For City Council Meeting [January 26, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Sean Grayson, Acting City Manager
FROM: Barbra A. McGee, City Clerk, CMC
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Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 7695 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rialto, Amending the City's Conflict of Interest Code and List of Designated Employees.
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BACKGROUND
The Political Reform Act (PRA) requires every local government agency to adopt a conflict of interest code. A conflict of interest code designates positions required to file Statement of Economics Interests Form 700 by designated employees of the agency upon their appointment and annually thereafter.
The City Council Resolution provided in Attachment 1, Exhibit A, Appendix A represents the City's updated list of "designated employees" required to file Statement of Economic Interests Form 700.
The PRA requires every local government agency to review its conflict of interest code bi-annually to determine if it is accurate and up-to-date and/or if it needs to be amended.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
On February 11, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 7594 (Attachment 2) amending the previous Conflict of Interest Code. The City has since added and changed some employees' classification titles. It is therefore imperative that the City amend its Conflict of Interest Code to ensure it designates those public officials of the City who are involved in City decisions and to require designated officials to disclose those financial interests, using Form 700, which would foreseeably be affected, in a material manner, by a City decision made by the official in the performance of the official's responsibilities.
The Political Reform Act defines a "designated employee" as an officer, employee, or consultant whose position entitles the making or participation in the making of government decisions that may foreseeably have a material effect on any financial interest. Exhibit A, Appendix B defines the ...
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