<span>conditions. Amending Advisory Opinion 21-02.<\/span><\/p>","document":"/media/17011/ec-advisory-opinion-23-01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"23-02","description":"<p><span>BPD employees may create and maintain social media pages, independent of the city’s social media, to support the Boise Police<\/span><br \/><span>Canine Foundation, subject to specified conditions.<\/span><\/p>","document":"/media/17012/ecadvisory-opinion-23-02.pdf"}]},{"codeId":"1-8-3(B)","description":"<p><span>No City official shall knowingly:<\/span><\/p><p><span>B. Use or disclose confidential information gained in the course of or by reason of his or her official position or activities in any way that could result in financial gain for him or herself or for any other person. (Ord. 53-15, 12-8-2015)<\/span><\/p>","opinions":[{"opinionId":"21-03","description":"<p>Employee may contract to perform code amendment and policy drafting for governmental agencies outside of Boise City so long as the work is performed in a personal capacity and not as a representative of, or on behalf of, Boise City.<\/p>","document":"/media/13099/advisory_opinion_21-03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"21-02","description":"<p>Employee, under the specific factual background provided, may consult and perform services for companies submitting Wildfire Safety Plans to Boise Fire Department, under specific conditions.<\/p>","document":"/media/13090/advisory_opinion_21-02.pdf"},{"opinionId":"17-01","description":"<p>Members of the City’s Open Space and Clean Water Advisory Committee (“Committee”) may, in most instances, sit on the Board of Directors of local non-profit agencies, but in certain circumstances they may need to resign from either the Committee or the non-profit in order to avoid a conflict of interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4852/advisory-opinion-17-01-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"09-04","description":"<p>Airport Commissioners, City employees and their family members may lease T-hangars or commercial properties from the City, so long as they disclose the potential conflict of interest to the Airport Director and recuse themselves from any discussion concerning policies affecting the lease of T-hangars or commercial properties.<\/p>","document":"/media/4880/opinion_09_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-02","description":"<p>An employee may apply to rent a market value property owned by the City. The employee would be required to follow all application and screening requirements and to meet all leasing provisions, similar to any other person attempting to rent the property.<\/p>","document":"/media/4867/opinion_08_02.pdf"}]},{"codeId":"1-8-3(C)","description":"<div id=\"rid-0-0-0-256\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div>No City official shall knowingly:<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-257\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-258\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div>C. Accept any valuable gift, whether in the form of service, loan, thing or promise from any person or business that is interested directly or indirectly in any manner in a business dealing with the City if that City official has any discretionary function related to the business dealing; provided, however, any City official who is a candidate for public office may accept campaign contributions and services in connection with such campaign. Gifts of any kind shall not be accepted where there exists a substantial risk that the gift would undermine official impartiality. (Ord. 53-15, 12-8-2015; amd. 2019 Code)<\/div><\/div>","opinions":[{"opinionId":"19-03","description":"<p>A Boise City employee received a thank you card and collector coin in appreciation for work. May they accept the gift?<\/p>","document":"/media/9475/advisory-opinion-19-03-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"19-02","description":"<p>A Boise City employee volunteers for local nonprofit organizations.<\/p>","document":"/media/9474/advisory-opinion-19-02-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"19-01","description":"<p>A Boise City fire alarm inspector is married to an individual who works for a fire alarm system installation company. <\/p>","document":"/media/8797/advisory-opinion-19-01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"17-02","description":"<p>A city employee with a photography business may apply for a grant through the Department of Arts and History provided 1) the employee is not a member of the Arts and History Department and does not have an influential relationship over the department; 2) the selection process for awardees continues to remain anonymous; and 3) the employee does not receive any form of compensation for his or her work.<\/p>","document":"/media/4851/advisory_opinion_17-02.pdf"},{"opinionId":"16-02","description":"<p>Part 1- A Boise police officer injured in the line of duty may accept funds raised during an FOP fundraiser provided that the funds were not solicited by the officer or by the Boise Police Department. Part 2<\/p>","document":"/media/4853/advisory-opinion-16-02-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"15-01","description":"<p>An Arts and History employee may not accept a $100 gift certificate or a free personal art showing for jurying an art show. The employee may accept a gift certificate valued at $50.<\/p>","document":"/media/4855/advisory-opinion-15-01-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"13-01","description":"<p>City Plumbing Inspectors may attend foundry and building tours in another state paid for by a trade association that has no direct or indirect interest in business dealings of the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4881/advisory-opinion-13-01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"12-05","description":"<p>A City employee may assist a private company, from which the City has already purchased a product and with which the City continues to have an ongoing maintenance contract with, by providing testimonials and information on the product, for which the City employee has no personal benefit and will receive nothing of value. The City will receive additional IT support from the private company in exchange but it is not a valuable gift.<\/p>","document":"/media/4882/opinion_12_05.pdf"},{"opinionId":"12-04","description":"<p>Nothing in the City’s Code of Ethics or Purchasing Code would prohibit Bodybuilding.com from providing supplements to the fire and police departments; however, the decision whether to accept these supplements should be made by City administration.<\/p>","document":"/media/4883/opinion_12_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"12-01","description":"<p>The City’s Parks and Recreation employees may accept free meals from contract vendors at the Willow Lane Athletic Complex while working.<\/p>","document":"/media/4884/opinion_12_01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"11-05","description":"<p>The City may negotiate and contract for any terms, however, the contracting for tickets to sporting events and the like has the potential to create an appearance of impropriety to the public. If unsolicited tickets are received, the Commission recommends that the City return the tickets with a request that the tickets be given to community members.<\/p>","document":"/media/4885/opinion_11_05.pdf"},{"opinionId":"11-04","description":"<p>City employee may not attend a lighting class where travel and lodging would be paid for by a vendor with a City contract.<\/p>","document":"/media/4886/opinion_11_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"11-01","description":"<p>City employees may attend a product\/technology presentation and partake in lunch provided by a GIS\/GPS vendor.<\/p>","document":"/media/4887/opinion_11_01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-04","description":"<p>City employees may attend the free Microsoft conference and partake in continental breakfast, however, they may not accept software programs or door prizes from the conference.<\/p>","document":"/media/4888/opinion_08_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-03","description":"<p>Public works employee who assists in bidding process and directs work of City contractors may be able to hire a City contractor to paint his personal home only if he discloses the issue to the Mayor. The Mayor shall determine whether the conflict is de minimus or requires reassignment of duties creating the conflict to another official in the same department.<\/p>","document":"/media/4866/opinion_08_03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-01","description":"<p>City employee may serve as Interim Fire Chief despite a conflict of interest with a vendor. Conflict of interest was properly disclosed and employee was removed from all work-related responsibilities related to the vendor.<\/p>","document":"/media/4868/opinion_08_01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"07-07","description":"<p>A member of the City's Ethics Commission may receive a monetary award for their community service\/outreach from their employer.<\/p>","document":"/media/4869/opinion_07_07.pdf"},{"opinionId":"07-06","description":"<p>Ridge to Rivers employee may start a private trail consulting business for areas outside the Ridge to Rivers operating area.