COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 991144

 

Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 2-1020, Annual financial disclosure, 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, Annual financial disclosure, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter, to read as follows:

 

Sec. 2-1020. Annual financial disclosure.

 

(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 commissioner of purchases and supplies, the city attorney, and the directors of all departments of the city, shall file financial statements with the city clerk and the Missouri Ethics Commission in conformance with Chapter 105 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.

 

(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 Missouri, and will not be required to duplicate filings with the Missouri Ethics Commission or the city clerk.

 

(c) Disclosure to the city clerk. Members of all boards and commissions and designated contractors of the city, except members and contractors who are required to file a financial disclosure statement under subsection (a) of this ordinance, shall file an annual financial disclosure report on a form provided by the city clerk, 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 and commissions defined. Members of boards and commissions 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) Board of trustees of city trusts.

 

(2) Board of zoning adjustment.

 

(3) Brownfields commission.

 

(4) Building and fire code board of appeals.

 

(5) City plan commission.

 

(6) Community video advisory board.

(7) Employees retirement system board of trustees.

(8) Environmental management commission.

 

(9) Fairness in city contracts board.

 

(10) Fairness in construction board.

 

(11) Firefighters pension system board of trustees.

 

(12) Human rights commission.

 

(13) Liquor control board of review.

 

(14) Special review boards, including Main Street Special Review Board.

 

(15) Municipal art commission.

 

(16) Neighborhood tourist development fund committee.

 

(17) Parks and recreation board of commissioners.

 

(18) Municipal ethics commission.

 

(19) Property maintenance appeals board.

 

(20) Public improvement advisory committee.

 

(21) Taxicab code advisory board.

 

(22) Landmarks commission.

 

(e) Designated contractors defined. Members of designated contractors shall be required by contract with the city to file annual financial disclosure reports with the city clerk, and shall include those persons who are members of the following bodies:

 

(1) Economic development corporation.

 

(2) Planned industrial expansion authority.

 

(3) Land clearance for redevelopment authority.

 

(4) Tax increment financing commission.

 

(5) Port authority.

 

(6) 18th and Vine Authority.

 

(7) Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Kansas City.

(8) Housing authority commission.

 

(9) Industrial development authority.

 

(10) Land trust.

 

(11) Kansas City, Missouri, Assistance Corporation.

 

(12) Metropolitan ambulance services trust.

 

(f) Time for filing by members of boards and commissions. The first disclosure report required of members of boards and commissions shall be filed with the city clerk prior to being sworn in. An annual revised disclosure report shall be filed by May 1 of each calendar year. Failure to file the report by June 1 of each year shall be deemed a tender of resignation by the member failing to file which resignation shall be deemed accepted as of June 1 of the respective year.

 

(g) Time for filing by members of designated contractors. The first disclosure report required of members of designated contractors shall be filed with the city clerk within 30 days of the execution of the contract requiring disclosure. If the contract extends beyond one year, an annual revised disclosure report shall be filed by May 1 of each calendar year during which the contract exists.

 

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Approved as to form and legality:

 

 

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Assistant City Attorney