REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Review and Approve City's Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials
Report
DISCUSSION
This report represents Council's annual opportunity to review and revise the City's Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials (hereafter referred to as "the Code" and depicted by Attachment 1). Council policy requires that this review be performed shortly after the selection of the Mayor and/or Vice Mayor each year.
The Code contains a section on ethical standards and a section on conduct which describes the manner in which officials should treat one another, City staff, constituents, and others with whom they may come in contact while representing the City.
No changes to the Code are proposed by staff. The City's boards and commissions that meet on a regular basis completed their annual review of the Code during the months of October 2014 - March 2015 and no specific suggestions were made to revise the Code. The Board of Building Code Appeals and the Personnel Board, which meet only on an as-needed basis, will complete the annual review at their next scheduled meeting.
EXISTING POLICY
2014 Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this report.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Senior Center, Community Center and Department of Public Safety; and by making the agenda and report available at the Sunnyvale Public Library, the Office of the City Clerk and on the City's website.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Review and approve the 2015 Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials with no changes.
Staff
Prepared by: Lisa Natusch, Deputy City Clerk
Approved by: Robert A. Walker, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Deanna J. Santana, City Manager
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