<\/p>","document":"/media/4870/opinion_07_06.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-09","description":"<p>City employees may accept door prizes from the United Way, even if the value is above $50 so long as the prize is not being used to undermine official impartiality.<\/p>","document":"/media/4889/opinion_06_09.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-07","description":"<p>Conference attendees may accept door prizes from organizer of conference, even if the value is above $50, and may also accept attendance “gifts” from the conference organizer as they are not really “gifts” but part of the Conference cost. Attendees should avoid accepting door prizes valued over $50 from conference vendors.<\/p>","document":"/media/4890/opinion_06_07.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-06","description":"<p>Fire department employees may receive “thank you” gift certificates from citizens where the certificates are valued under $50.<\/p>","document":"/media/4891/opinion_06_06.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-05","description":"<p>An individual employee may accept a complimentary e-learning course that is valued at less than $50 from an entity with whom the city does not do business.<\/p>","document":"/media/4892/opinion_06_05.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-03","description":"<p>City employees may accept discounts on personal computers from vendors with whom the city does business where the discount program is offered broadly to a large group, i.e., all governmental employees.<\/p>","document":"/media/4874/opinion_06_03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"05-06","description":"<p>City employees may attend training on environmental regulations and technical issues presented by third parties, even where the party presenting the training either has an existing business relationship with the City or may have a business relationship in the future, since the training is presented at no cost and does not have a substantial risk of undermining impartiality.<\/p>","document":"/media/4893/opinion_05_06.pdf"},{"opinionId":"05-05","description":"<p>City employees may attend breakfasts and luncheons hosted by the City’s solid waste contractor as these events have a business purpose and the meals are valued at less than $50.<\/p>","document":"/media/4894/opinion_05_05.pdf"},{"opinionId":"05-04","description":"<p>A City employee may not accept a free event ticket worth $199 from a vendor with whom the City does business.<\/p>","document":"/media/4895/opinion_05_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"05-01","description":"<p>A city official who is also a member of a professional organization related to his position with the City may seek sponsorship funding for a conference of the professional organization from entities with whom the City does business where there is no pecuniary gain by the official. The City official should, however, clarify in writing that the solicitation is being made on behalf of the professional organization and not on behalf of the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4879/opinion_05_01.pdf"}]},{"codeId":"1-8-3(D)","description":"<div id=\"rid-0-0-0-255\" class=\"Section toc-destination rbox\"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\">No City official shall knowingly:<\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-259\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\">D. Violate the fiduciary duty owed to the City under this standard of conduct. The fiduciary duty is defined as a duty to act for the benefit of the citizens of the City of Boise, while subordinating one's personal interest to those of the City as a whole. When an employee expends any resources of the City, this duty requires that the expenditure be reasonable, prudent and for the benefit of the City and not for personal gain. (Ord. 53-15, 12-8-2015)<\/div>","opinions":[{"opinionId":"18-01","description":"<p>The Boise State Alumni Association has selected all six Boise City Council members as its Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, and they may accept the awards.<\/p>","document":"/media/8210/advisory-opinion-18-01-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"17-01","description":"<p>Members of the City’s Open Space and Clean Water Advisory Committee (“Committee”) may, in most instances, sit on the Board of Directors of local non-profit agencies, but in certain circumstances they may need to resign from either the Committee or the non-profit in order to avoid a conflict of interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4852/advisory-opinion-17-01-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"16-01","description":"<p>The Airport Director may form a non-profit and sit on its Board of Directors if the City Council waives any apparent conflict of interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4854/advisory-opinion-16-01-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-06","description":"<p>A City Parks and Recreation employee may coach his son’s hockey teams but may not accept any sort of compensation for coaching.<\/p>","document":"/media/4865/opinion_08_06.pdf"},{"opinionId":"07-04","description":"<p>City employee may work for companies that perform similar work as they are employed to do for the City when paid as hourly, fixed wage employees and there is not a conflict of interest or violation of the fiduciary duties owed to the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4871/opinion_07_04.pdf"}]},{"codeId":"1-8-4","description":"<div id=\"rid-0-0-0-261\" class=\"Section toc-destination rbox\"><div>1-8-4: DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-262\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div>A. Conflict Of Interest Defined: For purposes of this section, an actual \"conflict of interest\" is defined as a set of circumstances wherein a City official would be required to take an action or make a decision that would affect his or her personal financial or pecuniary interests, or those of a member of his or her household, or a business with which he or she is associated. An apparent conflict of interest is one that does not affect a City official's personal financial or pecuniary interests, but nevertheless calls into question his or her objectivity and independence. Any City official who has either an actual conflict of interest or an apparent conflict of interest, shall:<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-263\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. If a City official, other than an appointed or elected member of a commission, board or council, verbally discloses such interest to the Mayor (or if such City official is the Mayor, then to the City Council), who may require the assignment of the matter creating the conflict to another City official of the same department of the City who does not have a conflict of interest, or determine such conflict de minimus, as defined in subsection B of this section. (1952 Code § 1-21-04)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-264\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. If an appointed or elected member of a commission, board or council, discloses such interest on the records of said commission, board or council and shall disqualify him or herself from participating in any decision or vote relating thereto, unless following such disclosure a majority of the remaining members of such commission, board or council determined by official action at a public meeting of such commission, board or council that such conflict of interest is de minimus, as defined in subsection B of this section.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-265\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div>B. De Minimis Conflict Defined: A pecuniary benefit is de minimis if it does not exceed the value of fifty dollars ($50.00) incidental to personal, professional or business contacts and involving no substantial risk of undermining official impartiality, as defined in Idaho Code section 18-1359. An officer's interest in a contract is deemed de minimis if it is a remote interest. \"Remote interest\" means that of a nonsalaried officer of a nonprofit organization; that of an employee of a contracting party where the compensation consists entirely of fixed wages; that of a landlord or tenant of a contracting party; or that of a holder of less than one percent (1%) of the shares of a corporation or cooperative which is a contracting party, all as defined in Idaho Code section 74-502. There is no conflict of interest if the City official's personal interest is so remote that it would be unreasonable to question his or her ability to impartially serve the City's best interests. (Ord. 31-15, 7-28-2015)<\/div><\/div>","opinions":[{"opinionId":"21-03","description":"<p>Employee may contract to perform code amendment and policy drafting for governmental agencies outside of Boise City so long as the work is performed in a personal capacity and not as a representative of, or on behalf of, Boise City.<\/p>","document":"/media/13099/advisory_opinion_21-03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"21-02","description":"<p>Employee, under the specific factual background provided, may consult and perform services for companies submitting Wildfire Safety Plans to Boise Fire Department, under specific conditions.