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Executive Order 1-2014
<br /> "Honorarium"means a voluntary payment that is given to a person for services for which fees
<br /> are not traditionally required.
<br /> The Gift Rule
<br /> 1. An appointee, employee, or official shall not knowingly solicit, accept, or receive a gift,
<br /> favor, service, entertainment, food, drink, travel expense, or registration fee (collectively,
<br /> "gifts") for personal benefit from a person who:
<br /> a. has or seeks a business relationship with the appointee's, employee's, or official's board,
<br /> commission, department, or office;
<br /> b. is seeking to influence an action by the appointee, employee,or official in his/her official
<br /> capacity; or
<br /> c. is regulated by the appointee's, employee's, or official's board, commission, department,
<br /> or office.
<br /> Exceptions to the Gift Rule
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<br /> 2. Employees may solicit donations to the City on behalf of the City for specified purposes
<br /> authorized by the Mayor, determined to be consistent with the public interest by the
<br /> Corporation Counsel.
<br /> 3. Notwithstanding Section 1, an appointee, employee, or official may accept:
<br /> a. Any gift, favor, service, entertainment, food, drink, travel expense, or registration fee that
<br /> has a value of less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), provided that the appointee, employee, or
<br /> official does not knowingly solicit, accept, or receive gifts, favors, services,
<br /> entertainment, food, drink, travel expenses, or registration fees from the same.person or
<br /> his or her employer that has a cumulative value of more than fifty dollars ($50.00) in any
<br /> calendar year;
<br /> b. Gifts, favors, services, entertainment, food, drink,travel expenses, or registration fees
<br /> from public agencies or public institutions;however, such gifts, favors, services,
<br /> entertainment, food, drink,travel expense, or registration fees shall be utilized for the
<br /> benefit of the City, and not solely for the benefit of one's self or relatives;
<br /> c. Modest refreshments (such as coffee and donuts), greeting cards,plaques, and other
<br /> similar items of little intrinsic value and items of nominal value received at public
<br /> ceremonies or commemorating City business;
<br /> d. Food or drink consumed at an event or gathering if:
<br /> (i) The event or gathering is not arranged to solicit government procurement of
<br /> goods or services from anyone who holds a public office at the federal, state, or
<br /> local level; or
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