(a) The purpose of this section is to avoid the actuality or appearance that employers who hire former city council members may get special treatment.

(b) During six months following termination of office, no former elected official shall obtain employment in which he or she will take direct advantage, unavailable to others, of matters with which he or she took direct official action during his or her service with the City.

(c) For one year following termination of service with the City, no former elected official shall engage in any action or litigation in which the City is involved, on behalf of any other person or entity, when the action or litigation involves an issue on which the person took direct official action while in the service of the City. (Ord. No. 2019-51, § 1, 8-19-2019)