<\/p>","document":"/media/13090/advisory_opinion_21-02.pdf"},{"opinionId":"19-02","description":"<p>A Boise City employee volunteers for local nonprofit organizations.<\/p>","document":"/media/9474/advisory-opinion-19-02-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"19-01","description":"<p>A Boise City fire alarm inspector is married to an individual who works for a fire alarm system installation company. <\/p>","document":"/media/8797/advisory-opinion-19-01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"17-01","description":"<p>Members of the City’s Open Space and Clean Water Advisory Committee (“Committee”) may, in most instances, sit on the Board of Directors of local non-profit agencies, but in certain circumstances they may need to resign from either the Committee or the non-profit in order to avoid a conflict of interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4852/advisory-opinion-17-01-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"16-01","description":"<p>The Airport Director may form a non-profit and sit on its Board of Directors if the City Council waives any apparent conflict of interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4854/advisory-opinion-16-01-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"14-01","description":"<p>Public works employees may teach erosion control certification courses through a third party and may receive compensation from the third party entity, but a public works supervisor may not participate in approving instructors for the courses if that individual is also an instructor.<\/p>","document":"/media/4857/advisory-opinion-14-01-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"10-08","description":"<p>While there is not a conflict of interest for a City employee to submit an art proposal, the personal beneficial interest the employee gains by being paid for the City’s art project proposal prohibits continuing City employment. Further, the employee may not volunteer his time to the City and be paid for the art proposal given the definition of “employee” in the Purchasing Code.<\/p>","document":"/media/4896/opinion_10_08.pdf"},{"opinionId":"10-07","description":"<p>Public Works Commissioner's conflict of interest is obviated by the disclosure of the conflict and the recusal of the commissioner from discussions or decisions related to the conflict which come before the Commission.<\/p>","document":"/media/4897/opinion_10_07.pdf"},{"opinionId":"10-05","description":"<p>The City Engineer's son may work for an engineering firm that has active engineering projects with the City during a summer internship.<\/p>","document":"/media/4859/opinion_10_05.pdf"},{"opinionId":"10-04","description":"<p>The City's Arts Department may purchase software the Arts Department Director's husband works for since the employee's personal interest is remote and therefore not a conflict of interest. The purchase of this particular piece of software further serves the best interest of the City and compliance with Boise City Code § 1-11-09 is waived by the Ethics Commission.<\/p>","document":"/media/4898/opinion_10_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"10-03","description":"<p>A Fire Department employee should not have any direct involvement in the evaluative process during the firefighter test her boyfriend takes nor should she participate in any part of the firefighter testing process that may manipulate the testing score.<\/p>","document":"/media/4899/opinion_10_03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"09-07","description":"<p>A Public Works employee may contact and hire asphalt vendors whose invoices he may review during the course of his employment to repair asphalt for his neighborhood's Homeowners' Association.<\/p>","document":"/media/4861/opinion_09_07.pdf"},{"opinionId":"09-06","description":"<p>A Public Works employee may serve as his Neighborhood Association's President and may request grant monies from the City on behalf of the Neighborhood Association so long as he does not serve on the selection committee which distributes the grants.<\/p>","document":"/media/4862/opinion_09_06.pdf"},{"opinionId":"09-04","description":"<p>Airport Commissioners, City employees and their family members may lease T-hangars or commercial properties from the City, so long as they disclose the potential conflict of interest to the Airport Director and recuse themselves from any discussion concerning policies affecting the lease of T-hangars or commercial properties.<\/p>","document":"/media/4880/opinion_09_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"09-03","description":"<p>A City employee with an outside business should refrain from performing services for fellow City employees, who are either up or down in the City employee’s own chain of command, due to the potential for conflicts of interests and inferences of improper influences. Further, if outside work is being done for a City employee in the same department but not in the same chain of command, the relationship should be disclosed to a supervisor prior to any work being done.<\/p>","document":"/media/4900/opinion_09_03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-07","description":"<p>A City Public Arts employee may apply for an unpaid fellowship, where the work would be on her own time and the City does not compete for grants with the organization or conduct similar research activities.<\/p>","document":"/media/4901/opinion_08_07.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-06","description":"<p>A City Parks and Recreation employee may coach his son’s hockey teams but may not accept any sort of compensation for coaching.<\/p>","document":"/media/4865/opinion_08_06.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-05","description":"<p>An employee may start a fiber splicing business where the employee's personal beneficial interest is remote and there is no conflict of interest for the employee.<\/p>","document":"/media/4863/opinion_09_05.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-03","description":"<p>Public works employee who assists in bidding process and directs work of City contractors may be able to hire a City contractor to paint his personal home only if he discloses the issue to the Mayor. The Mayor shall determine whether the conflict is de minimus or requires reassignment of duties creating the conflict to another official in the same department.<\/p>","document":"/media/4866/opinion_08_03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-02","description":"<p>An employee may apply to rent a market value property owned by the City. The employee would be required to follow all application and screening requirements and to meet all leasing provisions, similar to any other person attempting to rent the property.<\/p>","document":"/media/4867/opinion_08_02.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-01","description":"<p>City employee may serve as Interim Fire Chief despite a conflict of interest with a vendor. Conflict of interest was properly disclosed and employee was removed from all work-related responsibilities related to the vendor.<\/p>","document":"/media/4868/opinion_08_01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"07-06","description":"<p>Ridge to Rivers employee may start a private trail consulting business for areas outside the Ridge to Rivers operating area.<\/p>","document":"/media/4870/opinion_07_06.pdf"},{"opinionId":"07-04","description":"<p>City employee may work for companies that perform similar work as they are employed to do for the City when paid as hourly, fixed wage employees and there is not a conflict of interest or violation of the fiduciary duties owed to the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4871/opinion_07_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"07-02","description":"<p>An employee may not subcontract with or serve as a temporary employee for an organization that has a business relationship with the City because such a relationship would create an apparent conflict of interest and a prohibited personal beneficial interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4873/opinion_07_02.pdf"},{"opinionId":"07-01","description":"<p>Boise City Police employee may not sell safety encrypted cards to the City of Boise where the employee receives a personal beneficial interest from the sale of the cards.<\/p>","document":"/media/4902/opinion_07_01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-02","description":"<p>A city employee may be compensated by a third party for “striping” fields on City property for athletic use where the “striping” is outside the normal scope of the employee’s duties with the city and is done not on city time or with city equipment.<\/p>","document":"/media/4875/opinion_06_02.pdf"},{"opinionId":"05-07","description":"<p>The manager of the City’s Housing and Community Development division may serve as a Director of a non-profit mortgage banking consortium where the employee receives no pecuniary benefit for his service as a Director.