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WHEREAS, Section 43-1 of Chapter 43, Code of Ethics of
the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964) , as amended, provides
in part that no officer or employee of the City, or their
spouses, shall knowingly accept any gift or favor from any
person, corporation or association of persons licensed by the
City or by any department, agency, commission, or board on
which the officer or employee serves ; and
WHEREAS, at this particular time of the year there are
many social activities to which City employees are invited
by members of trade or professional groups or associates
without thought or intent that their performance of duty be
influenced in any manner; and
WHEREAS, it was not nor is it the intent of the City
Council, by adoption of the Ethics Code, to inhibit officers
or employees from attending purely social events, seasonal
or otherwise, which are not intended nor can they be reason-
ably construed to influence such officers or employees in the
discharge of their official duties; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
SECTION 1
That officers and employees of the City are not restricted
in nor inhibited from accepting invitations to or participation
in ceremonial functions, community or organization celebrations,
seasonal or otherwise, which are not intended nor reasonably to
be construed as tending to influence such officers or employees
in the discharge of their official duties.
O
CM OF FORT WORTH