REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Annual Review and Approval of 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") (Attachment 1).
The Code contains a section on ethical standards and a section on conduct which describes the way 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 September - December 2017 and no specific suggestions were made to revise the Code. The Board of Building Code Appeals, which meets only on an as-needed basis, will complete the annual review at its next scheduled meeting.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378 (b) (5) in that it is a governmental organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment.
EXISTING POLICY
2017 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 2018 Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials with no changes from the 2017 Co...
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