1979-002M •
ORDINANCE NO.79' 2
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING ETHICS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE
OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: There is hereby added to the Municipal Code of the Village
of Buffalo �lrove, Illinois, Chapter 2.48, Ethics, which is to read as
follows:
Section 2.48.010 Definitions. Unless the contrary is stated, or
clearly appears trom the context, when used in this Ordinance, the follow-
ing words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated:
1. "Business entity`' means any organization or, enterprise operated for
profit, including, but not limited to a proprietorship, partnership, firm,
business trust, joint venture, syndicate, corporation or association.
2. "Consultant" means any persons with professional or technical ex-
pertise retained by the Village to provide professional or technical ad-
vice to the Village.
3. "Gift" means any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible,
of a market value in excess of $25.00 obtained by an individual without
the payment of the property's full market value. Gifts from an individual's
spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent -
in -law, brother -in -law, sister -in -law, aunt, uncle or first cousin, or
the spouse of any such person, or gifts to a church, religious or charita-
ble organization qualified as such under the provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code shall not be considered gifts for the purposes of this de-
finition. Gifts of informational material such as books, pamphlets, re-
ports, calendars or periodicals shall not be considered gifts for the
purposes of this definition.
4. "Immediate family" means an individual's spouse, dependent child-
ren, or others if the interest herein required to be disclosed is con-
structively controlled by the person required to file a conflict of in-
terest disclaimer and /or a statement of economic interest pursuant to
State Statutes.
5. "Income" means salary, wage, advance, payment, fee, honorarium or
any other consideration for personal, professional, or commercial ser-
vices, rent, dividends, interest, capital gains received from the sale
of real or personal property, stocks or bonds, return of capital, for-
giveness or payment of indebtedness, discount in the price of anything
of value unless the discount is available to members of the public with-
out regard to official status, rebate, reimbursement for expenses, con-
tribution to an insurance or pension program paid by any person other
than an employer. Income also includes a pro -rata share of any income
of any business entity or trust in which the individual or spouse owns
directly, indirectly or beneficially, a five percent or greater interest.
6. "Interest in real property" includes, but is not limited to the
following: legal or equitable title; a beneficial interest in any trust
(including a land trust); any assignment of any interest from a benefi-
ciary or any other party of an interest; a power to direct conveyances;
a right to receive rents or proceeds from the property; a lien; a tax
sale certificate; an option; or any other financial interest, real or
personal, direct or indirect in such property including status as a
nominee or undisclosed principal.
7. "Payment" means a payment, distribution, transfer, loan, advance,
deposit, gift or other rendering of money, property, services or any-
thing else of value, whether tangible or intangible.
8. "Person" means an individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership,
joint venture, syndicate, business trust, company, corporation, associa-
tion, committee and any other orgainization or group of persons acting
in concert.
-2-
9. "Public Official" means any person who seeks to be elected or is
elected to any public office in the Village, or is appointed a member of
any commissions, or standing committees of the Village of Buffalo Grove,
and all department heads as defined by the Village Manager.
10. "Purchase transaction" means a purchase, or a contract to purchase
goods or services of any kind.
11. "Supplier" means any individual, firm, corporation, association, part-
nership, joint venture, sole proprietor, or other business entity which en-
ters into a "purchase transaction" with the Village.
12. "Village" means the Village of Buffalo Grove.
Section 2.48.020 - Economics Disclosure Statement. All public officials
shalT file with the Village Clerk a verified i.sc osure statement respond-
ing in detail to the following questions: (economic)
1. Other than your principal residence, do you or any members of your
immediate family own any interest in real property located within the Vil-
lage. If your answer is affirmative, state the following information for
each such interest owned:
a. The nature of your interest in the real property;
b. The location of the real property (for improved property,
provide the street address; for unimproved property, state
its location in relation to existing streets);
c. The property's permanent real estate tax identification
number.
2. Do you or members of your immediate family own an interest in any
business entity doing business with the Village. Are you or any members of
your immediate family an officer or director of such business entity? If
your answer to either of the aforegoing questions is in the affirmative,
state the following: the name of the business entity; the nature of your
relationship to the business entity; the type of product produced or ser-
vice rendered by the business entity and the extent of the interest.
3. Other than a debt to secure a mortgage upon your principal residence
or business loan are you or members of your immediate family indebted to any
person or business entity doing business with the Village in an amount which
exceeds the greater of $10,000.00 or fifty percent of your or their total
yearly income as reported on the last Federal income tax return you or they
filed? If so, list each such person or business entity to which you or mem-
bers of your immediate family are indebted and the amount of each indebted-
ness.