<\/p>","document":"/media/4876/opinion_05_07.pdf"},{"opinionId":"05-03","description":"<p>The manager of the City’s Housing and Community Development division may serve on the Board of Directors of a non-profit community service organization where the employee will receive no pecuniary benefit and the organization does not seek financial assistance from the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4877/opinion_05_03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"05-01","description":"<p>A city official who is also a member of a professional organization related to his position with the City may seek sponsorship funding for a conference of the professional organization from entities with whom the City does business where there is no pecuniary gain by the official. The City official should, however, clarify in writing that the solicitation is being made on behalf of the professional organization and not on behalf of the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4879/opinion_05_01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"23-01","description":"<p><span>BFD employee may draft and contract to prepare wildfire safety plans for developments within the city of Boise subject to specified<\/span><br \/><span>conditions. Amending Advisory Opinion 21-02.<\/span><\/p>","document":"/media/17011/ec-advisory-opinion-23-01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"23-02","description":"<p><span>BPD employees may create and maintain social media pages, independent of the city’s social media, to support the Boise Police<\/span><br \/><span>Canine Foundation, subject to specified conditions.<\/span><\/p>","document":"/media/17012/ecadvisory-opinion-23-02.pdf"}]},{"codeId":"1-8-5(A)","description":"<p><span>A. Valuable Gift: No City official shall solicit or receive any valuable gift, or anything of value, including favors, services or promises of future employment, based on any understanding that such City official's vote, official action or judgment would be influenced thereby, or where it could reasonably be inferred that the thing of value would influence the City official in the discharge of his or her duties, or as a reward for the discharge of his or her duties.<\/span><\/p>","opinions":[{"opinionId":"19-01","description":"<p>A Boise City fire alarm inspector is married to an individual who works for a fire alarm system installation company. <\/p>","document":"/media/8797/advisory-opinion-19-01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"18-01","description":"<p>The Boise State Alumni Association has selected all six Boise City Council members as its Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, and they may accept the awards.<\/p>","document":"/media/8210/advisory-opinion-18-01-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"16-02","description":"<p>Part 1- A Boise police officer injured in the line of duty may accept funds raised during an FOP fundraiser provided that the funds were not solicited by the officer or by the Boise Police Department. Part 2<\/p>","document":"/media/4853/advisory-opinion-16-02-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"13-01","description":"<p>City Plumbing Inspectors may attend foundry and building tours in another state paid for by a trade association that has no direct or indirect interest in business dealings of the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4881/advisory-opinion-13-01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"12-05","description":"<p>A City employee may assist a private company, from which the City has already purchased a product and with which the City continues to have an ongoing maintenance contract with, by providing testimonials and information on the product, for which the City employee has no personal benefit and will receive nothing of value. The City will receive additional IT support from the private company in exchange but it is not a valuable gift.<\/p>","document":"/media/4882/opinion_12_05.pdf"},{"opinionId":"12-04","description":"<p>Nothing in the City’s Code of Ethics or Purchasing Code would prohibit Bodybuilding.com from providing supplements to the fire and police departments; however, the decision whether to accept these supplements should be made by City administration.<\/p>","document":"/media/4883/opinion_12_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"11-01","description":"<p>City employees may attend a product\/technology presentation and partake in lunch provided by a GIS\/GPS vendor.<\/p>","document":"/media/4887/opinion_11_01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"09-03","description":"<p>A City employee with an outside business should refrain from performing services for fellow City employees, who are either up or down in the City employee’s own chain of command, due to the potential for conflicts of interests and inferences of improper influences. Further, if outside work is being done for a City employee in the same department but not in the same chain of command, the relationship should be disclosed to a supervisor prior to any work being done.<\/p>","document":"/media/4900/opinion_09_03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-04","description":"<p>City employees may attend the free Microsoft conference and partake in continental breakfast, however, they may not accept software programs or door prizes from the conference.<\/p>","document":"/media/4888/opinion_08_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-09","description":"<p>City employees may accept door prizes from the United Way, even if the value is above $50 so long as the prize is not being used to undermine official impartiality.<\/p>","document":"/media/4889/opinion_06_09.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-07","description":"<p>Conference attendees may accept door prizes from organizer of conference, even if the value is above $50, and may also accept attendance “gifts” from the conference organizer as they are not really “gifts” but part of the Conference cost. Attendees should avoid accepting door prizes valued over $50 from conference vendors.<\/p>","document":"/media/4890/opinion_06_07.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-06","description":"<p>Fire department employees may receive “thank you” gift certificates from citizens where the certificates are valued under $50.<\/p>","document":"/media/4891/opinion_06_06.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-05","description":"<p>An individual employee may accept a complimentary e-learning course that is valued at less than $50 from an entity with whom the city does not do business.<\/p>","document":"/media/4892/opinion_06_05.pdf"},{"opinionId":"05-06","description":"<p>City employees may attend training on environmental regulations and technical issues presented by third parties, even where the party presenting the training either has an existing business relationship with the City or may have a business relationship in the future, since the training is presented at no cost and does not have a substantial risk of undermining impartiality.<\/p>","document":"/media/4893/opinion_05_06.pdf"},{"opinionId":"05-04","description":"<p>A City employee may not accept a free event ticket worth $199 from a vendor with whom the City does business.<\/p>","document":"/media/4895/opinion_05_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"23-02","description":"<p><span>BPD employees may create and maintain social media pages, independent of the city’s social media, to support the Boise Police<\/span><br \/><span>Canine Foundation, subject to specified conditions.<\/span><\/p>","document":"/media/17012/ecadvisory-opinion-23-02.pdf"}]},{"codeId":"1-8-5(B)","description":"<p><span>B. Money: No person shall offer or pay to a City official, and no such City official shall solicit or receive, any money in any amount in addition to that received as wages or salary by the City official in his or her official capacity, for advice or assistance given in the course of the City official's employment or relating to the employment. (1952 Code § 1-21-05)<\/span><\/p>","opinions":[{"opinionId":"19-02","description":"<p>A Boise City employee volunteers for local nonprofit organizations.<\/p>","document":"/media/9474/advisory-opinion-19-02-final.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-07","description":"<p>Conference attendees may accept door prizes from organizer of conference, even if the value is above $50, and may also accept attendance “gifts” from the conference organizer as they are not really “gifts” but part of the Conference cost. Attendees should avoid accepting door prizes valued over $50 from conference vendors.<\/p>","document":"/media/4890/opinion_06_07.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-06","description":"<p>Fire department employees may receive “thank you” gift certificates from citizens where the certificates are valued under $50.<\/p>","document":"/media/4891/opinion_06_06.pdf"}]},{"codeId":"1-8-6","description":"<div id=\"rid-0-0-0-270\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div>A. Requirement: No public official having any discretionary function to perform in connection with an expenditure, purchase, sale, or contract shall have any personal beneficial interest, either directly or indirectly in such expenditure, purchase, sale, or contract made by the City or in any firm, corporation or association that furnishes or bids on such purchase, sale or contract.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-271\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div>B. Standard Of Conduct: Every officer, employee or agent of the City is expressly prohibited from knowingly:<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-272\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Underestimating or exaggerating requirements to certain prospective bidders in order to influence bids.