PILLAR: Core - Organizational Support
AGENDA DATE: August 12, 2026
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): Citywide
DEPARTMENT: Office of the Inspector General
PRIORITY: Government Efficiency
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SUBJECT
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An ordinance amending Chapter 12A, "Code of Ethics," of the Dallas City Code, by amending Sections 12A-1, 12A-2, 12A-4, 12A-7, 12A-19, 12A-20, 12A-52, and 12A-62 (1) including subcontractors as persons doing business with the City; (2) providing certain provisions of the Code of Ethics to apply to persons doing business with the City; (3) prohibiting the acceptance of an offer of outside employment that a city official of employee knows is intended to influence or reward official conduct or the discharge of official duties; and (4) providing that it is the City Council that determines the duration of any disqualification from contracting with the City; (5) providing a saving clause; (6) providing a severability clause; and (7) providing an effective date - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
The proposed ordinance amending the Code of Ethics is based on recommendations from the Ad Hoc Committee on General Investigating and Ethics; the Ethics Advisory Commission; and the Office of Inspector General.
While the current Code of Ethics is intended to apply to persons doing business with the city, persons doing business with the city are not linked to certain standards of behavior and civility and other provisions in the Code of Ethics. The proposed amendments clarify that persons doing business with the city are held to the same standards as city officials and employees in their interactions at the city.
The proposed amendments now allow the inspector general to bring ethics charges against persons doing business with the city and their subcontractors for violations of standards of behavior and civility; using public property for private purposes; revealing information relating to a...
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