COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ORDINANCE NO. 090699
Amending Chapter 2, Code of
Ordinances, by repealing Section 2-1020, Conflict of interest annual report,
and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby
amended by repealing Section 2-1020, Conflict of interest annual report, and
enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter, to
read as follows:
Sec. 2-1020. Conflict of
interest annual report.
(a) Disclosure
to Missouri Ethics Commission. Members of the council, including the
mayor, the city manager and assistants, the city clerk, the city auditor, the
internal auditor, the commissioner of purchases and supplies, the city
attorney, and the directors of all departments of the city, shall file with the
city clerk and the state ethics commission the long form of the state ethics
commission's personal financial disclosure statement completed in conformance with
state law.
(b) Disclosure
to the supreme court. Judges of the city municipal division of the
circuit court shall file disclosure reports required of judges by the supreme
court of the state, and will not be required to duplicate filings with the
state ethics commission or the city clerk.
(c) Disclosure
to the city clerk. Members of all boards, commissions and other
entities of the city or who receive substantial funding from the city or which
make recommendations on the expenditure of public funds, except members and
contractors who are required to file a personal financial disclosure statement
under subsection (a) of this section, shall file an annual conflict of interest
disclosure report on the form provided by the city clerk or equivalent form
provided by the state ethics commission which shall provide the following
information, before May 1 of each year:
(1) Employers who are contractors and/or suppliers
of the city, and from whom the appointee received income of $10,000.00 or more
during the period covered by the report;
(2) Each sole proprietorship who are contractors
and/or suppliers of the city, owned by appointee.
(3) Each general partnership and joint venture who
are contractors and/or suppliers of the city, and in which the appointee is a
partner or participant;
(4) Each closely-held corporation or limited
partnership who are contractors and/or suppliers of the city, and in which the
appointee owns ten percent or more of any class of the outstanding stock or
units;
(5) Each publicly-traded corporation or limited
partnership who are contractors and/or suppliers of the city, and which is
listed on a regulated stock exchange or automated quotation system in which the
appointee owns two percent or more of any class of outstanding stock, units or
other equity interests;
(6) Miscellaneous income of $9,999.99 or more from
any single source who are contractors and/or suppliers to the city, and not
otherwise included in the report;
(7) Each corporation who is a contractor and/or
supplier to the city, and in which the appointee served as a director, officer
or receivers;
(8) Each not-for-profit corporation, association,
organization or union in which the appointee served as an officer, director,
employee or trustee, except church, fraternal or service organizations where no
pay was received; and
(9) Spouse and children who were employed by the
city, and what department they worked for.
(10) Real property owned and/or managed in whole or in
part by member, spouse or dependent children within corporate boundaries.
(d) Board,
commissions and other entities defined. Members of boards,
commissions and other entities receiving substantial funding by the city or
which make recommendations on the expenditure of public funds required to file
annual financial disclosure reports with the city clerk shall include those persons
who are members of the following boards and commissions:
(1) American Jazz Museum;
(2) Board of Trustees of City Trusts--all
members file;
(3) Board of Zoning Adjustment;
(4) Brownfields Commission;
(5) Building and Fire Code Board
of Appeals;
(6) Employees Retirement System Board
of Trustees;
(7) Citizen Advisory Committee, Housing;
(8) City Market Oversight Committee;
(9) City Plan Commission;
(10) Construction Workforce Board;
(11) Convention and Visitors
Association of Greater Kansas City;
(12) Convention Management Advisory
Authority;
(13) Downtown Economic Stimulus Authority;
(14) Downtown Minority Development Corporation;
(15) Economic Development Corporation;
(16) Emergency Medical Services Advisory
Committee;
(17) Enhanced Enterprise Zone Board;
(18) Environmental Management Commission;
(19) Fairness in Construction Board;
(20) Fairness in City Contracts Board;
(21) Firefighters Pension System Board
of Trustees;
(22) Global Commission, Kansas City;
(23) Housing Authority--only
mayoral appointees;
(24) Human Resources Board;
(25) Human Rights Commission;
(26) Impact Fee Advisory Committees;
(27) Industrial Development Authority;
(28) Jackson County Board of
Equalization--only mayoral appointees;
(29) Kansas City Area
Transportation Authority--only mayoral appointees;
(30) Kansas City, Municipal
Assistance Corporation;
(31) Kansas City Museum Advisory Board;
(32) Kansas City Parking Authority;
(33) KCTGA Comprehensive HIV Care Plan;
(34) Land Clearance for Redevelopment
Authority;
(35) Land Trust of Jackson
County--only mayoral appointee;
(36) Landmarks Commission;
(37) Liquor Control Board of Review;
(38) Metropolitan Ambulance Services
Trust;
(39) Municipal Art Commission;
(40) Municipal Judicial Nominating Commission;
(41) Municipal Officials Ethics Commission--all
members file;
(42) Neighborhood Tourist Development
Fund Committee;
(43) Parks and Recreation Board of Commissioners;
(44) Planned Industrial Expansion Authority;
(45) Police Retirement Board--only
mayoral appointees;
(46) Port Authority;
(47) Property Maintenance Appeals Board;
(48) Public Improvement Advisory Committee;
(49) Special review boards and business districts,
including Main Street Special Review Board, the Independence Avenue Special
Design Review Districts, the Union Hill Special Business District, and the
Westport Special Business District;
(50)
Tax Increment Financing Commission; and
(51) Technical
Review Committee
(e) Time
for filing. The first disclosure report required of persons shall be
filed with the city clerk prior to assuming a position on the designated
entity. An annual revised disclosure report shall be filed by May 1 of each
calendar year.
(f) Failure
to file. Any member of a city board, commission or other entity who
is appointed by the mayor or one or more members of the city council who fails
to report by June 1 of each year shall be deemed to have resigned membership,
and this resignation shall be deemed accepted as of June 1 of the respective
year. Any entity listed in subsection (d) with a member not appointed by the
mayor or one or more members of the city council failing to file the required
disclosure report shall be subject to termination or suspension of any funding
or other assistance provided by the City until all required disclosures are
made.
(g) City
clerk's responsibility. The city clerk will distribute to members of
the entities named in subsection (d) forms on which they may make the required filing
by February 1 of each year. The failure of a person required to file a
disclosure report to receive a form shall not be an excuse for the failure to
file the required report. The city clerk will have available copies of
appropriate forms in the office of the city clerk for persons to obtain.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Sarah
Baxter
Assistant City Attorney