2.95.020 Definitions.
For the purpose of interpreting and enforcing this code of ethics, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Business entity” means any corporation, general or limited partnership, sole proprietorship (including a private consultant operation), joint venture, unincorporated association or firm, institution, trust, foundation, or other organization, whether or not organized for profit.
(2) “City agency” means every department, office, Ethics Officer, Hearing Examiner, commission, or committee of the City, or any subdivision thereof, but excludes public corporations and ad hoc advisory committees.
(3) “City officer or employee” means any person holding a position by election, appointment, or employment in the service of the City or City agency, whether paid or unpaid, including members of any ethics hearing officer, committee or commission.
(4) “Compensation” means anything of economic value, however designated, which is paid, loaned, advanced, granted, given or transferred for or in consideration of personal services to any person.
(5) “Beneficial interest” means any direct or indirect, pecuniary or material benefit, other than a remote interest, accruing to a City official as a result of a contract, transaction, zoning decision or other matter which is or may be the subject of an official act or act by or with the City, except for such contracts, transactions, zoning decisions or other matters which by their terms and by the substance of their provisions confer the opportunity and right to realize the accrual of similar benefits to all other persons and/or property similarly situated. For purposes of this code, a City official shall be deemed to have an interest in the affairs of:
(a) The official’s spouse or dependent children;
(b) Any person or business entity with whom a contractual relationship, whether oral or written, exists with the official;
(c) Any business entity in which the official is an officer, director, member, or employee;
(d) Any business entity in which the officer controls or owns, directly or indirectly, in excess of one percent of the total stock, or an interest totaling $5,000 or more in value; and
(e) Any person or business entity with whom a contractual relationship, whether oral or written, exists with the official; provided, however, that a contractual obligation of less than $500.00, or a commercially reasonable lien made in the ordinary course of business, or a contract for a commercial retail sale, shall not be deemed to create an interest in violation of this code.
(6) “Immediate family” means any person who is:
(a) A spouse or domestic partner;
(b) Any dependent parent, parent-in-law, child or son-in-law or daughter-in-law; or
(c) Any parent, parent-in-law, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sibling, uncle, aunt, cousin, niece or nephew residing in the household of the City official.
(7) “Official” means a member of the City Council or a member of Council-appointed City boards and commissions and other Council-appointed task groups or committees, including youth members.
(8) “Official act or action” means any legislative, administrative, appointive or discretionary act of any City official or committee or commission thereof.
(9) “Person” means any individual, association, corporation, or other legal entity.
(10) “Remote interest” means:
(a) That of a nonsalaried officer of a nonprofit corporation;
(b) That of an employee or agent of a contracting party where the compensation of such employee or agent consists entirely of fixed wages or salary;
(c) That of a landlord or tenant of a contracting party;
(d) That of a holder of less than one percent of the shares of a corporation or cooperative which is a contracting party.
(11) “Relative” means “immediate family” as defined herein. (Ord. 14-16 § 1 (Exh. A))