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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09301986 - 1.46 TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Victor J. Westman, County Counsel Contra By: Elizabeth B. Hearey, Deputy County Counsel DATE: September 29 , 1986 SUBJECT: Contra Costa Mosquito Abatement District Conflict of Interest Code SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION Recommended Action: APPROVE the Contra Costa Mosquito Abatement District Conflict of Interest Code. The Code is effective on the date it is approved by the Board of Supervisors. (Govt.C. §87303.) Background. The Contra Costa Mosquito Abatement District has adopted the attached code and submitted it for approval pursuant to Government Code Section 87303. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON _Sept _r 10., 19R6 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X_ OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TARN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: County Counsel ATTESTED _ Sent-ember 30 ,--1-98-.6 County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Contra Costa Mosquito Abatement SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR District �n� ) / M382/1-83 13Y 1/.�X.CV�-��-�/ .DEPUTY CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE { OF THE CONTRA COSTA MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT SECTION 100. Purpose. Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Sections 87300, et seq. , the Contra Costa Mosquito Abatement District hereby adopts the following Conflict of Interest Code. Nothing contained herein is intended to modify or abridge the provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Government Code Section 81000 et seq. ). The provisions of this Code are additional to Government Code Section 87100 et. seq. and other laws pertaining to conflicts of interest. Except as otherwise indicated, the definitions of said Act and regulations adopted pursuant thereto are incorporated herein and this Code shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith. SECTION 200. Designated Positions. The positions on Exhibit "A" are designated positions. Officers and employees holding those positions are designated employees and are deemed to make, or participate in the making of, decisions which may foreseeably have a material effect on a financial interest. SECTION 300 Disclosure Statements . Designated positions shall be assigned to one or more of the disclosure categories set forth on Exhibit "B". Each designated employee shall file an annual statement disclosing that employee' s interest in investments, real property, and income, designated as reportable under the category to which the employee' s position . is assigned. SECTION 400. Place and Time of Filing. (a) All designated employees required to submit a statement of financial interests shall file the original with the District Manager. (b) In the case of agency heads and the members of the boards and commissions, the District Manager shall make and retain a copy and forward the original to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. (c) All designated employees employed by the agency on the effective date of this Code, as originally adopted, promulgated and approved by the code reviewing body, shall file statements within thirty days after the effective date of this code. Thereafter, each person already in a position when it is designated by an amendment to this Code shall file an initial statement within, thirty days after the effective date of the amendment. Employees appointed, promoted or transferred to designated positions shall file initial statements within 30 days after date of employment. (d) Annual statements shall be filed during the month of February by all designated employees. Such statements shall cover the period of the preceding calendar year. Closing statements shall be filed within 30 days of leaving a designated position. Such statements, shall cover the . period from the closing date of the last statement filed to the date of leaving the position. (c) A designated employee required to file a statement of financial interest with any other agency, which is within the same territorial jurisdiction, may comply with the -provisions of this Code by filing a duplicate copy of the statement filed with the other agency, in lieu of an entirely separate document. SECTION 500 Contents of Disclosure Statements. Disclosure statements shall be made on forms supplied by the Clerk of Contra Costa County, and shall contain the following information: (a) Contents of Investment and Real Property Reports: when an investment, or an interest in real property, is required to be reported, the statement shall contain: (1 ) A statement of the nature of the investment or interest; (2 ) The name of the business entity in which each investment is held, and a general description of the business activity in which the business entity is engaged; (3 ) The address or other precise location of the real property; (4 ) A statement whether the fair market value of the investment, or interest in real property, equals or exceeds one thousand dollars ($1, 000 ), ten thousand dollars ($10,000 ), or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000 ). This information need not be provided with respect to an interest in real property which is used principally as the residence of the filer. (b) Contents of Personal Income Reports : When personal income is required to be reported, the statement shall contain: (1 ) The name and address of each source of income aggregating two hundred and fifty dollars ($250 ) or more in value, or fifty dollars ($50 ) or more in value if the income was a gift, and a general description of the business activity, if any of each source. In the case of a gift received through an intermediary, the name, address, and business activity of both the donor and the intermediary must be disclosed. (2 ) A statement whether the aggregate value of income from each source was greater than one thousand dollars ($1, 000 ), and whether it was greater than ten thousand dollars ($10, 000 ); (3 ) A description of the consideration, if any, for which the income was received; (4 ) In the case of a gift, the amount and the date on which the gift was received; (5 ) In the case of a loan, the annual interest rate and the security if any, given for the loan. (c) Contents of Business Entity Income Reports : When income of a business entity, including income of a sole proprietorship, is required to be reported, the statement shall contain; (1 ) The name, address, and a general description activity of the business entity; (2 ) The name of every person from whom the business entity received payments of the filer' s prorata share of gross receipts from such person was equal to or greater than ten thousand dollars ($10, 000 ) during a calendar year. (d) Contents of Management Positions Reports : When management positions are required to be reported, designated employees shall list the name of each business entity not specified above in which they are a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or in which they hold any position of management. (e) Initial Statement: The initial statement filed by an employee appointed to a designated position shall disclose any reportable investments and interests in real property. (f) Acquisition or Disposal During Reporting Period: In the case of a statement filed under Section 400(d), if the investment, or interest in real property, was partially or wholly acquired or disposed of during the period covered by the statement, the date of acquisition or . disposal. t . SECTION 600. Disqualification. Designated employees must disqualify themselves from making or participating in the making of or using their official position to influence the making of .any decisions in which they have a a reportable financial interest, when it is reasonably foreseeable that such interest may be materially affected by the decision. No designated employee shall be required to disqualify himself with respect to any matter which could not be legally acted upon or decided without his participation. EXHIBIT A . Designated Positions Disclosure Categories Member-Board of Trustees 1 & 2 District Manager 1, 2 & 3 Field Superintendent 1, 2 & 3 EXHIBIT B DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES General Rule. - An ule. -An investment, interest in real property, or income is reportable if the business entity in which the investment is held, the interest in real property, or the income or the source of income may foreseeably be affected materially by any -decision made or participated in by the designated employee by virtue of the employee' s position. Designated Employees in Category 1 must report All investments in real property, income, and any business entity in which the person is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or holds any position of management. Financial interests are reportable only if located within Contra Costa Mosquito Abatement District or if the business entity is doing business or planning to do business in the District (and such plans are known by the designated employee) or has done business within the District at any time during the two years prior to the filing of the statement. Designated Employees in Category 2 must report Investments in any business entity, and income from any source and status as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or holder of a position of management in any business entity, which has within the last two years contracted, or foreseeably may contract, with Contra Costa Mosquito Abatement District to provide services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment :Eo such District. Designated Employees in Category 3 must report Investments in any business entity and income from any source and status as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or holder of a position of management in any business entity, which has within the last two years contracted, or foreseeably may contract, with Contra Costa Mosquito Abatement District to provide services, supplies, materials, machinery or equipment which are related to the following areas: (A) Building and Grounds Material, Equipment, Services and Supplies. (B) Clothing and Personal Equipment, Service & Supplies (C) Communications Equipment, Service & Supplies (D) Laboratory Equipment, Service & Supplies (F) Motor Vehicle Equipment, Service & Supplies (G) Public Education Equipment, Material, Service & Supplies (H) Office Equipment, Service & Supplies (I) Real Property within the District (J) Spraying Equipment, Service & Supplies �il