HomeMy WebLinkAbout4079 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 3967, §13, to
eliminate the requirement that employees acknowledge
that they understand the ordinance.
~ CITY--IL OF~HE CITYOF~DOES HEREBY~IN:
SECTI~ 1. Ordinance No. 3967, §13, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 13: (B.M.C. 22.01.130) Miscellaneous Adninistrative
Provisions:
It shall be the responsibility of all elected or appointed offi-
cials to distribute this Code of Ethics Ordinance to each en~oloyee or
ConTnissionmember under their official authority or jurisdiction. Distri-
bution must be made within sixty (60) days of its effective date. The
Personnel Department shall assure that all employees have initialed a list
or roster acknowledging that they have received and read the Code of Ethics
Ordinance requirements; this shall be accomplished within ninety (90) days
of its effective date. The lists shall be maintained as public docunents.
After the initial notification to City personnel thereafter, on an annual
basis, all City employees shall be re-advised of the contents of the Ordi-
nance m~d shall so acknowledge by initial on a roster to be retained in
the Personnel office. The responsibility of distributing the Code of
Ethics Ordinance shall be continuous, requiring present and future elected
officials to distribute up-to-date copies to all new en~lyees and to require
written indication of receipt of such copies.
SECTIC~ 2. Ordinance No. 3967, §6, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 6: (B.M.C. 22.01.060) Ethics ConTnission:
(1) There is established an "Ethics Coninission" composed of
five (5) members. Two members of this Commission shall be appointed by the
Mayor. Two members shall be appointed by the City Council. These Four (4)
members shall appoint a fifth member and shall serve without pay. Any
vacancies, not filled as required in Section 6, paragraphs three (3) and
Six (6) will be filled by the Council within Sixty (69 days.
(2) At least one (1) member of the Conmission shall be licensed
to practice law in the State ofWashington, and all members shall be regis-
tered voters in the City of Bremerton.
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(3) The Council appointees shall be designated as Position #1
and #3. The Mayoral positions shall be designated as Position #2 and #4.
Position #5, which is the position chosen by the other four Corrmissioners,
shall initially serve for one (1) year. Positions #1 and #3, #2 and #4
shall serve for ~wo (2) and three (3) years, respectively. The original
member shall be appointed within sixty (60) days after adoption of this
Ordinance. Thereafter, each member shall serve a term of three (3) years.
4) NO member of the Commission, during his or her
tenure, shall:
a) Hold or campaign for elective office;
b) Be an officer of any political party or
political committee;
c) Make contributions, or permit his or her name
to be used in support of, or in opposition to, any candidate for
city office;
d) Lobby or employ or assist a lobbyist.
e) Be an employee of the City of Bremerton or be
performing any contracts with the City of Bremerton.
5) No person shall be eligible for appointment to more
than one (1) three-year term, except as provided in subsection
(6) below.
6) An individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring
other than by the expiration of a term o£ office shall b~
appointed for the unexpired term of the member he succeeds, but
shall be eligible for appointment to one full three-year term
thereafter only if one (1) year or less remains in the term he is
appointed to fill. Any vacancy occurring on the Commission shall
be filled within sixty (6~) days in the manner in which that
position was originally filled. A vacancy shall not impair the
powers of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the
Commission.
7) The Commission may select a presiding officer in
the manner it deems appropriate.
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8) Four members of the Commission shall constitute a
· quo~-um and a vote of three members is required for any action or
recommendation of the Commission. The Commission shall meet as
frequently as it deems necessary, provided that ten days advance
written notice is mailed to each CoLkmission member and to any
person who has filed a request to be notified of such meetings.
9) In addition to other duties prescribed by the Code
o~ Ethics, the Commission shall:
a) Following a determination of probable cause by
the Hearing Officer, act as the primary investigative body for
violations of the provisions of this ordinance;
b) Preserve all files, statements, correspondence
and records of proceedings for a period of seven years.
10) ~hen, in the judgment of the Mayor, a member of the
Ethics Commission has violated any provision of this Ethics Code
or other law or has engaged in any of the activities prohibited
in subsection (4) above, the Mayor may recommend that said member
shall, by order of the Council, be removed from the Commission, a
vacancy declared and a new member appointed as provided in
subsection (6) above. Further, the Council as a whole may, by a
two-thirds (2/3) vote, remove a member of the Ethics Commission.
APPHOVED by the City Council on the first reading this ~
day of ~_-k-o~ , 1986.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the
Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage
this I~-~~ day of ~ c-~v~-~"~ , 1986.
~ , Mayor~z~<~
~rton
ATTEST:
_I~. THF22~ L. ~<Y, C k
Director of Administrative Services
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