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-273\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. Misrepresenting a competitor's prices, quality or service to obtain concessions.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-274\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3. Splitting invoices or orders, etc., in an effort to avoid the competitive bid requirements of Idaho Code and City of Boise ordinances. (Ord. 53-15, 12-8-2015)<\/div><\/div>","opinions":[{"opinionId":"12-05","description":"<p>A City employee may assist a private company, from which the City has already purchased a product and with which the City continues to have an ongoing maintenance contract with, by providing testimonials and information on the product, for which the City employee has no personal benefit and will receive nothing of value. The City will receive additional IT support from the private company in exchange but it is not a valuable gift.<\/p>","document":"/media/4882/opinion_12_05.pdf"},{"opinionId":"12-04","description":"<p>Nothing in the City’s Code of Ethics or Purchasing Code would prohibit Bodybuilding.com from providing supplements to the fire and police departments; however, the decision whether to accept these supplements should be made by City administration.<\/p>","document":"/media/4883/opinion_12_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"12-02","description":"<p>A City Parks and Recreation employee may continue to work for Diamond Street Recycling even though the City has a contract with the company. While there is an indirect personal beneficial interest, the Ethics Commission waives compliance under facts presented in this case.<\/p>","document":"/media/4903/opinion_12_02.pdf"},{"opinionId":"11-05","description":"<p>The City may negotiate and contract for any terms, however, the contracting for tickets to sporting events and the like has the potential to create an appearance of impropriety to the public. If unsolicited tickets are received, the Commission recommends that the City return the tickets with a request that the tickets be given to community members.<\/p>","document":"/media/4885/opinion_11_05.pdf"},{"opinionId":"11-03","description":"<p>A City employee may be hired by a lessee of City property to irrigate the City property and may pasture his animals and use the excess pasture grass.<\/p>","document":"/media/4905/opinion_11_03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"11-02","description":"<p>The City’s Department of Arts and History may award grant funds to a local group of artists, which includes a City employee, so long as the City employee is not paid for his participation in the project.<\/p>","document":"/media/4904/opinion_11_02.pdf"},{"opinionId":"10-08","description":"<p>While there is not a conflict of interest for a City employee to submit an art proposal, the personal beneficial interest the employee gains by being paid for the City’s art project proposal prohibits continuing City employment. Further, the employee may not volunteer his time to the City and be paid for the art proposal given the definition of “employee” in the Purchasing Code.<\/p>","document":"/media/4896/opinion_10_08.pdf"},{"opinionId":"10-04","description":"<p>The City's Arts Department may purchase software the Arts Department Director's husband works for since the employee's personal interest is remote and therefore not a conflict of interest. The purchase of this particular piece of software further serves the best interest of the City and compliance with Boise City Code § 1-11-09 is waived by the Ethics Commission.<\/p>","document":"/media/4898/opinion_10_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"10-02","description":"<p><span>The City may not pay a City employee for producing Ridge to Rivers Ranger backpack covers as the employee would have a direct personal beneficial interest in a City expenditure.<\/span><\/p>","document":"/media/4974/opinion_10_02.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-06","description":"<p>A City Parks and Recreation employee may coach his son’s hockey teams but may not accept any sort of compensation for coaching.<\/p>","document":"/media/4865/opinion_08_06.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-05","description":"<p>An employee may start a fiber splicing business where the employee's personal beneficial interest is remote and there is no conflict of interest for the employee.<\/p>","document":"/media/4863/opinion_09_05.pdf"},{"opinionId":"08-01","description":"<p>City employee may serve as Interim Fire Chief despite a conflict of interest with a vendor. Conflict of interest was properly disclosed and employee was removed from all work-related responsibilities related to the vendor.<\/p>","document":"/media/4868/opinion_08_01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"07-04","description":"<p>City employee may work for companies that perform similar work as they are employed to do for the City when paid as hourly, fixed wage employees and there is not a conflict of interest or violation of the fiduciary duties owed to the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4871/opinion_07_04.pdf"},{"opinionId":"07-03","description":"<p>A part-time City employee may participate as an exhibitor at the City's Health Fair to promote her acupuncture services.<\/p>","document":"/media/4872/opinion_07_03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"07-02","description":"<p>An employee may not subcontract with or serve as a temporary employee for an organization that has a business relationship with the City because such a relationship would create an apparent conflict of interest and a prohibited personal beneficial interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4873/opinion_07_02.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-08","description":"<p>City employees may not solicit or ask contract vendors or non-contract suppliers to provide products for City use.<\/p>","document":"/media/4906/opinion_06_08.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-03","description":"<p>City employees may accept discounts on personal computers from vendors with whom the city does business where the discount program is offered broadly to a large group, i.e., all governmental employees.<\/p>","document":"/media/4874/opinion_06_03.pdf"},{"opinionId":"06-01","description":"<p>City employees may not conduct business with the City through an outside business venture that is owned by the employees (leasing a firearms range) where the employees have a direct pecuniary interest and the venture exceeds $50 in payments to the employees, making the interest more than de minimus.<\/p>","document":"/media/4907/opinion_06_01.pdf"},{"opinionId":"05-01","description":"<p>A city official who is also a member of a professional organization related to his position with the City may seek sponsorship funding for a conference of the professional organization from entities with whom the City does business where there is no pecuniary gain by the official. The City official should, however, clarify in writing that the solicitation is being made on behalf of the professional organization and not on behalf of the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4879/opinion_05_01.pdf"}]},{"codeId":"1-8-6(A)","description":"<div id=\"rid-0-0-0-270\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div>A. Requirement: No public official having any discretionary function to perform in connection with an expenditure, purchase, sale, or contract shall have any personal beneficial interest, either directly or indirectly in such expenditure, purchase, sale, or contract made by the City or in any firm, corporation or association that furnishes or bids on such purchase, sale or contract.<\/div><\/div>","opinions":[{"opinionId":"17-02","description":"<p>A city employee with a photography business may apply for a grant through the Department of Arts and History provided 1) the employee is not a member of the Arts and History Department and does not have an influential relationship over the department; 2) the selection process for awardees continues to remain anonymous; and 3) the employee does not receive any form of compensation for his or her work.<\/p>","document":"/media/4851/advisory_opinion_17-02.pdf"},{"opinionId":"17-01","description":"<p>Members of the City’s Open Space and Clean Water Advisory Committee (“Committee”) may, in most instances, sit on the Board of Directors of local non-profit agencies, but in certain circumstances they may need to resign from either the Committee or the non-profit in order to avoid a conflict of interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4852/advisory-opinion-17-01-final.pdf"}]},{"codeId":"1-8-6(B)","description":"<div class=\"clearfix\">B. Standard Of Conduct: Every officer, employee or agent of the City is expressly prohibited from knowingly:<\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-272\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Underestimating or exaggerating requirements to certain prospective bidders in order to influence bids.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-273\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. Misrepresenting a competitor's prices, quality or service to obtain concessions.