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Notice/Advertisement Title: Tournament or Event Permit Holder Conflict of Interest Rule
Contact Name: Stephen Dyer
Contact Telephone Number: (614) 645-5639
Contact Email Address: sodyer@columbus.gov
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All Recreation and Parks Department permit holders for tournaments or events at the City’s Prime Sports Parks shall be subject to the below rule, which is intended to prevent individuals who are or have been part of a Department-affiliated organization that holds City money from financially or otherwise benefiting from being a permit holder at one of the Department’s designated Prime Sports Parks.
Prime Sports Park Tournament or Event Permit Holder Conflict of Interest Rule
1. A tournament or event permit at the City’s Prime Sports Parks shall be obtained only by the individual responsible for managing the tournament or event.
2. Conflict of Interest. The Recreation and Parks Department seeks to prohibit individuals who serve, or have served recently, in a fiduciary role on boards or organizations that are affiliated with the Department from holding tournament and event permits for the Prime Sports Parks in order to avoid the possibility of a conflict of interest between the individual’s service on the board/organization and the individual’s personal or financial benefit for themselves, their family, or their business associates. These rules are established to avoid even the appearance of such impropriety. The goals of this conflict-of-interest avoidance are met by establishing the following rule below:
a) An individual may not hold a permit for a Prime Sports Park if they meet either of the following conditions:
1. Within the previous year, the individual held a fiduciary position on a Department-affiliated board or organization charged with overseeing funds collected for the benefit of the City;
2. While serving in a fiduciary position on any Department-affiliated board or organization at any point in time, the individual voted...
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