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City council members shall sign this personal code of conduct at the first council meeting in January each year as a symbol of each council member's continuing commitment to abide by the principles of this code. Code of Conduct standards shall be included in the regular orientations for City council candidates or potential members of any board or commission or city staff. Council members entering office shall sign this statement affirming they read and understand the Lino Lakes City Code of Conduct. XXX.XXX. Disclosures. All City officials shall take an oath upon assuming office, pledging to uphold the Home Rule Charter and laws of the City, the State and the Federal government. As part of this oath, officials commit to disclosing to the appropriate authorities and/or to the City council any behavior or activity that may qualify as corruption, abuse, fraud, bribery or other violation of the law. Within 30 days after taking the oath of office or being appointed to a position, each council member and member of a city board or commission must file a report with the city clerk, on a form prepared by the clerk, which contains the information specified below for the preceding year. Subsequently, each person must file a supplemental report on the first day of February of each year in office and within 30 days after any change in information provided under paragraph 5. The information must be for the individual, the individual's spouse, and all minor children (collectively referred to below as "person"): a. a business entity in which the person is an officer, director, member, or employee, and the position held; b. a business entity in which the person has an ownership interest, either legal or equitable, greater than 5 percent; c. sources of income, compensation, fees, or commissions that are received from employment, for services rendered, or from pensions, except the employment of minor children; d. non-profit organizations in which the person serves on the governing body, and the position held, except if serving in that capacity as the city's representative; and e. real property within the city owned by the person or in which the person has a beneficial interest and that has an assessed valuation in excess of $10,000. The person's homestead need not be included. The term "business entity" includes any business, proprietorship, firm, partnership, person in representative or fiduciary capacity, association, venture, trust or corporation. Compliance and Enforcement Council members themselves have the primary responsibility to assure that ethical standards are understood and met and that the public can continue to have full confidence in the integrity of City government.