4. (a) Other than gifts which the donor or donee must report under a-
nother ordinance of the Village or Statute of the State of Illinois, if you
or members of your immediate family have given any gifts within the last
year of a market value in excess of $25.00 to any person or business entity
doing business with the Village, list the name of the donee of each such
gift, the donee's address, the market value of the gift, and the date on
which it was made.
(b) Other than gifts which the donor or donee must report under a-
nother ordinance of the Village or Statute of the State of Illinois, if
you or members of your immediate family have received any gifts within the
last year of a merket value in excess of $25.00 from any person or business
doing business with the Village, list the name and address of the donor of
each such gift, the date on which it was received and its approximate mar-
ket value.
-3-
5. If you or members of your immediate family have been released from
any indebtedness from any person or business entity doing business with the
Village exceeding in its principal amount of $200.00 within the last year
without repaying the total balance due on such indebtedness, list the name
of the creditor providing the release, the.nature and the amount of the indebted -
ness, and describe the circumstances surrounding the release.
Section 2.48.030 - Conflict of Interest Disclaimer
All public officials and consultants shall file annually with the Village
Clerk a verified Conflict of Interest Disclaimer in substantially the following
form:
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
SS.
COUNTY OF COOK )
LAKE )
TO: The President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Buffalo Grove,
Illinois.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLAIMER
I, , being first duly sworn, upon
my oath, state as follows:
1. 1 have been (elected, or appointed or hired) (or I intend to run for
election as the) of the Village of Buffalo Grove.
2. I have no interest, nor do members of my immediate family have any
interest, direct or indirect, in my or their own name or in the name of any
other person, association, trust, or corporation doing business with the Village
in which I or they have an ownership interest exceeding 5 %, in any contract of
a value in excess of $500.00 or in the performance of any work of a value in
excess of $500.00 for the Village of Buffalo Grove in the mak.ing or letting of
which I may be called upon to act or vote and if so, shall disclose same prior
to acting or voting on same.
3. 1 will not during my term of office (or period of appointment or
employment) receive income for services rendered from persons having an interest
in real property when such services.are.rendered on behalf of a plan, project or
development for which approval or a favorable recommendation is requested of
any Board, committee, subcommittee, commission or Department of the Village of
Buffalo Grove unless same shall be disclosed prior to such approval or recom-
mendation.
4. (a) I will not during the year following my execution of this disclaimer
receive or accept income, directly or indirectly, frow, a source related in
any way to real property or an interest therein if the owner or owners thereof
are presently petitioning the Village Board, committee, commission, subcommittee,
or department to change, vary or amend the zoning or use classification of said
real property.
(b) I will not during the year following the fi_ling.of a petition with
the Village Board, committee, commission, subcommittee or department to change,
vary or amend the zoning or use classification of.any real property, accept or
receive income, directly or indirectly, from a source related in any way to the
owner or owners of such real property or any interest therein.
(c) (To be sworn to only by brokers employing individuals who derive
more than 50% of their yearly income from services rendered as a real estate
salesperson.) I have read Paragraphs 4(a) and (,b) above and I agree to be
subject to the provisions thereof.
-4-
5. During my term of office (or period of appointment.or employment) I
will not solicit, accept or agree to.accept gifts of a market value in excess
of $25..00, loans which exceed the greater of $10,000.00 or 50% of my income, or
services with.a market value in excess of $500.00 from any person or business
entity doing business with the Village of Buffalo Grove.. This section does not
pertain to home mortgage loans for your personal residence and business loans.
6. (To be sworn to only by the President, Treasurer and members of the
Board of Trustees or candidates for those offices.) I do not own stock in any,
bank or other financial institution authorized to accept deposits of the Village
funds or, I own the followinq shares of stock in
I, declare that the foregoing statements
have been examined by me and are,.to.the best of my knowledge and belief, true,
correct and accurate. I have received from the Village Clerk copy of the Ethics
Ordinance of the Village of Buffalo Grove. I understand that the penalty for
wilfully attesting to a false disclaimer is a fine not to exceed $500.00.
