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01 <br />The, City, Council reif erred the Ci,t izens Council f or Fa i-r and Open <br />0 <br />Government proposed Ethics Ordinance to the staf f f or recommenda- <br />$I <br />tion.i A, staff committiele was formed,, composed of all department <br />heads and assistant department heads, <br />I <br />Late', in 1989, Steve S,arkozy,, Roger Jensen, and Steve North met <br />q <br />with representatives from the Citizens Council to review the <br />staff comments. That discussion led to a few additional changes <br />which were reviewled-,anid refined by the department heads, <br />Attached,i,s a copy of the Citizens Councils,' proposed Code show. <br />i,ng changes suggesteld by staff& Additions are underlined., <br />deletions are crossed out, and comments are shown In bold print, <br />Also attached "is a copy of the proposed code,as presented by the <br />C itizens Councii 1 <br />4 <br />The S'tia,ff and City Attorney suggest, the Council consider adopting <br />the Colde as a pol*cy 101 olut 0 ather than as an <br />li in res ion form r <br />ordiniance, If it. is done as an ordinance, any violation of the -.OW <br />code-Y could be charged, as a m i5sidemeanor no matter how 'Ins ignif icant. <br />A, Code of Ethics,, organ iziat i-onal values statement,, etc., needs to <br />be, a 1, iving, U <br />,sef'ul document. It is imperative, therefore, that <br />the Council carefully consider any document before 'Its adoption, <br />