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- ---- . . . B. Public utility easement vacation located east of City View Street, north of Corinthian Court (A & N Investment)(EV 78-6) Public hearing was held with no testimony presented. C.B. 1781--Authorizing public utility easement vacation located east of City View Street, north of Corinthian Court and declaring an emergency, was read by council bill number and title only, there being no Councilor present requesting it be read in full. Mr.; Hamel moved, seconded by Mr. Brad 1 ey, t hat the b ill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. ~lr. Hamel moved, seconded by Mr. Bradley, that the bill be approved and given final passasge. Ro 11 ca 11 vote. All Councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 18288. IV. Conflict of Interest (ordinance distributed) Joyce Benjamin, City Attorney's Office, said the major changes were made in Section 3. Pecuniary interest was defined as being direct, monetary, present, and personal. . Mr. Williams questioned wllat would happen if an individual were an employee of a business contracting with the City, but did not have an ownership interest in the business. Ms. Benjamin said if that person's remuneration were based upon the sales to the City, there would be considered a pecu- niary interest. Mr. Williams felt that was not realistic and felt the confllct of interest ran deeper than was presented. Ms. Benjamin replied this proposed ordinance attempted to outline a moderate position regarding conflict of interest. She said there was some point where the City Councilor's own discretion of what is fitting and proper had to enter in. She also noted the problem of persons who have small shares of stock in various large businesses with which the City may wish to contract, i.e., IBM, Shell Oil, or Pacific Northwest Bell. It was felt best not to prohibit business contacts on that basis. She noted there was a tendency throughout the state regarding conflict-of-interest language in easing of the strict old-fashioned language. This ordinance was an attempt to reflect that tendency. Mr. Delay agreed with Mr. Williams the present language did not cover a large class of actual or apparent conflicts of interest which should be of concern to the Council. He wondered if it might be more appro- priate for Council to deal with those in setting up a code of conduct or a confl ict-of- interest statement wi thi n its own rul es of procedure. He felt this ordinance could deal appropriately with conflict of interest in court actions. e 10/25/78--7 ,0.5