DATED:
If Paragraph 4(c) applies, the real estate broker involved should sign here)
Subscribed and Sworn to before
me th i s da�f of ,
19
Notary Public
Section 2.48.040 - Filing. The Economic Disclosure Statement and Conflict
of Interest Disclaimer required above shall be completed on forms approved by
the Village Board of Trustees and provided by the Village Clerk. Disclosure
statements and /or Conflict of Interest Disclaimers shall be filed pursuant to
the following schedule:
1. Public Officials and Consultants holding office, elective, appointive,
or otherwise, on the date of this ordinance is adopted shall file within 30 days
of the date of adoption.
2. Any candidate for elective public office within the Village shall file
with his or her nominating petitions. If not elected, same shall be returned to
the candidate.
3. Any person appointed as a public official, retained as a. consultant or
hired as an employee shall, if required to do so by this ordinance, file hi.s
Disclosure Statement-and/or Conflict of Interest Disclaimer within 30 days of
his appointment or retention, or if employed it shall be filed with the Clerk .
prior to the first day of employment.
4. All Public Officials and consultants shall file their Disclosure
Statements and /or Conflict of Interest Disclaimers annually within 30 days
after May 1st.
5. Revised Disclosure Statements and /or Conflict of .Interest Disclaimers
shall be filed within 30 days following any event wh.ich..would require a change
in any information or disclaimers contained in the Statement or Disclaimer on
file with. the Village Clerk.
-5-
Not less than 15 days before the filing dates specified above, except
the filing date specified in subparagraph (5), the Village Clerk shall, by
regular U.. S. Mail,.notify the persons required to file Disclosure. Statements
and /or Conflict of Interest Disclaimers of their obligation to file. The
Village Clerk shall provide each person filing such statements with a written
receipt indicating the date on which the filing took place. In addition, the
Village Clerk shall, at least 14 days prior to the filing dates.specified
above, provide each person required to file a Disclosure Statement and /or
Conflict of Interest Disclaimer with a copy of this Ordinance.
Section 2.48.050 - Public Record All statements filed under this ordinance
shall be available for examination and copying by the public at all reasonable
times. Each person examining a statement must first fill out a form prepared
by the Village. Clerk identifying the examiner by name, occupation, address and
telephone number, and listing the date of examination and reason for such
examination. The Village Clerk shall promptly notify each person required to
file a statement under this ordinance of each instance of an examination of his
statement by sending him a duplicate original of the identification form filled
out by the person examing his statement.
Section 2.48.060 - Penalty Any person required to file the statement
provided for in this ordinance who knowingly fails to so file, or knowingly
files a false or incomplete statement shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be fined not more than $500.00 (FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS).
Section 2.48.070 - Supplier's Statement. Within 15 days after the adoption
of this ordinance, all bidding forms and purchase orders for purchase trans-
actions between the Village and a supplier shall contain the following provision
as one of the terms and conditions of such purchase orders:
"The undersigned supplier hereby represents and warrants to
the Village of Buffalo Grove as a term and condition of ac-
ceptance of this (bid or purchase order) that none of the
following Village officials is either an officer or direc-
tor of supplier or owns five percent (5 %) or more of sup-
plier: The Village President; the members of the Village.
Board of Trustees; the Village Clerk; the Village. Treasurer;
the members of the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Plan Com-
mission; the Village Manager and his Assistant or Assistants;
the heads of the various departments within the Village.. If
the foregoing representation and warranty is inaccurate, state
the name of the Village official who either i.s off.lcer or
director of your business entity or owns five percent (5 %) or
more thereof."
The Village Manager shall promptly notify the Village Board of Trustees
of any persons named by suppliers in response to the foregoing inquiry.
Any person who executes a purchase order knowing that the statement set
out above or any part thereof is false shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be fined not more than $500.00 (FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS).
Section 2.48.080 - Administration Administrati-on and review of this
Ordinance shall be the responsibility of the Village Manager.
SECTION.2: The requirements set forth in this Ordinance are in addition to,
and not a substitute for, any requirements for filing similar documents under any
provisi.on.of State law.
SECTION 3: If any provision of this Ordinance is held invalid, the remainder
of this Ordinance is not affected`.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. This Or-
dinance may be published in pamphlet form.
5 - Rech, Bogart,
AYES: Marien'thal, NAYES: 0 None ABSENT: f _ Stone
Mendenhall, Kandel
PASSED: January 8, ,1979.
APPROVED: January 8 , 1979.
PUBLICATION: ,1979.
