Sec. 602.411. - Disqualification of former officers and employees in matters connected with former duties or official responsibilities; disqualification of partners.

(a) It shall be a violation of this Chapter for any person, who was an officer or employee of the City or an independent agency, after his or her employment has ceased, knowingly to act as agent or attorney for anyone other than the City or an independent agency in connection with any administrative or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest or other particular matter involving a specific party or parties in which the City or an independent agency is a party or has a direct and substantial interest and in which he or she participated personally and substantially as an officer or employee, through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation or otherwise while employed by the City or an independent agency. (b) It shall be a violation of this Chapter for any person, who was an officer or employee of the City or an independent agency, after his or her employment has ceased, to appear personally before any unit of government as agent or attorney for anyone other than the City or an independent agency in connection with any proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest or other particular matter involving a specific party or parties in which the City or an independent agency is a party or has a direct and substantial interest and which was under his or her official responsibility as an officer or employee of the City or an independent agency at any time within a period of one year prior to the termination of his or her responsibility. (c) Nothing in subsection (a) or (b) shall prevent a former officer or employee of the City or an independent agency with professional, scientific or technological qualifications, from acting as agent or attorney or from appearing personally in connection with a particular matter in a professional, scientific or technological field if the head of the unit of government concerned with the matter, the Executive Director of the Office of Ethics, Compliance and Oversight or their designee, and the City Council President or their designee, shall certify in writing that the public interest would be served by the action or appearance by the former officer or employee. (Ord. 97-890-E, § 1; Ord. 2011-232-E, § 2; Ord. 2014-457-E, § 1; Ord. No. 2019-805-E , § 2) Note— Former § 602.402 .