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Page 7 January 8, 1998 11. Amend subsection (a) of Section 12.02 regarding the eligibility of persons who sell goods and services to the City to serve on City boards and commissions as follows: Sec. 12.02. Personal interest and code of ethics. (a) (1) All elected and appointed officers of the city shall comply with applicable requirements of state law pertaining to conflicts of interest of local government officials. (2) The code of ethics adopted by the city council under subsection (b) of this section shall require annual disclosure by members of city boards and commissions of their relevant substantial interests in business entities and real property as defined under state law. A pcrson is ineligible for election or appointment to a p03ition as an officer of the áty if the person has an o'v'vTIershÎp interest in a business entity that has a contract or contraets for the sale to the city of fifty land, materials, supplies Of service in ttl1 æmount of seven thousand fi'v'c hundred dollars ($7,500.00) or more mmufi:lly; pro'v'idcd that city eotl:l1cil members shall be subject to para~raph (3) belo'vv. Any city offiecr, other thttn a city council member, vv'ho bewmes ineligible under this proviÛon .vvhile in offiec shftll forfeit thc offiee held. Any 'v'iolation of these provisions shall render any contract entered into bet'vVcen the city ttnd thc business entity during the period of the 'v'iolation 'v'oidable by the city manager or the city wtl:l1cil. (3) No member of the city council, and no employee of the city shall have a financial interest in the sale to the city of any land, materials, supplies or service, outside of the person's position with the city. Any person having such an interest shall be ineligible for election as a city council member or appointment as an employee of the city, and any city council member or employee who acquires such an interest shall forfeit the office or employment. Any violation of this provision with the actual or constructive knowledge of the city council member or employee shall render the contract voidable by the city manager or the city council. (4) These This provisions shall not apply to acquisitions of property by the city as a result of eminent domain proceedings or the threat of eminent domain proceedings. ********** Rationale: Since the time the Charter's restrictions were adopted on the eligibility of persons to serve on City boards because they sell goods or services to the City, state statutes have been enacted that require disclosure of conflicts of interest and abstention from voting on specific agenda items where a conflict of interest is present. These changes to the Charter