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RESOLUTION NO, 312
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING
HILLS, CALIFORNIA, REGARDING CONFLICT OF INTEREST
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rolling Hills believes
that the residents of the City of Rolling Hills should be assured that
all governmental decisions and actions should be impartially made and
that the City's offices should not be used for, personal gain, other than
the compensation ordered to be paid to each official by the City Council;
and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council that special in-
terests should be prevented from unduly influencing governmental decisions
and policy, and that all such decisions and policies should reflect the
interests of the residents of the City of Rolling Hills; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the residents of the
City of Rolling Hills to be informed of any personal economic interests
which may present a conflict of interests between the City officials'
public duty and trust and private gain;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Rolling Hills as follows:
1. No City official shall have any economic interest
or social or moral obligations which are in substantial conflict
with the proper exercise of his official duties and powers;
2. No City official shall participate in, or in any
way attempt to influence governmental action or decisions,
within the responsibilities of his office, wherein he knows
or has reason to believe that he or she has an economic inter-
est or a social or moral obligation;
3. At such time or times designated by the Mayor of
the City of Rolling Hills, each official of the City shall file
with the City Clerk a statement which shall set forth in detail
any economic interest he owns or controls, directly or indirectly,
within the geographic limits of the City of Rolling Hills;
4. For the purposes of this Resolution "economic in-.
terest" is defined as:
(a) Real property having a value of more
than $100.
(b) Any source of income, loans or gifts
received from a resident of the City of Rolling Hills
or the owner of property in the City of Rolling Hills,
or his agent or assignee;
(c) Any source of income, loan or gift re-
ceived from any business entity which has filed or
has pending an application requesting permission to
perform or conduct any discretionary or legislative
act within the geographical limits of the City of
Rolling Hills;
5. For the purposes of this Resolution "public offi-
cial" means any officer, administrative or legal, who is
appointed by the Mayor or the City Council of the City of Roll-
ing Hills.
6. The District Attorney or any group of residents of
this City may bring an action in Superior Court to enjoin viola-
tion of -or compel compliance with,the provisions of this Reso-
lution:.
(a) Upona preliminary showing that there are reason-
able grounds to believe that a violation of this
resolution has occurred, the court may restrain the
execution of .any decision, contract, order, permit,
resolution or other, official act in relation to which
a violation of this Resolution is alleged to have
occurred, pending final adjudication, provided that
any injury suffered by innocent persons does not out-
weigh the public interest in a temporary stay of the
act. If it is ultimately determined that a violation
has occurred, the court may set aside as void any
decision, order, permit, resolution, contract or other
official action affected by the violation.
(b) If it is determined that a violation of this
resolution has occurred, and if the public official
who committed the violation realized an economic
benefit as a result of the action or decision., the
court may impose a penalty against the public offi-
cial of up to three (3) times the value of the benefit.
(c) If it is determined that an interest which should
have been disclosed in. the report required by Section
3 of this Resolution was omitted, the court may impose
a penalty of up to three (3) times the value of the
omitted interest.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED April 22, 19740
/s/ Philip M. Battaglia
Mayor of the City of
Rolling Hills, California
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
/s/ William Kin.lev
City Attorney
I hereby certify that th.e foregoing resolution., being Resolution No. 312,
was duly adopted by the. City Council of the City of Rolling Hills, Cali-
fornia at a regular meeting thereof held on. the 22nd day of April, 1974
by the following vote of the Council:
AYES-. Councilmen Crocker, Heinsheimer, Ee. Conte, Rose
Mayor Battaglia
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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5. For the purposes of this Resolution, "public
official" means any officer, administrative or legal, who is
appointed by'the Mayo' or the City'Council of the C'ity`of
Rolling Hills:
PASSEDD APPROVED and ADOPTED Apri 22, 19740
Mayor, of the -'.City, of Ro ng".,
Hills, California
ATTEST: A
City Clerk
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City Att S
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No...
312, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Rolling Hills,
California at a regular meeting thereof held on the '22nd day of April
1974 by.the following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen Crocker., Heinsheimer, Le Conte,
Rose, Mayor Battaglia
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
hepuiy City Clerk
City of Rolling Hills, California
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