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RESOLUTION 96-03 RESOLUTION AFFIRMING COUNClllSTAF'F' RESPONSIBILITIES WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a Resolution Affirming CounciVStaff Responsibilities, and directed that the resolution be returned to each new City Council for consideration at the first official meeting each year; and WHEREAS, the Centerville City Council is composed of five individuals, all of whom have other occupatioDs, duties, and responsibilities; and WHEREAS, the individuals who serve on this Council must depend on the city's statf to provide them with a great amount of background information, data and expertise to aid in determining issues, developing policy and administering the Council's responsibilities in a fair and impartial manner; and WHEREAS, it is the City Council's responsibility to hire and employ people who can and wiD provide the best possible advice to the Council and who can and will serve the public interest in an exemplary professional manner. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Centerville that: 1. The City Coor~or and staff are instructed to continue developing and traDsmitting to this Council recommendations, research and information based upon their experience and best professional judgment, and are further instructed and entouraged to be forthright, honest and candid in developing and transmitting such recommendations and information, keeping in mind that their and our sole purpose is to serve the public interest. 2. This Council pledges that no staff member shall suffer recrimination for acting in a forthright, honest and candid manner in protecting and promoting the public interest. 3. TbisCouncil further pledges that it will carry out its responsibilities as intended and established by federal, state and local statutes and ordinances and will do so in a fair and impartial manner. Any city official or employee, elected or appointed, who is found to have used their position in a self- serving manner designed, or having such effect, to promote their own financial interest or the financial interest of a mend, associate, business employer, Qf relative instead of the public interest, shall be subject to censure, possible removal from office, and prosecution in accordance with federal, state and city laws.