brought forth for decision -making <br />and/or implementation. Furthermore, the City Administrator, Finance Director and/or Human Resources <br />Manager of the City of Ramsey shall maintain a record of the existence, procedures employed in <br />managing, and resolution of the conflict. <br />5. When there is any doubt as to whether a conflict exists, the matter shall be resolved by the City Attorney. <br />6. Cift Ban The City's of Ramsey's elected officials, appointed commissioners, staff, and consultants, - - - 1 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering <br />shall neither solicit nor accept gratuities, favors, or anything of monetary value from contractors, donors, <br />grantees or parties to sub -agreements (with the exception that unsolicited gifts of nominal value may be <br />accepted). <br />I have read the above City Conflict of Interest Policy and agree to its termGacec with and will adhere to the. <br />above policy. <br />-Signature <br />—Print Name <br />Adopted April 2013 <br />Date <br />City of Ramsey Conflict of Interest Policy Page 3 of 4 <br />