§ 2.90.270. Declaration of a potential violation or conflict.

A.

An employee who is or may become involved in a matter that may result in a violation of a section in this chapter shall refrain from taking any official action relating to the matter until a determination is made under this section and immediately make a full and complete disclosure, in writing, to the director of the employee's department.

B.

The director shall make a written determination whether an employee's involvement would be a violation of this chapter and shall provide a copy of the written determination to the employee and to the borough attorney and director of human resources. The director shall review the summaries of previous determinations as set forth in subsection (D) of this section and may request guidance from the borough attorney before making the written determination.

C.

An employee is not liable under this chapter for any action carried out in accordance with a determination made pursuant to this section if the employee fully disclosed all known relevant facts reasonably necessary to the determination.

D.

All written determinations shall be confidential and submitted to the borough attorney for review. The borough attorney shall make sufficient deletions to prevent disclosure of the employee's identity from the summary. An indexed copy of the summaries shall be maintained by the director of human resources for inspection by the public and employees.

(Ord. No. 2012-34, § 5, 9-18-12; Ord. No. 2010-10, § 1, 4-20-10)