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-274\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3. Splitting invoices or orders, etc., in an effort to avoid the competitive bid requirements of Idaho Code and City of Boise ordinances. (Ord. 53-15, 12-8-2015)<\/div><\/div>","opinions":[{"opinionId":"19-01","description":"<p>A Boise City fire alarm inspector is married to an individual who works for a fire alarm system installation company. <\/p>","document":"/media/8797/advisory-opinion-19-01.pdf"}]},{"codeId":"1-8-7","description":"<p><span>A City official shall not be deemed to have a financial interest in a matter if his or her interest is solely that of a general taxpayer or solely that of a recipient of public services generally provided by the City on the same terms and conditions as if he or she were not an official. (1952 Code § 1-21-07)<\/span><\/p>","opinions":[]},{"codeId":"1-8-8","description":"<div id=\"rid-0-0-0-278\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div>A. Appointments: Appointments to boards and commissions of the City shall be made with a view to minimizing potential conflicts of interest described in this chapter, and no person shall be appointed to any such board or commission if his or her potential conflicts of interest are of such a degree that they are likely to substantially interfere with the performance of his or her duties as an official. Appointments to such boards and commissions have memberships which approximate the diverse interests of the residents of the City. (1952 Code § 1-21-08)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div id=\"rid-0-0-0-279\" class=\"rbox Normal-Level\"><div>B. Terms Of Office: The terms of office for each board and\/or commission shall be provided by ordinance. Reappointment for a successive term or terms shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor and Council. Prior to the expiration of a term of office, the board or commission upon which a member serves may submit a majority recommendation to the Mayor and Council for the reappointment of such member or the appointment of a new member for Council consideration. (1952 Code § 1-21-09)<\/div><\/div>","opinions":[{"opinionId":"17-01","description":"<p>Members of the City’s Open Space and Clean Water Advisory Committee (“Committee”) may, in most instances, sit on the Board of Directors of local non-profit agencies, but in certain circumstances they may need to resign from either the Committee or the non-profit in order to avoid a conflict of interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4852/advisory-opinion-17-01-final.pdf"}]}]" data-opinions="[{"opinionId":"21-03","description":"<p>Employee may contract to perform code amendment and policy drafting for governmental agencies outside of Boise City so long as the work is performed in a personal capacity and not as a representative of, or on behalf of, Boise City.<\/p>","document":"/media/13099/advisory_opinion_21-03.pdf","codes":["1-8-4","1-8-3(B)"]},{"opinionId":"21-02","description":"<p>Employee, under the specific factual background provided, may consult and perform services for companies submitting Wildfire Safety Plans to Boise Fire Department, under specific conditions.<\/p>","document":"/media/13090/advisory_opinion_21-02.pdf","codes":["1-8-4","1-8-3(B)"]},{"opinionId":"19-03","description":"<p>A Boise City employee received a thank you card and collector coin in appreciation for work. May they accept the gift?<\/p>","document":"/media/9475/advisory-opinion-19-03-final.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)"]},{"opinionId":"19-02","description":"<p>A Boise City employee volunteers for local nonprofit organizations.<\/p>","document":"/media/9474/advisory-opinion-19-02-final.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(C)","1-8-4","1-8-5(B)"]},{"opinionId":"19-01","description":"<p>A Boise City fire alarm inspector is married to an individual who works for a fire alarm system installation company. <\/p>","document":"/media/8797/advisory-opinion-19-01.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(C)","1-8-4","1-8-5(A)","1-8-6(B)"]},{"opinionId":"18-01","description":"<p>The Boise State Alumni Association has selected all six Boise City Council members as its Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, and they may accept the awards.<\/p>","document":"/media/8210/advisory-opinion-18-01-final.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(D)","1-8-5(A)"]},{"opinionId":"17-03","description":"<p>A city employee with a photography business may not display his photographs in the City Hall café in order to market\/sell them.<\/p>","document":"/media/4850/advisory_opinion_17-03.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"17-02","description":"<p>A city employee with a photography business may apply for a grant through the Department of Arts and History provided 1) the employee is not a member of the Arts and History Department and does not have an influential relationship over the department; 2) the selection process for awardees continues to remain anonymous; and 3) the employee does not receive any form of compensation for his or her work.<\/p>","document":"/media/4851/advisory_opinion_17-02.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(C)","1-8-6(A)"]},{"opinionId":"17-01","description":"<p>Members of the City’s Open Space and Clean Water Advisory Committee (“Committee”) may, in most instances, sit on the Board of Directors of local non-profit agencies, but in certain circumstances they may need to resign from either the Committee or the non-profit in order to avoid a conflict of interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4852/advisory-opinion-17-01-final.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(B)","1-8-3(D)","1-8-4","1-8-6(A)","1-8-8","1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"16-02","description":"<p>Part 1- A Boise police officer injured in the line of duty may accept funds raised during an FOP fundraiser provided that the funds were not solicited by the officer or by the Boise Police Department. Part 2<\/p>","document":"/media/4853/advisory-opinion-16-02-final.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(C)","1-8-5(A)"]},{"opinionId":"16-01","description":"<p>The Airport Director may form a non-profit and sit on its Board of Directors if the City Council waives any apparent conflict of interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4854/advisory-opinion-16-01-final.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(D)","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"15-01","description":"<p>An Arts and History employee may not accept a $100 gift certificate or a free personal art showing for jurying an art show. The employee may accept a gift certificate valued at $50.<\/p>","document":"/media/4855/advisory-opinion-15-01-final.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)","1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"14-04","description":"<p>Boise police officers may purchase their assigned duty weapons directly from Glock at the weapon’s fair market value.<\/p>","document":"/media/4856/advisory-opinion-14-04-final.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"14-01","description":"<p>Public works employees may teach erosion control certification courses through a third party and may receive compensation from the third party entity, but a public works supervisor may not participate in approving instructors for the courses if that individual is also an instructor.<\/p>","document":"/media/4857/advisory-opinion-14-01-final.pdf","codes":["1-8-4","1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"13-01","description":"<p>City Plumbing Inspectors may attend foundry and building tours in another state paid for by a trade association that has no direct or indirect interest in business dealings of the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4881/advisory-opinion-13-01.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)","1-8-5(A)"]},{"opinionId":"12-05","description":"<p>A City employee may assist a private company, from which the City has already purchased a product and with which the City continues to have an ongoing maintenance contract with, by providing testimonials and information on the product, for which the City employee has no personal benefit and will receive nothing of value. The City will receive additional IT support from the private company in exchange but it is not a valuable gift.<\/p>","document":"/media/4882/opinion_12_05.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)","1-8-5(A)","1-8-6"]},{"opinionId":"12-04","description":"<p>Nothing in the City’s Code of Ethics or Purchasing Code would prohibit Bodybuilding.com from providing supplements to the fire and police departments; however, the decision whether to accept these supplements should be made by City administration.<\/p>","document":"/media/4883/opinion_12_04.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)","1-8-5(A)","1-8-6"]},{"opinionId":"12-03","description":"<p><span>City Parks and Recreation plan that allows for Recreation Specialists to teach individual and group skating lessons as well as detailing Recreation Specialists attendance and expenses at events and conferences both when attending on behalf of the City of Boise and when attending with no affiliation to their City employment is consistent with the City Code of Ethics.