Agenda - Council Work Session - 11/26/2024

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7.7 Employee Parking To ensure the public has easy access to the entrances of City Hall front doors, employees parking at the City offices must park personal vehicles in the Municipal Parking Ramp unless otherwise approved by the Department Head.- City vehicles may be temporarily parked on the road or in the south parking lot as needed for City business.— Personal vehicles may only be parked on the road for the time necessary to load :. - _ - ' -- - . - :. o or unload supplies for a City function. 7.8 Conflict of Interest and Divided Allegiance This policy applies to all City employees, personnel, and volunteers without exception, including elected officials, temporary employees, employees working under contract for the City, and members of the paid -on -call fire department. The City Council and the City Administrator are committed to governing the City organization in a manner that is free of personal conflicts. For the purposes of this pPolicy, the term "conflicts" refers tomeans both "conflicts of interest " as they are defined under applicable state and federal law, and "divided allegiances," as they are defined in this nvolicy. This pPolicy addresses how the City approaches actual or perceived conflicts. The definitions provided that apply coverencompass more than the specific conflict of interest scenarios addressed by the state or federal laws. A conflict of interest not identified in this policy may still be violateion of those laws. City officials may have a legal conflict of interest even if their conduct does not amount to a conflict of interesi under this Policy. Nothing in this golicy authorizes, or should be interpreted as authorizing, City officials to have an interest in a transaction that is prohibited by state or federal law. Employees and elected officials who have a conflict of interest recognized by state or federal law are subject to all applicaule legal all of the consequences provided by law. The purpose of this Policy is to inform City elected officials, appointed commission members, and staff of the City's broad definition of conflicts and to establish procedures for aeclaring and monitoring to foliow ;.o uoclar-e and monitor conflicts as they arise. The City Council requires each elected official, appointed commission member and staff member to be advised of this golicy, and each of said persons are to be provided with a copy upon assuming their of this Policy, Immediately upon assuming their City's duties or relationship. All individuals subject to this golicy are responsible for understanding and adhering to it knowing and observing the Policy. This ?Policy recognizes that a conflict of interest may exist , from a practical perspective, whenever the personal or professional interests of an elected official, appointed commissioner2 or staff member are potentially at odds with City's interest(s). Since the City Council is responsible for ensuring that the organization's management serves the City's best interests, over and above the interests of any insider, this pPolicy broadly defines potential conflicts of interest to include all instances when a person within the organization may be able to exert bi' nr ner authority, influence, or bias on any issue in which he or she they may have divided allegiances. The City Council acknowledges recognizes that conflicts may exist not only from financial interests in when an individual has a financial interest in a transaction but also from when his or her non financial interests are involved. In all cases, the City Council is committed to ensuring that whenever a dual interest exists — whether between an individual's personal, business, 751Page Commented [CL11]: Ask the City Attorney about this statement.