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE,
Cook and Lake Counties, Illin 's
By
VILLAGE
ATTEST---
VILLAGE CLERK
t . _
- - - � -
- �
_ _
ORDINANCE NO. 79- 2
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING ETHICS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE
OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: There is hereby added to the Municipal Code of the Village
of u a o rove, Illinois, Chapter 2.48, Ethics, which is to read as
follows:
Section 2.48.010 -._Definitions. Unless the contrary is stated, or
clearly appears rom t e context, w en used in this Ordinance, the follow-
ing words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated:
1. "Business entity" means any organization or-enterprise operated for
profit, including, but not limited to a proprietorship, partnership, firm,
business trust, joint venture, syndicate, corporation or association.
2. "Consultant" means any persons with professional or technical ex=
pertise retained by the Village to provide professional or technical ad-
vice to the Village.
3. "Gift" means any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible,
of a market value in excess of $25.00 obtained by an individual without
the payment of the property's full market value. Gifts from an individual's
spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-
in -law, brother -in -law, sister -in -law, aunt, uncle or first cousin, or
the spouse of any such person, or gifts to a church, religious or charita-
ble organization qualified as such under the provisions of-the Internal
Revenue Code shall not be considered gifts for the purposes of this de-
finition. Gifts of informational material such as books, pamphlets, re-
ports, calendars or periodicals shall not be considered gifts for the
purposes of this definition.
4. "Immediate family" means an individual's spouse, dependent child-
ren, or others if the interest herein required to be disclosed is con-
structively controlled by the person required to file a conflict of in
terest.disclaimer and /or a statement of economic interest pursuant to
State Statutes.
5. "Income" means salary, wage, advance, payment, fee, honorarium or
any other consideration for personal, professional, or commercial ser-
vices, rent, dividends, interest, capital gains received from the sale
of real or personal property, stocks or bonds, return of capital, for -
giveness or payment of indebtedness, discount in the price.of anything
of value unless the discount is available to members of the public with-
out regard to official status, rebate,-reimbursement for expenses, con-
tribution to an- .insurance or pension program paid by any person other
than an employer. Income also includes a pro -rata share of any income
of any business entity or trust in which the individual or spouse owns
directly, indirectly or beneficially, a five percent or greater interest.
6. "Interest in real property" includes, but is not limited to the
following: legal or equitable title; a beneficial interest in any trust
(including a land trust); any assignment of any interest from a benefi-
ciary or any other party of an interest; a power to direct conveyances;
a right to receive rents or proceeds from the property; a lien; a tax
sale certificate; an option; or any other financial interest, real or
personal, direct or indirect in such property including status as a
nominee or undisclosed principal.
7. "Payment" means a payment, distribution transfer, loan advance
deposit, gift or other rendering of money, property, services or any-
thing else of value, whether tangible or intangible.
8. "Person" means an individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership,
joint venture, syndicate, business trust, company, corporation, associa-
tion, committee and any other orgainization or group of persons acting
in concert.
1
-2-
9. "Public Official" means any person who seeks to be elected or is
elected to any public office in the Village, or is appointed a member of
any commissions, or standing committees of the Village of Buffalo Grove,
and all department heads as defined by the Village Manager.
10. "Purchase transaction" means a purchase, or a contract to purchase
goods or services of any kind.
11. "Supplier" means any individual, firm, corporation, association, part -
nership, joint venture, sole proprietor, or other business entity which en-
ters into a "purchase transaction" with the Village.
12. "Village" means the Village-of Buffalo Grove.
Section 2.48.020 - Econom'cs Disclosure: Statement. All public officials
shall a with the Village Clerk a verified disc --sure statement respond -
ing in detail to the following questions: (economic)
1. Other than your principal residence, do you or any members of your
immediate family own any interest in real property located within the Vil-
lage. If your answer is affirmative, state the following information for
each such interest owned:
a. The nature of your interest in the real property;
b. The location of the real property (for improved property,
provide the street address; for unimproved property, state
its location in relation to existing streets);
c. The property's permanent real estate tax identification
number.
2. Do you or members of your immediate family own.an interest in any
business entity doing business -with the Village Are you or any-members of
your immediate family an officer or director of such business entity? If
your answer to either of the aforegoing questions is in the affirmative,
.state the_£ollowing: the name of the business entity; the nature of your
relationship to the business entity; the type of product produced or ser-
vice rendered by the business entity and the extent of the interest..
