§ 3-3-123. Proscribed participation by public employees in procurement transactions.

Except as may be specifically allowed by subdivisions (A)(2) and (A)(3) of § 2.2-3112 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, no public employee having official responsibility for a procurement transaction shall participate in that transaction on behalf of the city when the employee knows that:

(a)

the employee is contemporaneously employed by a bidder, offeror or contractor involved in the procurement transaction; or

(b)

the employee, the employee's partner or any member of the employee's immediate family holds a position with a bidder, offeror or contractor such as an officer, director, trustee, partner or the like, or is employed in a capacity involving personal and substantial participation in the procurement transaction, or owns or controls an interest of more than five percent; or

(c)

the employee, the employee's partner or any member of the employee's immediate family has a pecuniary interest arising from the procurement transaction; or

(d)

the employee, the employee's partner or any member of the employee's immediate family is negotiating, or has an arrangement concerning prospective employment with a bidder, offeror or contractor. (Ord. No. 2757, 1/22/83, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 4232, 1/26/02, Sec. 5)