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1 EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regu lar meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota, was held on the 12 th day of June, 2006, at 6:00 p.m. The following members were present: Ma yor Klausing, and Council Members Ihlan, Kough, Maschka, and Pust. Council Member Klausing intr oduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 10408 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A CODE OF ETHICS WHEREAS, it is the Council’s desire to cr eate and maintain ethical standards that guide Public Officials in the tran saction of public business; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined the most effective way to do so is to adopt and enforce a Code of Ethics that guides the conduct of Public Officials: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESO LVED, by the Roseville City Council, that the following Code of Ethics is hereby adopted: CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC O FFICIALS IN THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE Purpose Officials in the public service must mainta in the highest possible standards of ethical conduct in their transactions of public business. Such standards must be clearly defined and known to the public as we ll as to the Public Officials. Violations of the ethical standards in this ordinance are punishable by the City Council and ar e not to be deemed criminal misdemeanors of any ot her type of crime except as those behaviors or activities may separately be determined to be criminal under state or federal law. Section 1. Declaration of Policy The proper operation of democratic govern ment requires that Public Officials be independent, impartial and re sponsible to the people; that government decisions and policy be made in the proper channels of the government structure; that public office not