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1 Diver ..._ <br />Municipal Utilities <br />COMMISSION POLICY <br />Section: <br />Governance <br />Category: <br />Governance Policies <br />Policy Reference: <br />Policy Title: <br />G.2e1 <br />Conflicts of Interest <br />1.0 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST PROHIBITED <br />The credibility of ERMU rests heavily upon the confidence which citizens have in ERMU <br />officials and employees to render fair and impartial services to all citizens without regard to <br />personal interest and/or political influence. Thus, ERMU officials and employees must <br />scrupulously avoid any activity which suggests a conflict of interest between their private <br />interests and ERMU responsibilities. Officials and employees of ERMU, or their family <br />members, shall not engage or have financial interest in any business or other activity which could <br />reasonably lead to a conflict of interest with the official's or employee's primary ERMU <br />responsibilities. Family members of an official or employee shall be deemed to be the official's <br />or employee's spouse, parents, children, siblings, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brothers-in-law, <br />and sisters-in-law and the lineal descendants of any of them. <br />2.0 CONTRACTS WITH ERMU COMMISSIONERS AND EMPLOYEES <br />A. Prohibition <br />No sale, lease or contract shall be entered into by or on behalf of ERMU in violation of <br />Minnesota Statutes, Sections 471.87 — 471.89, <br />B. Procedure <br />Contracts which are permitted by Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.87 — 471.89 may be <br />entered into, provided the requirements of those Statutes are met, including: <br />A determination is made that the contract price is as low as or lower than the price at <br />which the commodity or services could be obtained elsewhere. <br />2. The ERMU Commission approves the contract by unanimous vote. <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />