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<br />[DISCUSSION DRAFT] <br /> <br />ETHICS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The City of Elk River finds that it is in the public interest and general welfare of the City and its <br />citizens that a statement of ethics be established for all employees of the City. <br /> <br />Employees shall not use their official position for personal gain, J engage in any business or <br />transaction or have a financial interest, direct or indirect, which is in conflict with the proper <br />performance of their official duties. <br /> <br />ACCEPTING GIFTS <br /> <br />Employees shall not accept, either directly or indirectly, any money, property, gift, gratuity, <br />reward, loan, fee, discount, or special consideration or special accommodation arising from or <br />offered because of their employment or any activity connected with their employment with the <br />City. <br /> <br />EMPLOYEE ENDORSEMENTS <br /> <br />No employee shall, in any manner or form, endorse, recommend, or advertise a product or <br />service by using the City's name or the employee's name and/or title. <br /> <br />. CONFLICT OF INTEREST <br /> <br />The credibility of local government rests heavily upon the confidence that citizens have in public <br />officials and employees to render fair and impartial services to all citizens without regard to <br />personal interest and/or political influence. Thus, City officials and employees must <br />scrupulously avoid any activities that suggest a conflict of interest between their private interests <br />and City responsibilities. Officials and employees of the City, and their family members, may <br />not engage or have financial interest in any business or other activity which could reasonably <br />lead to a conflict of interest with the official's or employee's primary City responsibilities. <br />"Family members" of an official or employee shall be deemed to be the official's or employee's <br />spouse, parents, children, siblings, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law and the lineal descendants <br />of any of them. Examples of activities that violate this policy include, but are not limited to, the <br />following: <br /> <br />Entering into any sale, lease or contract in violation of Minnesota Statutes, <br />Section 471.87 - 471.89; <br /> <br />Acceptance by a local official of any gift from an interested person In <br />violation of Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.895; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Activities that require the official or employee to interpret City codes, <br />ordinances, or regulations when such activity involves matters with which the <br />official or employee has business and/or family ties; <br /> <br />34 <br />