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Sec. 12.5-55. General standard of conduct for Officials, Employees, Appointees.
Officials, employees, appointees, their spouses, and children living in their household:
(a) Shall not receive or use for personal purposes any property, services or funds of county government unless authorized by law or county policy. Excepted is the de minimis use of county property without a measurable monetary value or with minimal monetary value;
(b) Shall not:
(1) Lend money to, or borrow money from, an official, employee, appointee, or prohibited source; or
(2) Accept any surety, guaranty, or endorsement of any obligation for his or herself from another official, employee, appointee, or prohibited source; or
(3) Give any surety, guaranty, or endorsement of any obligation for another official, employee, appointee, or prohibited source.
Excepted are loans made between employees for $2,000.00 or less per calendar year and loans between family members for any amount, provided that neither such loan may be made to, or received from, a prohibited source.
(c) Shall not, for a period of one year after separation from service or employment receive compensation for any services rendered on behalf of any person, business or association in relation to any case, proceeding, or application, with respect to which such former official, employee, or appointee was directly concerned or in which such official, employee, or appointee personally participated during the period of his service or employment or which was under his active consideration or with respect to which knowledge of information was made available to him during the period of his employment. Nothing in this section precludes a former official, employee, or appointee from being engaged directly by the county to provide services to or on behalf of the county during this one-year period.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision in this code of ethics to the contrary, a member of the board of county commissioners may hold full-time employment in a position which may have incidental or occasional contact with the county, if such employment is his or her primary source of income, and if he or she discloses his or her interest and otherwise complies with this code of ethics and state law regarding conflicts of interest.
(Ord. No. 330, Att. § 5, 6-25-07; Ord. No. 371, 5-11-09)
Sec.12.5-56. Acceptance of gifts and other things of value.
(a) An official, employee, appointee, or their spouse or child living in the same household, shall not accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, money, gratuity, or other consideration or favor of any kind from anyone other than the county for the performance of an act, or refraining from performance of an act, that he would be expected to perform, or refrain from performing, in the regular course of his county duties.
(b) An elected official shall not accept any entertainment, food, refreshments, meals, beverages, health screenings, amenities, or other items with a value in excess of $200.00 in a calendar year from any one prohibited source. Excepted are meals and entertainment offered as part of events sponsored by public or quasi-public entities, community organizations, or nonprofit charitable or educational organizations.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision in this Code of Ordinances to the contrary, any official, employee or appointee may accept any offer of items described in the previous two paragraphs regardless of value, provided that the same items are offered at the same time to the public generally or to all the board of county commissioners and/or all officials, employees, or appointees in the same class.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision in this Code of Ordinances to the contrary, this code of ethics shall not prohibit gifts between officials, employees, and appointees on any occasion on which gifts are traditionally given, exchanged or donated, if such gift is appropriate to the occasion and does not have a market value in excess of $50.00; or gifts of any value between family members at any time.
(e) Each prohibited source shall disclose, on a quarterly calendar basis in writing to the ethics officer, all gratuities that it has given to officials, employees, and appointees, or their spouse or child living in the same household during the preceding quarter by filing the prohibited source gift disclosure form.
(Ord. No. 330, Att. § 6, 6-25-07; Ord. No. 348, 10-22-07; Ord. No. 371, 5-11-09)
 
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