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• <br />Sec.. 2. Responsibilities of Public Office. Public Officials are agents of public purpose <br />and hold office for the benefit of the public. They are bound to uphold the <br />Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State; to impartially <br />carry out the laws of the nation, state and municipality; and to foster respect for <br />government in general. They are bound to observe the highest ethical standards in <br />their official acts and to discharge faithfully the duties of their office. <br />Sec. 3. Dedicated Service. All officials of the City shall be dedicated to fulfilling their <br />responsibilities of office. They shall be dedicated to the public purpose and all <br />programs developed by them shall be in the community interest. <br />Public officials shall not exceed their authority, breach the law or ask others to do <br />so, and they shall work in full cooperation with other public officials and <br />employees unless prohibited from doing so by law or by officially recognized <br />confidentiality of their work. <br />Sec. 4. Fair and Equal Treatment. <br />A. Voting. If a Council Member, Commission Member or Committee member <br />has a Direct Financial interest in a business, investment, or transaction, which has <br />• a matter pending before the Council, Commission or Committee of which he or <br />she is a member, he or she shall not participate in the discussion as such Public <br />official or vote on the matter. Whenever two or more members shall declare an <br />interest in the matter as set forth, then every member of the City Council <br />including those declaring an interest shall be required to vote on a zoning <br />ordinance or other form of amendment to the City Zoning Code which requires a <br />supermajority vote for approval and/or enactment (as prescribed by pertinent <br />provisions of the state statutes for the State of Minnesota); provided that all of <br />such required votes by members of the City Council shall only be cast and tallied <br />following a full public discussion of the item being voted upon. During the <br />course of the discussion every Council Member having either a Direct Financial <br />Interest or Personal Interest shall make a full disclosure of the same. All such <br />disclosures shall also be made a matter of the public record along with the <br />recording of the votes relating to the subject matter. <br />B. Disclosure Prior to Discussion. No person covered by this Code of Ethics shall <br />take any official action with respect to a matter in which he or she. has a Direct <br />Financial Interest or Personal Interest which arises from Blood or Marriage <br />Relationships; provided that participation in the decision-making process on his or <br />her own behalf as a private citizen shall not be proscribed by this Ethics Policy. <br />He or she may participate in matters leading up to or preliminary to official action <br />as long as he or she disclosed any such Direct Financial or Personal Interest he or <br />she may have in the same and as long as he or she has no discretion to make a <br />final controlling judgment or vote on the same. <br />~G <br />