2.50.075 Restrictions on future employment of county employees.
(1) No elected or appointed county official or other county employee may, within a period of one year from the date of termination of county employment, accept employment or receive compensation from an employer if:
(a) The elected or appointed county official or other county employee, during the two years immediately preceding termination of county employment, was engaged in the negotiation or administration on behalf of the county of one or more contracts with that employer and was in a position to make discretionary decisions affecting the outcome of such negotiation or the nature of such administration; and
(b) Such a contract or contracts have a total value of more than ten thousand dollars; and
(c) The duties of the employment with the employer or the activities for which the compensation would be received include fulfilling or implementing, in whole or in part, the provisions of such a contract or contracts or include the supervision or control of actions taken to fulfill or implement, in whole or in part, the provisions of such a contract or contracts. This section shall not be construed to prohibit a county elected or appointed official or a county employee from accepting employment with a county employee organization.
(2) No person who has served as a county elected or appointed official or county employee may, within a period of one year following the termination of county employment, have a direct or indirect beneficial interest in a contract or grant that was expressly authorized or funded by specific legislative or executive action in which the former county elected or appointed official or county employee participated.
(3) No person who has served as a county elected or appointed official or county employee may, within a period of one year following the termination of county employment, represent any person before any county board, body, agency, department, committee, examiner, adjustor, or commission regarding a specific project the former official or employee worked on, and was in a position to make discretionary decisions or recommendations, during his/her term of service or employment unless:
(a) The former county elected or appointed official or county employee receives no compensation for representing that person; or
(b) The specific project was a legislative issue; or
(c) The matter involved in the representation by the former county elected or appointed official or county employee directly affects properties owned by the former official or employee,
(4) Any elected or appointed official having the power to perform an official act or action shall, for a period of one year after the termination of his or her employment or term of service, refrain from lobbying the county department, agency, elected body, commission, or board on which they last served unless:
(a) The former county elected or appointed official is receiving no compensation for such lobbying; or
(b) The matter being lobbied directly affects properties owned by the former elected or appointed official. (Added by Amended Ord. 95-056 § 12, July 19, 1995, Eff date Oct. 25, 1995; Amended by Ord. 03-067, June 18, 2003, Eff date June 30, 2003).