<\/span><\/p>","document":"/media/4908/advisory-opinion-12-03.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"12-02","description":"<p>A City Parks and Recreation employee may continue to work for Diamond Street Recycling even though the City has a contract with the company. While there is an indirect personal beneficial interest, the Ethics Commission waives compliance under facts presented in this case.<\/p>","document":"/media/4903/opinion_12_02.pdf","codes":["1-8-6"]},{"opinionId":"12-01","description":"<p>The City’s Parks and Recreation employees may accept free meals from contract vendors at the Willow Lane Athletic Complex while working.<\/p>","document":"/media/4884/opinion_12_01.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)"]},{"opinionId":"11-05","description":"<p>The City may negotiate and contract for any terms, however, the contracting for tickets to sporting events and the like has the potential to create an appearance of impropriety to the public. If unsolicited tickets are received, the Commission recommends that the City return the tickets with a request that the tickets be given to community members.<\/p>","document":"/media/4885/opinion_11_05.pdf","codes":["1-8-6","1-8-3(C)"]},{"opinionId":"11-04","description":"<p>City employee may not attend a lighting class where travel and lodging would be paid for by a vendor with a City contract.<\/p>","document":"/media/4886/opinion_11_04.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)"]},{"opinionId":"11-03","description":"<p>A City employee may be hired by a lessee of City property to irrigate the City property and may pasture his animals and use the excess pasture grass.<\/p>","document":"/media/4905/opinion_11_03.pdf","codes":["1-8-6"]},{"opinionId":"11-02","description":"<p>The City’s Department of Arts and History may award grant funds to a local group of artists, which includes a City employee, so long as the City employee is not paid for his participation in the project.<\/p>","document":"/media/4904/opinion_11_02.pdf","codes":["1-8-6"]},{"opinionId":"11-01","description":"<p>City employees may attend a product\/technology presentation and partake in lunch provided by a GIS\/GPS vendor.<\/p>","document":"/media/4887/opinion_11_01.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)","1-8-5(A)"]},{"opinionId":"10-08","description":"<p>While there is not a conflict of interest for a City employee to submit an art proposal, the personal beneficial interest the employee gains by being paid for the City’s art project proposal prohibits continuing City employment. Further, the employee may not volunteer his time to the City and be paid for the art proposal given the definition of “employee” in the Purchasing Code.<\/p>","document":"/media/4896/opinion_10_08.pdf","codes":["1-8-6","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"10-07","description":"<p>Public Works Commissioner's conflict of interest is obviated by the disclosure of the conflict and the recusal of the commissioner from discussions or decisions related to the conflict which come before the Commission.<\/p>","document":"/media/4897/opinion_10_07.pdf","codes":["1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"10-06","description":"<p>A City police officer who owns and operates an outside consulting firm may not contact a victim, whom he met while on an official call, to offer his consulting firm's services for a fee.<\/p>","document":"/media/4858/opinion_10_06.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"10-05","description":"<p>The City Engineer's son may work for an engineering firm that has active engineering projects with the City during a summer internship.<\/p>","document":"/media/4859/opinion_10_05.pdf","codes":["1-8-4","1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"10-04","description":"<p>The City's Arts Department may purchase software the Arts Department Director's husband works for since the employee's personal interest is remote and therefore not a conflict of interest. The purchase of this particular piece of software further serves the best interest of the City and compliance with Boise City Code § 1-11-09 is waived by the Ethics Commission.<\/p>","document":"/media/4898/opinion_10_04.pdf","codes":["1-8-6","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"10-03","description":"<p>A Fire Department employee should not have any direct involvement in the evaluative process during the firefighter test her boyfriend takes nor should she participate in any part of the firefighter testing process that may manipulate the testing score.<\/p>","document":"/media/4899/opinion_10_03.pdf","codes":["1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"10-02","description":"<p><span>The City may not pay a City employee for producing Ridge to Rivers Ranger backpack covers as the employee would have a direct personal beneficial interest in a City expenditure.<\/span><\/p>","document":"/media/4974/opinion_10_02.pdf","codes":["1-8-6"]},{"opinionId":"10-01","description":"<p>A City employee may state that he is the Director of Zoo Boise in his book's marketing materials so long as he does not use his City position as a primary marketing tool.<\/p>","document":"/media/4860/opinion_10_01.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"09-07","description":"<p>A Public Works employee may contact and hire asphalt vendors whose invoices he may review during the course of his employment to repair asphalt for his neighborhood's Homeowners' Association.<\/p>","document":"/media/4861/opinion_09_07.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"09-06","description":"<p>A Public Works employee may serve as his Neighborhood Association's President and may request grant monies from the City on behalf of the Neighborhood Association so long as he does not serve on the selection committee which distributes the grants.<\/p>","document":"/media/4862/opinion_09_06.pdf","codes":["1-8-4","1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"09-05","description":"<p>A City employee may seek bids and hire one of the contractors with whom he has contact with during the course of his employment when the employee does not recommend contractors as part of his employment nor will he receive any sort of discount.<\/p>","document":"/media/4863/opinion_09_05.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"09-04","description":"<p>Airport Commissioners, City employees and their family members may lease T-hangars or commercial properties from the City, so long as they disclose the potential conflict of interest to the Airport Director and recuse themselves from any discussion concerning policies affecting the lease of T-hangars or commercial properties.<\/p>","document":"/media/4880/opinion_09_04.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(B)","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"09-03","description":"<p>A City employee with an outside business should refrain from performing services for fellow City employees, who are either up or down in the City employee’s own chain of command, due to the potential for conflicts of interests and inferences of improper influences. Further, if outside work is being done for a City employee in the same department but not in the same chain of command, the relationship should be disclosed to a supervisor prior to any work being done.<\/p>","document":"/media/4900/opinion_09_03.pdf","codes":["1-8-5(A)","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"09-02","description":"<p>A City Information Technology employee may perform work for a fee on fellow City employees’ computers and peripherals.<\/p>","document":"/media/4864/opinion_09_02.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"08-07","description":"<p>A City Public Arts employee may apply for an unpaid fellowship, where the work would be on her own time and the City does not compete for grants with the organization or conduct similar research activities.<\/p>","document":"/media/4901/opinion_08_07.pdf","codes":["1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"08-06","description":"<p>A City Parks and Recreation employee may coach his son’s hockey teams but may not accept any sort of compensation for coaching.<\/p>","document":"/media/4865/opinion_08_06.pdf","codes":["1-8-4","1-8-6","1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(D)"]},{"opinionId":"08-05","description":"<p>An employee may start a fiber splicing business where the employee's personal beneficial interest is remote and there is no conflict of interest for the employee.<\/p>","document":"/media/4863/opinion_09_05.pdf","codes":["1-8-6","1-8-3(A)","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"08-04","description":"<p>City employees may attend the free Microsoft conference and partake in continental breakfast, however, they may not accept software programs or door prizes from the conference.<\/p>","document":"/media/4888/opinion_08_04.pdf","codes":["1-8-5(A)","1-8-3(C)"]},{"opinionId":"08-03","description":"<p>Public works employee who assists in bidding process and directs work of City contractors may be able to hire a City contractor to paint his personal home only if he discloses the issue to the Mayor. The Mayor shall determine whether the conflict is de minimus or requires reassignment of duties creating the conflict to another official in the same department.<\/p>","document":"/media/4866/opinion_08_03.