§ 22.40.140. Voting—Conflict of interest.

A.

All assembly members present at a meeting shall vote upon each question unless their participation is excused or prohibited as a result of a conflict of interest.

1.

Unless an assembly member is required to vote pursuant to paragraph B. of this section, no assembly member shall vote on a question in which the assembly member has a substantial direct or indirect financial interest.

2.

A member may not be compelled to vote on matters where there is a reasonable likelihood of a breach of privilege or confidence protected by law or where participation would create a serious appearance of impropriety.

3.

A member may be excused by the body from voting for other good cause.

B.

An assembly member intending to abstain from voting shall state the reason for abstaining as soon as practicable after the matter is before the assembly.

1.

A member of the governing body shall declare a substantial financial interest the member has in an official action and ask to be excused from a vote on the matter.

2.

The presiding officer shall rule on a request by a member of the governing body to be excused from vote.

3.

The decision of the presiding officer on a request by a member of the governing body to be excused from a vote may be overriden by the majority vote of the governing body.

4.

The affected assembly member or members with the same conflict may not vote on any determination of that conflict of interest.

(Ord. No. 99-74, § 4, 1-18-00; Ord. No. 90-29, § 3(part), 1990; Ord. No. 81-1, § 1, 1981; Ord. No. 79-76, § 1, 1979)