Executive Order 1-2014: Amending the City of South Bend Ethics Code

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I Executive Order 1-2014 (ii) The appointee, employee, or official is giving a speech or participating in a presentation in his or her official capacity; or (iii)The event or gathering has a formal educational program that the appointee, employee, or official 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, approved in advance by the Mayor or his or her Director of Community Investment; f Gifts, favors, services, entertainment, food, or drinks from relatives, or a person with whom the individual has an ongoing social relationship that existed before appointee, employee, or official was appointed or employed by the City, so long as: (i) 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 (ii) The giver is not seeking to influence action or inaction by the individual in that person's official capacity; g. Gifts of free attendance at certain events or gatherings and food or refreshments served at such events or gatherings, provided that the Corporation Counsel has determined that the attendance is consistent with the public interest; h. Discounts available to the public or to all City employees; i. Rewards or prizes connected with competitions open to the general public or open to all persons at events or gatherings under subparts (d) or (g) above. j. Property or honorarium accepted as a gift to the City logged by the Corporation Counsel; and k. Any item of value for which face value or reasonable fair market value is promptly paid and for which a record of the transaction is filed with the Corporation Counsel; Waiver 4. The Corporation Counsel may waive application of Section 1 of this rule in individual cases when consistent with the public interest. The waiver shall be in writing, shall be made available to the public, and include: a. The name of the appointee, employee, or official; b. The nature and estimated value of that which is being provided and by whom; and c. An explanation of why acceptance is consistent with the public interest. I 3 I