3. Other than a debt to secure a mortgage upon your principal residence
or business loan are you or members of your immediate family indebted to any
person or business entity doing business with the Village in an amount which
exceeds the greater of $10,000.00 or fifty percent of your or their total
yearly_income;as reported on the last Federal income tax return you or they
filed? If so, list each such person or business entity to which you or mem-
bers of your immediate family are indebted and the amount of each indebted-
ness.
4. (a) Other than gifts which the donor or donee must report under a-
nother ordinance of the Village or Statute of the State of Illinois, if you
or members of your immediate family have given any gifts within the last
year of a market value in excess of $25.00 to any person or business entity
doing business with the Village, list the name of the donee of each such
gift, the donee's address, the market value of the gift, and the date on
which it was made.
(b) Other than gifts which the donor or donee must report: under -a-
nother ordinance of the Village or Statute of the State of Illinois, if
you or members of your immediate family have received any gifts within the
last year of a merket value in excess of $25.00 from any person or business
doing business with the Village, list the name and address of the donor of
each such gift, the date on which it was received and its approximate mar-
ket value.
• 5. If you or members of your immediate family have been released from
any indebtedness from any person or business entity doing business with the
Village exceeding in its principal amount of $200.00 within the last year
without repaying the total balance due on such indebtedness, list the name
of the creditor providing the release, the.nature and the amount of the indebted-
ness, and describe the circumstances surrounding the release.
Section 2.48.030 - Conflict of Interest Disclaimer
All public officials and consultants shall file annually with the Village
Clerk a verified Conflict of Interest Disclaimer in substantially the following
form:
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS':
COUNTY OF COOK }
LAKE )
'TO: The President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Buffalo Grove,
.Illinois.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLAIMER
1, being first duly sworn, upon
my oath, state as follows:
1. I have been (elected, or appointed or hired) (or I intend to run for
election as the) of the Village of Buffalo Grove.
2. 1 have no interest, nor do members of my immediate family have any
interest, direct or indirect, in my or their own name or in the name of any
other person, association, trust, or corporation doing business with the Village
In which I or they have an ownership interest exceeding 5 %, in any contract of
a value in excess of $500.00 or in the performance of any work of a value in
excess of $500.00 for the Village of Buffalo Grove in the making or letting of
which I may be called upon to act or vote and if so, shall disclose same prior
to acting or voting on same.
3. I will not during my term of office (or period of appointment or
employment) receive income for services rendered from persons having an interest .
in real property when such services are rendered on behalf of a plan, project or
development for which approval or a favorable recommendation is requested of
any Board, committee, subcommittee, commission or Department of the Village of
Buffalo Grove unless same shall be disclosed prior to such approval or recom-
mendation.
4. (a) I will not during the year following my execution of this disclaimer
receive or accept income, directly or indirectly, from a source related in
any way to real property or an interest therein if the owner or owners thereof
are presently petitioning the Village Board, committee, commission, subcommittee,
or department to change, vary or amend the zoning or use classification of said
real property.
(b) I will not during the year following the filing of a petition with
the Village Board, committee, commission, subcommittee or department to change,
vary or amend the zoning or use classification of any real property, accept or
receive income, directly or indirectly, from a source related in any way to the
owner or owners of such real property or any interest therein..
(c) (To be sworn to only by brokers employing individuals who derive
more than 50% of their yearly income from services rendered as a real estate
salesperson.) 1 have read Paragraphs 4(a) and (b) above and I agree to be
subject to the provisions thereof.
W
-4-
5. During my term of office (or period of appointment. or employment) I
will not solicit, accept or agree to accept gifts of a market value in excess
of $25.00, loans which exceed the greater of $10,000.00 or 50% of my income, or
services with a market value in excess of $500.00 from any person or business
entity doing business with the Village of Buffalo Grove. This section does not
pertain to home mortgage.loans for your personal residence and business loans.
.b. (To be sworn to only by the President, Treasurer and members of the
Board of Trustees or candidates for those offices.) I do not own stock in any
bank or other financial institution authorized to accept deposits of the Village
funds or, I own the following shares of stock in
I, declare that the foregoing statements
have been examined by me and are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true,
correct and accurate. l have received from the Village Clerk copy of the Ethics
Ordinance of the Village of Buffalo Grove. I understand that the penalty for
wilfully attesting to a false disclaimer is a fine not to exceed $500.00.
