§ 2.20.110. Purpose and intent.

The city council hereby finds and declares as follows:

(1)

The people has a right to expect from the elected and appointed representatives at all levels of government assurances of the utmost integrity, honesty and fairness to be assured in their dealings.

(2)

The people further have a right to be assured to the fullest extent possible that the private financial dealings of their governmental representatives and of candidates for those offices, present no conflict of interest between the public trust and private gain.

(3)

The representative form of government is founded upon a belief that those entrusted with the offices of government have nothing to fear from full public disclosure of their business holdings as they pertain to the business before the city. To these ends, the city council hereby enacts this chapter. The city council hereby intends to sustain, to the extent necessary, public confidence in government at all levels, by assuring the people of the impartiality of their officials in all governmental transactions and decisions.

The provisions of this chapter are to be construed liberally to the end that the public interest be fully protected.

(Ord. No. 4506, § 1, 4-25-95)