3.70.010 Restrictions on future employment of city employees.
A. No former city official, officer or employee may, within a period of one year from the date of termination of city employment, accept employment or receive compensation from an employer if:
1. The former city official, officer or employee, during the two years immediately preceding termination of city employment, was engaged in the negotiation or administration of one or more contracts on behalf of the city with that employer and was in a position to make discretionary decisions affecting the outcome of such negotiation or the nature of such administration; and
2. Such a contract or contracts have a total value of more than $10,000; and
3. The duties of the employment with the employer or the activities for which the compensation would be received include fulfilling or implementing, in whole or in part, the provisions of such a contract or contracts or include the supervision or control of actions taken to fulfill or implement, in whole or in part, the provisions of such a contract or contracts. This session shall not be construed to prohibit a city elected or appointed official or a city employee from accepting employment with a city employee organization.
B. No former city official, officer or employee may, within a period of one year following the termination of city employment, have a direct or indirect beneficial interest in a contract or grant that was expressly authorized or funded by specific legislative or executive action in which the former city official, officer or employee participated.
C. No former city official, officer or employee may, within a period of one year following the termination of city employment, represent any person before any city board, body, agency, department, committee, examiner, adjustor, or commission regarding a specific project the former official or employee worked on, and was in a position to make discretionary decisions or recommendations, during his/her term of service or employment unless:
1. The former city official, officer or employee receives no compensation for representing that person; or
2. The specific project was a legislative issue; or
3. The matter involved in the representation by the former city official, officer or employee directly affects properties owned by the former city official, officer or employee.
D. Any elected or appointed official having the power to perform an official act or action shall, for a period of one year after the termination of his or her employment or term of service, refrain from lobbying the city department, agency, elected body, commission, or board on which they last served unless:
1. The former city elected or appointed official is receiving no compensation for such lobbying; or
2. The matter being lobbied directly affects properties owned by the former elected or appointed official. [Ord. 3689 § 1, 2008].