§ 9-4. Conflicts of interest., Chapter 9. Code of Ethics, Code of Ordinances, Lancaster, Town

No town officer or employee shall:

(1)

Act as attorney, agent, broker, employee, consultant or representative of or for any person in connection with any business dealing that person has with the Town.

(2)

Directly or indirectly solicit any gift or accept or receive any gift or series of gifts having a value not in conformance with the amount permitted by New York State General Municipal Law § 805-A, whether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing or promise, or in any other form, under circumstances in which it could reasonably be inferred that the gift was intended to influence him or her in the performance of his or her official duties or was intended as a reward for any official action on his or her part. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to campaign contributions not otherwise prohibited by law.

(3)

Take or refrain from taking any action or agree to take or refrain from taking any action or induce or attempt to induce any other town officer or employee to take or refrain from taking any action on any matter before the Town in order to obtain a pecuniary or material benefit for:

(a)

Himself or herself;

(b)

A family member;

(c)

Any partnership or unincorporated association of which the Town officer or employee is a member or employee or in which he or she has a proprietary interest;

(d)

Any corporation of which the Town officer or employee is an officer or director or of which he or she legally or beneficially owns or controls more than 5% of the outstanding stock;

(e)

Any person with whom the Town officer or employee or his or her family member has an employment, professional, business or financial relationship; or

(f)

Any person from whom the Town officer or employee or his or her spouse has received, within any twelve-month period during the previous 24 months, a pecuniary or material benefit having an aggregate value greater than $1,000, unless said individuals make up less than 5% of a class of individuals benefited.

(4)

Appear before the agency serviced by or which employs such town officer or employee except on behalf of the Town or on his or her own behalf.

(5)

Appear before the Town except on behalf of the Town or on his or her own behalf. This subsection shall only apply to officers and employees who are elected or who are paid by the Town.

(6)

Appear as attorney or counsel against any interest of the Town in any matter in which the Town is a party or a complainant.

(7)

Solicit any nonelected officer or employee of the Town to participate in an election campaign. This subsection shall not prohibit an elected officer from soliciting such participation from officers and employees who are appointed by, and directly subordinate to, such elected officer and whose service in positions which are in the exempt classification or the unclassified service under the Civil Service Law.

(8)

Directly or through a person, campaign committee or other organization authorized to act on his or her behalf solicit any nonelected town officer or employee of the Town to pay or promise to pay any assessment, subscription or contribution to a political party, political party organization or election campaign. This subsection shall not prohibit a general solicitation of a class of person.

(9)

Directly or through a person or campaign committee or other organization authorized to act on his or her behalf solicit participation in an election campaign or payment or promise of payment of any assessment, subscription or contribution to a political party, political party organization or election campaign from any person who, to the knowledge of the Town officer or employee, has or within the previous 12 months has had any business dealing with the Town. This subsection shall not prohibit a general solicitation of a class of persons.

(10)

Except where such disclosure is authorized by law, disclose any confidential information acquired in the course of his or her official duties or use any such information to advance the financial or other private interest of himself or herself or any other person.

(11)

After termination of his or her term of office or employment with the Town, appear before the Town or receive compensation for any services rendered on behalf of any person other than the Town in relation to any particular matter upon which he or she took any discretionary act during his or her term of office of employment with the Town.