§ 2-70. Legislative intent.  


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  • It is the intent of the council to ensure access to information that will help to prevent any city officers or employees from unfairly using city offices for personal advantage; and thereby to foster public trust, which is essential to representative government. Therefore, the council declares that it is the purpose of this article to require public disclosure of gifts to employees and of the personal finances of officers in the city and members of the immediate families of such persons.

(Code 1950, § 115.1; Ord. No. 1098-02, § 1, 12-30-02; Ord. No. 919-16, § 1, 1-9-17)