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Wilmington City Code § 2-337

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Sec. 2-337. - Definitions. The following word, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Appointed official means a city employee who is appointed by an elected official or appointed official. City agency means any office, department, board, commission, committee, or entity of the city, the mayor, or city council. City employee means any person who receives compensation as an employee of the city or of a city agency; or who serves as an appointed member, trustee, director or the like of any city agency and who receives or reasonably expects to receive more than $5,000.00 in compensation for such service in a calendar year, not including any reimbursement for expenses. "City employee" does not include honorary officials. Close relative means a person's domestic partner or parents, spouse, children, siblings by blood (whole or half), adoption or marriage. Commission or ethics commission means the city ethics commission established by this division. Compensation means any money, thing of value or any other economic benefit of any kind or nature whatsoever conferred on or received by any person in return for services rendered or to be rendered by himself or another. Elected official means a person who is the mayor, treasurer, council president or a member of council. Family member means a domestic partner or a person related by blood (whole or half), adoption, or marriage. Filers means all persons identified in section 2-345.1(b). Financial interest in private enterprise means that a person: (1) Has a legal or equitable ownership interest in the enterprise of more than ten percent (one percent or more in the case of a corporation whose stock is regularly traded on an established securities market); (2) Is associated with the enterprise and received from the enterprise during the last calendar year or might reasonably be expected to receive from the enterprise during the current or the next calendar year income in excess of $5,000.00 for services as an employee, officer, director, trustee or independent contractor; or (3) Is a creditor of a private enterprise in an amount equal to ten percent or more of the debt of that enterprise (one percent or more in the case of a corporation whose securities are regularly traded on an established securities market). Household member means a domestic partner or an adult family member, who lives in the same residence, domicile, home, or apartment as the city employee, elected official, appointed official, or honorary official. Honorary official means a person who serves only in an honorary capacity as an appointed member, trustee, director or the like of any city agency and who receives or reasonably expects to receive no compensation or not more than $5,000.00 in compensation for such service in a calendar year, not including any reimbursement for expenses. Matter means any application, petition, request, business dealing or transaction of any sort. Personal or private interest means an interest which tends to impair a person's independence of judgment in the performance of his or her duties with respect to that matter such as (1) any vote, action or inaction that would result in a financial benefit or detriment to accrue to the person or a close relative to a greater extent than such benefit or detriment would accrue to others who are members of the same class or group of persons; or (2) the person or a close relative has a financial interest in a private enterprise which enterprise or interest would be affected by any vote, action or inaction on a matter to a lesser or greater extent than like enterprises or other interests in the same enterprise. Private enterprise means any activity conducted by any person, whether conducted for profit or not for profit and includes the ownership of real or personal property. Private enterprise does not include any activity of the state or of any political subdivision or of any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof, or, more specifically, of the city or of any department, agency, board, commission, authority, or instrumentality thereof. (Ord. No. 92-073(sub 1), § 1(20-104), 11-5-92; Ord. No. 93-097, § 1, 12-16-93; Ord. No. 18-043, § 3, 10-4-18)

Source: City of Wilmington, Delaware, City Code, City Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/de/wilmington/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIIWICO_CH2AD_ARTVDEAGCROR_DIV6CIETRE_S2-337DEFetched: 11/6/2026