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ORDINANCE NO. D-2292-16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 5, SECTION 2-184(8)
OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE
SYNOPSIS: This Ordinance amends yearly Statement of Economic Interest requirements.
WHEREAS, the City of Carmel, Indiana, has an ethics policy that currently requires all of the City's
employees, officers, and officials to annually complete and submit a "Statement of Economic Interest"
form ("SEI Form") disclosing thereon certain gifts, honoraria, pecuniary interests, and compensation
received by these individuals during the preceding calendar year; and
WHEREAS, only approximately twelve percent of the persons required to annually complete a
SEI Form report any economic interests thereon; and
WHEREAS, it is burdensome, unnecessary, and a waste of time and public resources to require
persons with no economic interests to annually complete an SEI Form; and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to now require only those persons with economic
interests reportable under City Code Section 2-184 to complete and submit a SEI Form; and
WHEREAS, it is also in the public interest to have the Corporation Counsel annually attempt
to contact all City employees, officers, and officials to remind them of their obligation to timely submit
a SEI Form if they have any economic interests reportable under City Code Section 2-184, as well as
for the Corporation Counsel to retain possession of all submitted SEI Forms; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel,
Indiana, as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing Recitals are fully incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. Carmel City Code Chapter 2, Article 5, Section 2-184 should be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"(g) Submission of sta men of economic interest! re view. 0/1 d C41 I
All elected officials Aofficers and employees of the City who have any economic interests subject to
disclosure under this Section shall file a Statement of Economic Interests with the City's Department of
Law on or before March 31S of the immediately succeeding calendar year. On or before March 10`h of
each calendar year, the Corporation Counsel shall take reasonable efforts to notify each City official,
officer, and employee of their filing obligations under this Section.
This Ordinance was prepared by Douglas C. Haney, Corporation Counsel, on 4/25/16 at 3:08 p.m. No subsequent revision to this
Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Haney for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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SPONSOR(S): Councilor Carter
This Statement of Economic Interests shall be affirmed as to its truth and accuracy under penalties of
perjury and include the following information:
(1) The name of the submitting elected official, officer or employee; and
(2) The business address of the submitting elected official, officer or employee; and
(3) The position in which the submitting elected official, officer or employee holds with the City
or agency; and
(4) Each employer of the elected official, officer or employee; and
(5) A listing of all gifts or honoraria the elected official, officer or employee received during the
past calendar year that are reasonably believed to have an individual value in excess of $100 and/or an
aggregate value in excess of $250 from any business entity doing business with the City and/or an
agency; and
(6) A statement of whether or not the elected official, officer or employee, or any member of
his/her immediate family, had a pecuniary interest in any contract with the City or any agency during
the past calendar year, (including, but not limited to, an independent contractor contract, but excluding
an employee contract) and, if so, a description of the pecuniary interest; and
(7) The name of each business entity from which the elected official, officer or employee received
any compensation during the preceding calendar year except for those items and property herein
excluded from the definition of gifts and honoraria; and
(8) The name of any business entity in which the elected official, officer or employee or his/her
immediate family owns a material interest and which business entity is doing business with the City or
an agency.
To the extent any or all of the above information is contained in the Uniform Conflict of Interest
Disclosure Statement filed in accordance with I.C., 35-44-1-3, that form can, to such extent, be
substituted for the Statement of Economic Interests. All Statements of Economic Interests shall be filed
with and retained by the City's Department of Law. These statements shall be made available to the
public only as required by Indiana's Access to Public Records Act (I. C., 5-14-3), or final court order.
Section 3. All prior City ordinances or parts thereof that are inconsistent with any provision of
this Ordinance are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Ordinance.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its
passage, execution by the Mayor, and publication as required by law.
Ordinance D-2292-16
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This Ordinance was prepared by Douglas C. Haney, Corporation Counsel, on 4/25/16 at 3:08 p.m. No subsequent revision to this
Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Haney for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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SPONSOR(S): Councilor Carter
NdayPASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this IVI
of
, 2016, by a vote of :_ ayes and nays.
COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL
Presiding Officer
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Laura D. Campbell
' Carter
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Carol Schleif
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana this � day of
M 0,_ ki 2016, at �.M.
hristine S. Pau y, Clerk -Treasure
Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this .2 day of
A4 4r 2016, at Z 2 S A.M.
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lstine S. Paule , Clerk -Treasurer
Ordinance D-2292-16
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JAes Brainard, Mayor
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This Ordinance was prepared by Douglas C. Haney, Corporation Counsel, on 4/25/16 at 3:08 p.m. No subsequent revision to this
Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Haney for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
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