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

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entertainment, food, drink,travel expenses or registration fees from the same person or his or her employer that has a cumulative value of more than fifty dollars ($50.00).in any calendar year. b. Gifts,favors, services, entertainment, food, drink,travel expenses or registration fees from public agencies or public institutions;however, such gifts, favors, services, entertainment,food, drink,travel expense, or registration fees shall be utilized for the benefit of the city, and not solely for the benefit of one's self or relatives; C. Mementos or souvenirs with a cumulative value of$25.00 or less; d. Food-or drink consumed at.a public meeting-to which at least ten(10) individuals are invited; a meeting will be considered public if L The event°is a reception to which at least ten(10)individuals are invited or other gathering that is not arranged to solicit government procurement of goods or services from anyone Who holds:a public office at the federal, state, or local level; ii. The appointee or employee is giving a speech or participating in a presentation in his or her official capacity; or iii. The meeting has a formal educational program that the appointee or employee is attending to assist him or her in performing Official duties; e. Food, drink, entertainment, travel expenses, or registration fees accepted in' furtherance of activities to benefit the city or region related to an economic development effort, including job retention, expansion or attraction,reduction of blight, and securing convention and visitor business, dppzoyed in advance by the mayor or his or her director of economic development; f. Gifts,favors, services, entertainment, load;or drinks from relatives, or a person with whom the individual has an ongoing social relationship that existed before the appointee or employee was appointed or employed by the agency, so long as: L The gifts or other items of value are paid for personally by the giver,rather than a business entity, and not deducted as a business expense; and I The giver is not seeking to influence action or inaction by the individual in that person's official capacity;