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Resolution to Support Education on Professional Standards of Conduct for City Officials and Direction to Council Rules Committee to Draft Appropriate Standard of Conduct
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Whereas, Public confidence and trust in government relies on the integrity and professional conduct of those elected and appointed to represent the public and their municipality;
Whereas, Elected and appointed officials have fiduciary duties and obligations to the public in the municipality they represent;
Whereas, One of these duties is the expectation of the public that municipal elected and appointed officials shall not misuse their office to benefit themselves or those to whom they have personal obligations;
Whereas, This duty has resulted in government policies and legislation defining professional conduct in public office as well as customary practices and guiding principles formally endorsed by municipalities;
Whereas, The Michigan legislature enacted Public Act 317 of 1968 (MCL 15.321 -15.330, as amended), which establishes required and prohibited conduct to avoid conflicts of interest for public employees and officials in relation to contracts entered into by the government entity for which they work or for which they are officials;
Whereas, Federal law and regulations also impose requirements for public employees and officials to avoid conflicts of interest in relation to federally funded contracts entered into by the government entity for which they work or for which they are officials;
Whereas, The Michigan legislature enacted Public Act 196 of 1973 (MCL 15.341 -15.348, as amended), which defines and delimits standards of conduct for public officers and employees of the State of Michigan but does not, with one exception, extend those standards of conduct to municipal officials and employees;
Whereas, The provisions of Section 2 and 2a of Public Act 196 of 1973 (MCL 15.342 and 15.342a, as amended) might serve as a basis for developing standards of conduct for the Cit...
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