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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-OR-7ORDINANCE NO. 2013 -OR - AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE APPOINTMENT OF ANY PERSON TO ANY CITY BOARD, CITY COMMISSION OR CITY COMMITTEE, AND PROHIBITING ANY BUSINESS OR INDIVIDUAL FROM CONTRACTING WITHTHE CITY, WHO HAS FILED PENDING LITIGATION AGAINST THE CITY WHEREAS, the Common Council for the City of Jeffersonville, Clark County Indiana (hereinafter the "Council"), is City's statutory Legislative Body pursuant to Indiana Code 36-4-6 et seq.; WHEREAS, in the past certain persons have been appointed to certain City boards, City commissions or City committees who have filed pending litigation against the City and certain businesses or individuals have contracted with the City who have filed pending litigation against the City; WHEREAS, a person who sits on a City board, commission or committee, or a business or individual who contracts with the City, who has filed pending litigation against the City, creates an actual or possible conflict of interest with said person in their representation of the City on said board, commission or committee or regarding their contract with the City; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council: 1. That a person who has filed pending litigation against the City shall be prohibited from being appointed to any City board, City commission or City Committee due to an actual or possible conflict of interest. 2. That a business or individual who has filed pending litigation against the City shall be prohibited from contracting with the City due to an actual or possible conflict of interest. 3. That this ordinance shall not apply to any person currently appointed to or currently sitting on any City board, City commission, or City committee or to any business or individual who has a current contract with the City. 4. That after a person is appointed to a City board, City commission, or City committee, or after a business or individual enters into a contract with the City, this ordinance shall not prevent the said person, business or individual from filing a lawsuit against the City. 5. That the term "pending litigation" is defined as current and ongoing litigation and does not include any prior litigation that has been fully resolved and fully settled. 1 1• Voted For: Voted Against: APPROVED AND ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, upon this o?D day of m , 2013. Connie Sellers, President Jeffersonville Common Council ATTEST: C.,(LD Vicki Conlin, Clerk City of Jeffersonville PRESENTED by me to the Mayor of the City of Jeffersonville Clark County, Indiana upon this ( day of , 2013. Vicki Conlin, Clerk City of Jeffersonville SIGNED and APPROVED by me upon this T2 day of 2013. 2 Mike Moore, Mayor