DATED:
If Paragraph 4(c) applies, the real estate broker involved should sign here)
Subscribed and Sworn to before
me this day of ,
19
Notary Public
Section 2.48.040 Filing. The Economic Disclosure Statement and Conflict
of Interest Disclaimer required above shall be completed on forms approved by
the Village Board of Trustees and.provided by the Village Clerk. Disclosure
statements and /or Conflict of Interest Disclaimers shall be filed pursuant to
the fol lowing- schedule:
1. Public Officials and Consultants holding office, elective, appointive,
or otherwise, on the date of this ordinance is adopted shall file within 30 days
of the date of adoption,
2. Any candidate for elective public office within the Village shall file
with his or her nominating petitions. if not elected, same shall be returned to
the candidate.
3. Any person appointed as a public official, retained as a. consultant or
hired as an employee shall, if required to do so by this ordinance, file his
Disclosure Statement and /or Conflict of Interest Disclaimer within 30 days, of
his appointment or retention, or if employed it shall be filed with the Clerk
prior to the first day of employment.
4. All Public Officials and consultants shall file their Disclosure
Statements and /or Conflict of Interest Disclaimers annually within 30 days
after May 1st.
5. Revised Disclosure Statements and /or Conflict of Interest Disclaimers
shall be filed within 30 days following any event which would require a change
in any information or disclaimers contained in the Statement or Disclaimer on
file with the Village Clerk.
-5-
Not less than 15 days before the filing dates specified above, except
the filing date specified in subparagraph (5), the Village Clerk shall, by
regular U. S. Mail, notify the persons required to file Disclosure Statements
and /or Conflict of Interest Disclaimers of their obligation to file. The
Village Clerk shall provide each person filing such statements with a written
receipt indicating the date on which the filing took place. In addition, the
Village Clerk shall, at least 14 days prior to the filing dates specified
above, provide each person required to file a Disclosure Statement and /or
Conflict of Interest Disclaimer with a copy of this Ordinance.
Section_ 2.48.050 - Public Record All statements filed under this ordinance
shall be availab le for examination and copying by the public at all reasonable
times. Each person examining a "statement must first fill out a,form prepared
by the Village Clerk identifying the examiner by name, occupation, address and
- telephone number, and listing the date of- examination and reason for such
examination. The Village Clerk sha.11 promptly notify each person required to
file a statement under this ordinance of each instance of an examination of h.is
statement by sending him a duplicate original of the identification form filled
out by the person examing his statement.
Section 2.48.060 - Penalty Any person required to file the statement
provided for in this ordinance who knowingly fails to so file, or knowingly
files a false or incomplete statement shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be fined not more than $500.00 (FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS).
Section 2.48.070 - Supplier's Statement Within 15 days after the adoption
of this ordinance, all bidding forms and purchase orders for purchase trans -
actions between the Village and a supplier shall contain the following provision
as one of the terms and conditions of such purchase orders:
"The undersigned supplier hereby represents and warrants to
the Village of Buffalo Grove as a term and condition of ac-
ceptance of this (bid or purchase order) that none of the
following Village officials is either an officer or direc-
tor of supplier or owns five percent (5a) or more of sup -
plier: The Village President; the members of the Village.
Board of Trustees; the Village Clerk; the Village Treasurer;
the members of the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Plan Com-
mission; the Village Manager and his Assistant or Assistants;
the heads of the various departments within the Village.. If
the foregoing representation and warranty is inaccurate, state
the 'name of the Village official who either is officer or
director of your business entity or owns five percent (5q) or
more thereof."
The Village Manager shall promptly notify the Village Board of Trustees
of any persons named by suppliers in response to the foregoing inquiry.
Any person who executes a purchase order knowing that the statement set
out above or any part thereof is false shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be fined not more than $500.00 (FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS).
Section 2.48;080 - Administration Administration and.review of this
Ordinance shall be the responsibility of the Village Manager.
SECTION 2: The requirements set forth in this Ordinance are in addition to,
and not a substitute for, any requirements for filing similar documents under any
provision of State law.
SECTION 3: If any provision of this Ordinance is held invalid, the remainder
of this Ordinance is not affected.
-6-
SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
•
after its approval and publication as provided by law. This Or-
dinance may be published in pamphlet form.
5 - Rech, Bogart,
AYES: Marienthal, NAPES: 0 - None ABSENT: i = T,tt,,n,
Mendenhall, Kandel
PASSED: January 8, ,1979.
APPROVED: January 8 ,1979.
PUBLICATION: ,1979.
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE,
Cook and Lake Counties, Illin s
B,
y GE PRESIDENT
ATTEST
G
VILLAGE CLERK/