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Draft is based on LMC Mn Mayors Handbook Sample <br />Green= Additions from Redwing Example <br />Blue=Staff addition/changes <br />City of Orono Policy: <br />City Council and Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Code of Conduct <br />1. Purpose. The purpose of this code is to preserve the integrity of local government and to promote <br />public confidence in the actions of the Mayor and City Council and the members of advisory boards <br />and commissions. The City Council of the City of Orono has determined that a code of conduct for <br />its members, as well as the members of the various boards and commissions of the City of Orono, <br />is essential for the public affairs of the city. By eliminating conflicts of interest and providing <br />standards for conduct in city matters, the City Council hopes to promote the faith and confidence <br />of the citizens of Orono in their government and to encourage its citizens to serve on its council <br />and commissions. <br />i <br />2. Standards of conduct. Elected officials and City advisory board or commission members shall <br />respect and comply with the law and shall behave in a manner that promotes public confidence in <br />government. In their official capacity, the Mayor and members of the City Council and all <br />appointed board and commission members must be patient, dignified and courteous to each other, <br />members of the public and staff. The City Council, boards and commissions shall require similar <br />conduct from persons appearing before them. No member of the City Council or a city board or <br />commission may knowingly: <br />a. Violate the Open Meeting Law and/or make decisions outside of a public meeting. <br />b. Participate in a matter that affects the person's financial interests or those of a business <br />with which the person is associated, unless the effect on the person or business is no <br />greater than on other members of the same business classification, profession, or <br />occupation. <br />c. Use the person's public position to secure special privileges or exemptions for the person <br />or for others. <br />d. Use the person's public position to solicit personal gifts or favors. <br />e. Use the person's public position for personal gain. <br />f. Except as specifically permitted pursuant to Minn. Stat. 471.895, accept or receive any <br />gift of substance, whether in the form of money, services, loan, travel, entertainment, <br />hospitality, promise, or any other form, under circumstances in which it could be <br />reasonably expected to influence the person, the person's performance of official action, <br />or be intended as a reward for the person's official action. <br />g. Disclose to the public, or use for the person's or another person's personal gain, <br />information that was gained by reason of the person's public position if the information <br />was not public data or was discussed at a closed session of the City Council. <br />h. Disclose information that was received, discussed, or decided in conference with the <br />city's legal counsel that is protected by the attorney -client privilege unless a majority of <br />the City Council has authorized the disclosure. <br />3 <br />