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Conflict of Interest Law for Municipal Employees
TOWN CLERK
Debra A. Gremo 104 Central St. AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS [email protected] phone 508-832-7701 fax: 508-832-4192
December 2017
The Conflict of Interest Law requires that every state, county and municipal employee must be provided with a summary of the conflict of interest law by the Ethics Commission within 30 days of becoming an employee, and annually thereafter. Each employee must provide to his or her employer, as defined herein, an acknowledgment of receipt (pg.12) within ten (10) business days of receipt of the summary. You do not have to be a fulltime paid municipal employee to be considered a municipal employee for conflict of interest purposes. Anyone performing services for a city or town or holding a municipal position, whether paid or unpaid, including full and part-time municipal employees, elected officials, volunteers, and consultants, is a municipal employee under the conflict of interest law. The Town Clerk is responsible for the distribution of the Summary to all municipal employees. The Town Clerk must also receive an acknowledgement from the employee that they have a copy of the summary. The receipt can be submitted either electronically or by paper. Step 1: The summary and certificates are available on the Town Website to read, save or print. http://auburnguide.com/Pages/AuburnMA_Clerk/Conflict – Conflict of Interest Information Step 2: Send an acknowledgement by email of receipt of the summary or print the Certificate of receipt, fill out and return to the Town Clerk. Step 3: Training http://www.mass.gov/ethics/conflict-of-interest-law-online-training-programs.html
Training is required to be done every two years. 2017 was the year everyone was to complete the online training. At the end of the training, print the completion certificate and return to the Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERK
Debra A. Gremo 104 Central St. AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS [email protected] phone 508-832-7701 fax: 508-832-4192
December 2017
The Conflict of Interest Law requires that every state, county and municipal employee must be provided with a summary of the conflict of interest law by the Ethics Commission within 30 days of becoming an employee, and annually thereafter. Each employee must provide to his or her employer, as defined herein, an acknowledgment of receipt (pg.12) within ten (10) business days of receipt of the summary. You do not have to be a fulltime paid municipal employee to be considered a municipal employee for conflict of interest purposes. Anyone performing services for a city or town or holding a municipal position, whether paid or unpaid, including full and part-time municipal employees, elected officials, volunteers, and consultants, is a municipal employee under the conflict of interest law. The Town Clerk is responsible for the distribution of the Summary to all municipal employees. The Town Clerk must also receive an acknowledgement from the employee that they have a copy of the summary. The receipt can be submitted either electronically or by paper. Step 1: The summary and certificates are available on the Town Website to read, save or print. http://auburnguide.com/Pages/AuburnMA_Clerk/Conflict – Conflict of Interest Information Step 2: Send an acknowledgement by email of receipt of the summary or print the Certificate of receipt, fill out and return to the Town Clerk. Step 3: Training http://www.mass.gov/ethics/conflict-of-interest-law-online-training-programs.html
Training is required to be done every two years. 2017 was the year everyone was to complete the online training. At the end of the training, print the completion certificate and return to the Town Clerk.
