(13)AR 061510 Conflict of Interest Code

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ITEM NO. 12 ry' �/moo►\ ". _STAFF REPORT 00 DATE: JUNE 15, 2010 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: ROD FOSTER, CITY MANAGER PREPARED BY: EILEEN C. GOMEZ, CITY CLERK SUBJECT: BIENNIAL REVIEW OF THE CITY'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE RECOMMENDED ACTION It is recommended that the City Council: (1) direct staff to conduct a review of the City's Conflict of Interest Code, and (2) direct the City Manager to file a statement regarding the review with the City Clerk, as required by the California Political Reform Act of 1974 (Gov. Code § 81000 et seq.). GOAL STATEMENT The proposed actions are pursuant to the requirements set forth in Government Code section 87306.5, which have been placed upon the City Council as the City's code -reviewing body. BACKGROUND The Political Reform Act (the "Act"), requires all public agencies, including cities, to adopt and maintain a Conflict of Interest Code. The primary effect of the code is to establish disclosure requirements for various City positions that are involved in government decision-making. In compliance with the Act, the City of Colton adopted a local Conflict of Interest Code designating City positions not otherwise designated in the Act itself that are involved in making, or participate in the making of, government decisions at all levels of City government. The Act further requires the City to regularly review and update its local Conflict of Interest Code as necessary, when directed by the City Council as the code -reviewing body or when change is necessitated by changed circumstances. (Gov. Code §§ 87306, 87306.5.) ISSUES/ANALYSIS The Act requires the City Council, as the code -reviewing body for the City, to direct the biennial review of the City's Conflict of Interest Code on or before July 1 st of each even -numbered year. (Gov. Code §§ 82011, subd. (c), 87306.5.) The Act also requires the City Manager to file a statement ("Local Agency Biennial Notice") regarding the results of the review no later than October 1St of the same year. (Gov. Code § 87306.5.)