§ 20-20.1. Financial disclosure reports.  


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  • The chief executive officer, executive assistant, county attorney and assistant county attorneys, chief of staff, assistant county administrators, clerk to the board of commissioners, board of tax assessors, department heads, deputy, assistant and associate department heads/directors and economic development department personnel, shall file annually with the clerk to the board of commissioners a report disclosing the sources of any income, whatever its nature, in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) derived from any one (1) source for the proceeding calendar year. Such report shall be filed on or before April 30 of each year for the prior calendar year in a format determined by the director of finance. Failure of any such person to file such disclosure statement shall be reflected in the minutes of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the board of commissioners following the April 30 deadline, with a copy of the list of such persons presented to the chairperson of the DeKalb County Board of Ethics for appropriate action. The reports shall be considered public documents upon filing. Each report shall contain the following information:

    (1)

    The source of each of the following items received or accrued during the preceding calendar year by such person reporting or his/her spouse, including the name and address of the source:

    a.

    Any income for services rendered of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more;

    b.

    Any interest or dividend income of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more;

    c.

    Reimbursement for expenses of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more in each instance;

    d.

    Honoraria from a single source in the aggregate amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more, except as otherwise reported under the state statue covering financial disclosure statements;

    e.

    Any gift in the aggregate amount or value of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more from any single source received during the preceding year.

    (2)

    The name, address and type of organization in which the person reporting or his/her spouse is an officer, director, partner, proprietor, or employee, or serves in any advisory capacity from which income of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more was derived.

    (3)

    Each creditor, including the name and address, to whom the person reporting or his/her spouse was indebted for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or more during the preceding calendar year in an amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) or more, except for retail installment debt, or the purchase or sale or real property.

    (4)

    Failure to file a financial disclosure report, as required by this section, may result in the referral of such violation to the DeKalb County Board of Ethics for punitive action, or may result in disciplinary action, including dismissal.

(Ord. No. 09-02, Pt. I, 11-27-01)