96-012-E A community college foundation that is controlled by a community college board of trustees may allow certificates of deposit to mature and retain bank stock with the bank of a new appointee to the board of trustees since both contracts were prior to his term of office. Cautioned regarding Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2). [2, 18, I]
96-026-E A county board of supervisors may not accept a bid to keep certificates of deposit on the county's port funds when a member of the county port commission is chairman of the board and president of the bank as it would violate §25-4-105(3)(a) unless the exceptions in §25-4-105 (4)(a)(b) apply. [2, 9, 14]
96-040-E A county depository's distribution of county funds to a bank employing the spouse of one of the county's supervisors will result in the supervisor being in violation of Constitutional Section 109 and §25-4-105(2) if the county depository has an expressed or implied understanding with the county to share the funds with the spouse's bank. Cautioned regarding §25-4-105(1). [2, 14, A]
96-045-E A county owned community hospital may not use as its depository a bank that one of the members of the hospital's board of trustees serves as an officer or employee as it violates Constitutional Section 109 and §25-4-105(2). [2, 24]
96-128-E 1. The conflict of interest laws do not as such prohibit a county supervisor's business, including a publishing company, from using a bank that is also serving as a county depository.
2. If the county board of supervisors authorizes funds appropriated to the county economic council, then the supervisor would have a prohibited interest in the economic council's contract with his publishing company in violation of the above cited Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2).
3. The conflict of interest laws do not as such prohibit a county supervisor's business, including a publishing company, from accepting contracts, including advertising contracts, with commercial land developers.
4. The conflict of interest laws do not as such prohibit a county supervisor's business, including a publishing company, from accepting contracts, including advertising contracts, with an architecture firm that has contracted with another authority of the county government such as the county's civic center commission.5. The conflict of interest laws do not as such prohibit a county supervisor's business, including a publishing company, from allowing a financial consultant to write a monthly column for the company, at no cost to the company, even though the financial consultant has in the past contracted with the county on bond issues and most likely will in the future.
6. The county supervisor will be responsible and liable for any illegal contract entered into by his publishing company even if the contracts were through his agents.