Executive Order 1-2013: Amending the City of South Bend Ethics Code

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le fir,n a � x x$65 CITY OF SOUTH BEND PETE BUTTIGIEG, MAYOR OFFICE OF THE MAYOR EXECUTIVE ORDER 12013. City of South Bend Ethics Code of January 1,2012 As Amended April 1`� 2013 An executive order having becii issued January 1, 2013 which established an Ethics Code for the City of South Bend,Indiana(the City),this Executive Order hereby amends the original Ethics Code and is made effective this �` day of April, 2013. This Ethics Code as amended will ensure that residents of the City continue to have officers, appointees, and employees adhering to an ethical standard that is consistent,transparent, understood, and most importantly, followed, in the Mayor's office and in the Departments and agencies throughout the city.New city employees are expected to read and acknowledge this Code during the hiring process. 1. An appointee or employee shall not knowingly solicit, accept, or receive a gift,favor, service, entertainment, food, drink,travel expense, or registration fee from a person who has a business relationship or seeks a business relationship with the appointee's or employee's agency or department, or is seeking to influence an action by the appointee or employee in his or her official capacity, or is regulated by the appointee or the employee's agency. 2. Notwithstanding section(1), an appointee or employee may accept: a. Any gift, favor, service, entertainment, food, drink,travel expense,or registration fee that has a value of less than Nifty Dollars ($50.00),provided that the appointee or employee does not knowingly solicit, accept, or receive gifts,favors;services, 1400 COUNTY-CITY BUILDING•227 W.JEFFERSON 13OULEVARD•SOUTH BEND,-INDIANA 46601 PHONE 574/235-9261 FAx 574/235-9892.