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C, If the City Attorney pr City Manaqer determines that the subiect of the complaint may have committed a crime, the City Attorney and City Manaqer shall refer the matter to the appropriate criminal authority, D, If the criminal proceedinq ends with a sentencinq, said sentencinq shall be considered to be the final disposition of the complaint E. If there has been no violation of a criminal law, the City Attorney or City Manaqer, as the case may be, shall issue a report that documents the results of the City Attorney's or City Manaqer's investiqation(s). 1. The report shall be sent directly to the City Council if the complaint involves an Ethics Commission member. The Council shall have the authority to dismiss any Ethics Commission member found to have violated the Ethics Code. 2. The report shall be sent to the Ethics Commission if the complaint involves other Public Officials. The Ethics Commission shall have the authority to convene and issue it's own report and recommendation to the City Council. Thereafter, the City Council shall take action as the Council deems appropriate. F. The standard for decisions reqardinq alleqations of ethical violations covered by Section 3 of this code shall be "clear and convincinq evidence." The term "clear and convincinq evidence" shall mean that burden of proof as defined by Minnesota State law. G. In processinq complaints, the City Attorney, City Manaqer, Ethics Commission and City Council shall process and maintain data in a manner consistent with Minn. Stat Ch. 13, the Minnesota Data Practices Act Section 6. Disclosure of Financial Interests. Not later than ninety (90) days after the date of approval of this code, each public official of the City shall file as a public record, in the office of the City Manager, a statement containing the following: 1. A list naming all business enterprises known by the public official to be licensed by or to be doing business with the City in which the public official or any member of the public official's immediate family is connected. as a:n employee, officer, owner, investo~, 'creditor of, director, trustee, paiin:e(;'advisor, or consultant:ahci ' : 2, A list of the pWbliC officials and members of the public official,S' immediate family's interests in real property located in the City or which may be competing with the interests of the City located elsewhere, other than property occupied as a personal residence, Each person who enters upon duty after the date of this code in an office or position as to which a statement is required by this code shall file such a statement on forms to be provided by the City not less than thil'ty (30) days after the date of his/her entrance on duty Each person who made an Initial filln~J shall file a new statement by .January 30 ';ach year thel'eafter giving the information called for above as of the time of the new statement If a change II! finanClallllterest or- prop('~rty ownership occurs between il new filing S111!1 made Nlthm thirty (3(J) of til'" chan~le )f the l:nllH~dlate family shall IJursuant to thiS to he ola