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C. If the City Attorney pr City Manaqer determines that the subiect of the complaint maV have committed a crime, the City Attorney and Citv Manaqer shall referthe matter to the appropriate criminal authoritv. D. If the criminal proceedinq ends with a sentencinq, said sentencing 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 Citv AttorneV`s or City Manaqer's ir�vestiqationf s). 1. The report shall be sent directly to the City Council if the co�rtplaint involves an Ethics Commission member. The Council shall have the authoritvto dismiss:?n:� 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 Citv Council shall take action as the Council deems appropriate. F. The standard for decisions reqardinq aHeqations of ethical violations covered by Section 3 of this code shall be "clear and convincina evidence." The term "clear and convincina evidence" shall mean that burden of proof as defined bv Minnesota State law. G. In processinq complaints, the Citv Attorney. City Manaaer. Ethics Commission and Cit�i 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 r.oi7�}ec:;�J.t;s :� employee, officer; owner, in�estar, ereditor of, director, trustee, pai-fr�erl;aduisor, or consultan�; and 2. A list of the public officials and members of the p.ublic officials' irrtrr�edia�e family's interests in real property located in the City or which may be competing with the interests of the City located elsewhere, otherthan 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 thirty (30) days after the date of hislher entrance on duty. Each person who made a,-� initial filing shall file a new statement by January 30 of each year Lhereaftergiving the infor�-r�ation called for above as of the time of the new state�nent. IF a change €E� financial interest or property ownersiiip occurs between fsiings a new filing shall '��; made within thirty (30) days �f tt�� change I�t�e ��ierest of a{�y rn��r�bef �;f ti�� imrr�ecli�te family shall ��- �� :;�� I to be �-•• �.� .` of a ;>�rson required �� iile •� st�:�t�ame�t hy c�r pursuant to this �� i�� .• � • ,• � � . . ,, • , • � � . , � 3 '�� r.i; �� i . • � �• •i � I i.il �� •� �. ��S�r�� 7� f ° • i •Y U?rS4n�� � ,��s��:l�,r:i,�•iCl; �: .�,I.�:�ti• ..y_•��r ��n�f��,•;i�al��l �;1U�3�'r :�� i�� 'i i�i� ilu�• -�9i�ain. �i:i�+� ��1�rrt�r