Ordinance 16-26 Public Disclosure Requiring Elected City Officials to Disclose Business of Immediate Family Members

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

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ORDINANCE 16-26

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING HCC 1.18.043, PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, TO REQUIRE ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS TO DISCLOSE EACH BUSINESS IN WHICH AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER IS A PARTNER, PROPRIETOR OR EMPLOYEE.

THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

Section 1.  HCC 1.18.043, Public disclosure, is amended to read as follows:

1.18.043 Public disclosure

a. City officials and the City Manager must annually file the following financial interest disclosure on forms prepared by the City Clerk:

1. For each City official and the City Manager the information that is required on the following selected schedules from the Alaska Public Offices Commission Public Official Financial Disclosure Statement: Schedules B (business interests), C (real property interests/rent to own), E (the portion relating to natural resource leases only), F (government contracts and leases) and G (close economic associations); and

2. For each elected City official a list of each business in which an immediate family member is a partner, proprietor or employee to the extent not provided in response to paragraph 1 of this subsection.

b. The financial interest disclosure must be filed by November 1st each year. A newly appointed official must file a statement within 30 days after taking office. Each candidate for elected City office must file a disclosure statement at the time he or she files a declaration of candidacy, except an incumbent seeking reelection with a current disclosure statement on file. Refusal or failure of a candidate to file the required disclosure statement before the end of the time period for filing declarations of candidacy shall require that the candidate’s declaration of candidacy be rejected and the candidate disqualified.

c. The disclosure statement must be true, correct and complete and shall be signed under oath or affirmation, or certified to be true under penalty of perjury. Not filing a statement within the stipulated period is a violation of this chapter.

d. The disclosure statement shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall be open to public inspection and copying at the office of the City Clerk. The disclosure statement will not be sent to the Alaska Public Offices Commission.

Section 2.  This Ordinance is of a permanent and general character and shall be included in the City Code.

ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOMER, ALASKA, this 13th day of June, 2016.

CITY OF HOMER

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MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

First Reading:

Public Reading:

Second Reading:

Effective Date:

Reviewed and approved as to form:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Mary K. Koester, City Manager                                                          Holly C. Wells, City Attorney

Date: _________________________                                              Date: _________________________