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Agenda Item No: 20.






AGENDA REPORT

DATE:

September 21, 2021 

TO:

Mayor and City Council

FROM:

Stefan T. Chatwin, City Manager


SUBJECT:Resolution 2021-242 of the City Council of the City of Fairfield Approving Amendments to the City of Fairfield Conflict of Interest Code

RECOMMENDED ACTION 
Adopt resolution.
STATEMENT OF ISSUE 
California’s Political Reform Act requires a biennial review of each agency’s local Conflict of Interest Code in even numbered years. In addition, Government Code Section 87306 requires amending the City’s Conflict of Interest Code whenever new positions are created or in the event of any reclassification, renaming, or deletion of previously designated positions (those positions that involve the making or participation in the making of decisions that may have a foreseeable material effect on any financial interest). The attached resolution satisfies the requirements of this Government Code section.
DISCUSSION

Government Code Section 87306 requires a local agency to amend the Conflict of Interest Code whenever a change occurs that affects the code. The types of changes that warrant amendments include:

 

1. The creation of a new position which involves the making of, or participation in the making of, decisions which may foreseeably have a material effect on any financial interest; and/or

 

2. The reclassification, renaming, or deletion of a previously designated position.

 

Annually, City department heads should review the list of positions required to file a Conflict of Interest Code to determine necessary amendments.

 

The City last revised its Conflict of Interest Code in Resolution 2021-47. The resolution contained the list of designated positions, assigned disclosure categories, and described the disclosure categories. The following amendments are now proposed:

 

Delete the following positions from the list of designated positions in Exhibit A:

 

  • Police Support Manager

 

Add the following positions from the list of designated positions in Exhibit A:

 

  • Director of Information Technology
  • Executive Office Manager
  • Police Communications Manager
  • Police Community Engagement Manager
  • Police Records and Property Manager

 


FINANCIAL IMPACT
None
PUBLIC CONTACT/ADVISORY BODY RECOMMENDATION 
None
ALTERNATIVE ACTION 
Council may choose to not approve the proposed changes.
STAFF CONTACT 

Amber Alexander, Deputy City Clerk

(707) 428-7402

aalexander@fairfield.ca.gov


COORDINATED WITH 

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Proposed Resolution
Exhibit A Proposed Changes
Exhibit B Summary of Categories
REVIEWERS:
ReviewerActionDate
Alexander, AmberApproved9/9/2021 - 12:48 PM