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)","1-8-4","1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"08-02","description":"<p>An employee may apply to rent a market value property owned by the City. The employee would be required to follow all application and screening requirements and to meet all leasing provisions, similar to any other person attempting to rent the property.<\/p>","document":"/media/4867/opinion_08_02.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(B)","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"08-01","description":"<p>City employee may serve as Interim Fire Chief despite a conflict of interest with a vendor. Conflict of interest was properly disclosed and employee was removed from all work-related responsibilities related to the vendor.<\/p>","document":"/media/4868/opinion_08_01.pdf","codes":["1-8-4","1-8-6","1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(C)"]},{"opinionId":"07-07","description":"<p>A member of the City's Ethics Commission may receive a monetary award for their community service\/outreach from their employer.<\/p>","document":"/media/4869/opinion_07_07.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(C)"]},{"opinionId":"07-06","description":"<p>Ridge to Rivers employee may start a private trail consulting business for areas outside the Ridge to Rivers operating area.<\/p>","document":"/media/4870/opinion_07_06.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)","1-8-4","1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"07-04","description":"<p>City employee may work for companies that perform similar work as they are employed to do for the City when paid as hourly, fixed wage employees and there is not a conflict of interest or violation of the fiduciary duties owed to the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4871/opinion_07_04.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(D)","1-8-4","1-8-6","1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"07-03","description":"<p>A part-time City employee may participate as an exhibitor at the City's Health Fair to promote her acupuncture services.<\/p>","document":"/media/4872/opinion_07_03.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-6"]},{"opinionId":"07-02","description":"<p>An employee may not subcontract with or serve as a temporary employee for an organization that has a business relationship with the City because such a relationship would create an apparent conflict of interest and a prohibited personal beneficial interest.<\/p>","document":"/media/4873/opinion_07_02.pdf","codes":["1-8-6","1-8-3(A)","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"07-01","description":"<p>Boise City Police employee may not sell safety encrypted cards to the City of Boise where the employee receives a personal beneficial interest from the sale of the cards.<\/p>","document":"/media/4902/opinion_07_01.pdf","codes":["1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"06-09","description":"<p>City employees may accept door prizes from the United Way, even if the value is above $50 so long as the prize is not being used to undermine official impartiality.<\/p>","document":"/media/4889/opinion_06_09.pdf","codes":["1-8-5(A)","1-8-3(C)"]},{"opinionId":"06-08","description":"<p>City employees may not solicit or ask contract vendors or non-contract suppliers to provide products for City use.<\/p>","document":"/media/4906/opinion_06_08.pdf","codes":["1-8-6"]},{"opinionId":"06-07","description":"<p>Conference attendees may accept door prizes from organizer of conference, even if the value is above $50, and may also accept attendance “gifts” from the conference organizer as they are not really “gifts” but part of the Conference cost. Attendees should avoid accepting door prizes valued over $50 from conference vendors.<\/p>","document":"/media/4890/opinion_06_07.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)","1-8-5(A)","1-8-5(B)"]},{"opinionId":"06-06","description":"<p>Fire department employees may receive “thank you” gift certificates from citizens where the certificates are valued under $50.<\/p>","document":"/media/4891/opinion_06_06.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)","1-8-5(A)","1-8-5(B)"]},{"opinionId":"06-05","description":"<p>An individual employee may accept a complimentary e-learning course that is valued at less than $50 from an entity with whom the city does not do business.<\/p>","document":"/media/4892/opinion_06_05.pdf","codes":["1-8-5(A)","1-8-3(C)"]},{"opinionId":"06-03","description":"<p>City employees may accept discounts on personal computers from vendors with whom the city does business where the discount program is offered broadly to a large group, i.e., all governmental employees.<\/p>","document":"/media/4874/opinion_06_03.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(C)","1-8-6"]},{"opinionId":"06-02","description":"<p>A city employee may be compensated by a third party for “striping” fields on City property for athletic use where the “striping” is outside the normal scope of the employee’s duties with the city and is done not on city time or with city equipment.<\/p>","document":"/media/4875/opinion_06_02.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"06-01","description":"<p>City employees may not conduct business with the City through an outside business venture that is owned by the employees (leasing a firearms range) where the employees have a direct pecuniary interest and the venture exceeds $50 in payments to the employees, making the interest more than de minimus.<\/p>","document":"/media/4907/opinion_06_01.pdf","codes":["1-8-6"]},{"opinionId":"05-07","description":"<p>The manager of the City’s Housing and Community Development division may serve as a Director of a non-profit mortgage banking consortium where the employee receives no pecuniary benefit for his service as a Director.<\/p>","document":"/media/4876/opinion_05_07.pdf","codes":["1-8-4","1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"05-06","description":"<p>City employees may attend training on environmental regulations and technical issues presented by third parties, even where the party presenting the training either has an existing business relationship with the City or may have a business relationship in the future, since the training is presented at no cost and does not have a substantial risk of undermining impartiality.<\/p>","document":"/media/4893/opinion_05_06.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)","1-8-5(A)"]},{"opinionId":"05-05","description":"<p>City employees may attend breakfasts and luncheons hosted by the City’s solid waste contractor as these events have a business purpose and the meals are valued at less than $50.<\/p>","document":"/media/4894/opinion_05_05.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(C)"]},{"opinionId":"05-04","description":"<p>A City employee may not accept a free event ticket worth $199 from a vendor with whom the City does business.<\/p>","document":"/media/4895/opinion_05_04.pdf","codes":["1-8-5(A)","1-8-3(C)"]},{"opinionId":"05-03","description":"<p>The manager of the City’s Housing and Community Development division may serve on the Board of Directors of a non-profit community service organization where the employee will receive no pecuniary benefit and the organization does not seek financial assistance from the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4877/opinion_05_03.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"05-02","description":"<p>Parks and Recreation employees may not be employed for pay during non-work hours by a third party (running irrigation systems for testing by a third party engineer) where the work to be done is so closely tied to their normal job duties for the City that, but for their City employment, this employment opportunity with the third party would not have arisen.<\/p>","document":"/media/4878/opinion_05_02.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)"]},{"opinionId":"05-01","description":"<p>A city official who is also a member of a professional organization related to his position with the City may seek sponsorship funding for a conference of the professional organization from entities with whom the City does business where there is no pecuniary gain by the official. The City official should, however, clarify in writing that the solicitation is being made on behalf of the professional organization and not on behalf of the City.<\/p>","document":"/media/4879/opinion_05_01.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-3(C)","1-8-4","1-8-6"]},{"opinionId":"23-01","description":"<p><span>BFD employee may draft and contract to prepare wildfire safety plans for developments within the city of Boise subject to specified<\/span><br \/><span>conditions. Amending Advisory Opinion 21-02.<\/span><\/p>","document":"/media/17011/ec-advisory-opinion-23-01.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-4"]},{"opinionId":"23-02","description":"<p><span>BPD employees may create and maintain social media pages, independent of the city’s social media, to support the Boise Police<\/span><br \/><span>Canine Foundation, subject to specified conditions.<\/span><\/p>","document":"/media/17012/ecadvisory-opinion-23-02.pdf","codes":["1-8-3(A)","1-8-4","1-8-5(A)"]}]"> No opinions currently proposed or written{{item.codeId}}
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