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Attachment B 215 M. Official Action. No Public Official shall take an official action or attempt to 216 influence any process which will benefit any person or entity where such Public 217 Official would not have otherwise have taken such action but for the Public 218 219 220 221 N. 222 223 224 225 226 O. 227 228 229 Official's family relationship, friendship, or business relationship with such person or entity. Com�liance with Laws. Public Officials shall comply with all local ordinances and State and Federal Statutes including, but not limited to, the Criminal Code, Fair Campaign Practices Act, and laws governing the functioning of municipalities, their elected and appointed officials, and employees. Coo�eration with Ethics Committee Investi at� ions. Public Officials shall cooperate with ethics investigations and shall respond in good faith to reasonable requests for information. 230 P. Resolution of Ethics Com�laints. The Ethics Commission, City Attorney, or City 231 Manager, as the case may be, shall promptly attend to all ethics complaints in the 232 manner provided in this Code. It is expected that most complaints will be 233 investigated as necessary and presented to the City Council for consideration 234 within 45 days of submission of the complaint. 235 236 Section 4. Special Considerations 237 238 Situations can arise where a member of a commission, a board, or the City Council 239 abstains from voting because of a conflict of interest, but his or her abstention becomes a 240 vote either for or against the matter because a majority are required to pass or reject that 241 matter. This can happen where four-fifths vote is needed to pass an issue, or the vote has 242 to be a clear majority and a split vote does not pass or reject. 243 244 When this happens, the City Attorney must be consulted and the final vote should carry a 245 public notice explaining what took place, and how it was resolved. 246 247 Section 5. Handling Alleged Violations of Code of Ethics 248 249 A. Complaints alleging ethical violations by Public Officials must be submitted in 250 written form to the City Attorney. Complaints alleging ethical violations by City 251 employee Public Officials shall be submitted in written form to the City Manager. 252 B. The City Attorney shall investigate all ethics complaints_pertaining to non- 253 employee Public Officials unless the City Attorney has a conflict, in which case 254 outside counsel will be assigned the complaint. The City Manager will investigate 255 complaints pertaining to employee Public Officials. 6