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Charter Commission -1 July 13, 2018
<br />to as well. This provision, I think, is unique to our County Charter, excuse me, in
<br />our Code. Be mindful that you may be called on this. Ms. Leithead Todd, did
<br />you want to comment? There's many stories to tell, but basically, just be polite,
<br />as you normally are. Be courteous, right? Chair Adams, would you like to—
<br />CHR. ADAMS: I'll just make a brief comment. From my experience serving on
<br />the Board of Ethics, this will be where we will—I don't even think, I can say if, I
<br />think it will be when someone decides that we didn't necessarily do everything
<br />that we needed to do in terms of being courteous, fair, or impartial, and there will
<br />be a petition that would be made to the Board of Ethics. So, don't take it
<br />personally, it'll just happen and we'll continue to do the work that we do. The
<br />key for us, of course, will be to be courteous, fair, and impartial to the folks that
<br />we have that will come and provide testimony to us and talk to us, and there will
<br />be potential opportunities where folks will come up to you during the year and
<br />say, "Hey, you're on that Charter Commission thing, aren't you?" And you'll
<br />say, "I am, thank you very much." And they may say, "Hey, I need to talk to you
<br />about something." And that'll be up to you to decide whether or not that's the
<br />time for you to be able to do it, but again, you're an officer of the County at this
<br />point, having just received the oath of office. So, all of us are subject to being
<br />treating people in a courteous, fair, and impartial manner, even during those
<br />engagements.
<br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: Okay, thank you. Okay, next slide. No officer or employee
<br />shall use or attempt to use the officer's or employee's official position to secure or
<br />grant unwarranted privileges, exemptions, advantages, contracts, or treatment, for
<br />oneself or others, including but not limited to the following: seeking other
<br />employment or contract for services for oneself by the use or attempted use of the
<br />officer's or employee's office or position.
<br />Number (2), accepting, receiving, or soliciting compensation or other
<br />consideration for the performance of the officer's or employee's official duties or
<br />responsibilities except as provided by law. And number (3), soliciting, selling, or
<br />otherwise engaging in a substantial financial transaction with a subordinate or a
<br />person or business whom the officer or employee inspects or supervises in the
<br />officer's or employee's official capacity. I think that's pretty straight forward,
<br />those provisions. If there's any issues, please let me know.
<br />Number (4), using County property, facilities, equipment, time or personnel for
<br />private business, campaign purposes, or for any purpose other than for a public
<br />purpose, and (c), an officer or employee of the County, or a business in which an
<br />officer or employee or the officer or employee's immediate family has a
<br />controlling interest, may contract for goods or services with any County agency
<br />provided that: the nature of the relationship between the officer or employee and
<br />the County is provided in full disclosure to the agency seeking goods or services
<br />as part of the bid for a contract or response to a request for proposals; and number
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