§ 2-75. Incompatible interests.

(a)

No officer or employee shall invest or hold any investment, directly or indirectly, in any financial, business, commercial, or other private contract, matter, or transaction, which creates a conflict with and adversely affects the performance of official duties by the officer or employee to the detriment of the county.

(b)

No officer or employee shall solicit, request, or accept employment by, or agree to otherwise provide services to, any person or business when such employment or the providing of such services is adverse to and incompatible with the proper discharge of official duties by the officer or employee.

(c)

No officer or employee shall own stock in any business doing business with the county. This section is not intended to apply where the officer or employee owns less than ten percent of any company or publicly traded stock.

(d)

An employee may serve as a director of any not-for-profit or charitable business or organization that receives or solicits any grant funding from the county or a county agency, as long as that employee is not involved in the grant selection process.

(Code 1983, § 23-9-10; Res. No. 03-1531, 2-4-04; Res. No. 05-0294, § 1, 3-16-05)