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Mr Steve North <br />Assistant City Manager <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />0 <br />Roseville, Minnesota 55113 <br />Re: Ethics Code <br />Our File No. 1011-19 <br />Dear Steve,: <br />'You, have ask,ied whether or not thie word "8igncant" should bIIAZ <br />A mi <br />added tio the dief ini t, ion olf "anythi-nq of value" and, --further, <br />0 <br />w,hietiher, the Ethlcsi Clode. appli*es to candidaties for office, <br />mi <br />I recommend t,hat t,he w,ord "signi'ficant" not be added to the <br />deini'til'on of any,th,ing of value"., Wh,at *is significant to one <br />4 <br />person may n,ot be significant to another person, By adding that <br />ambiguous modjLf ier, th,e Council would be providing for a large <br />loophole in, the Ethilcs Code. <br />The City Council d,oles nolt have 3urisidiction over candidates for <br />of f'ice.. Qual 11" f ications for candidates and how they conduct their <br />0 <br />clam,pai,g,n i,s coveried in detail by Minnesota Statutes,, including <br />I <br />Chapter 41,2 and, the,, Fair, Campaign Practices Act. <br />RAJ/eld <br />0 <br />cc. Mr. Steve Sarkolzy <br />Mr. Robert, C. Bell <br />