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Resolution amending the policy requiring vendors to submit a "Vendor Disclosure Statement" for procurements over $30,000
Staff Summary
* On November 13, 2018, the Lake County Board approved a policy requiring vendors to submit a "Vendor Disclosure Statement" disclosing the names of each owner/ principal/officer of the company, along with those individuals' immediate family members who are employed by Lake County.
* After discussion at the January 10, 2019 Financial and Administrative Committee meeting, the attached policy has been amended as follows:
o clarifying that the officials/employees with whom vendors must disclose familial relationships include Lake County elected officials, department directors, deputy directors, and managers;
o expanding the definition of familial relationship to: spouse (including civil partner), child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, in-laws (including parent, grandparent, sibling, or child), relatives and non-relatives living in the same residence, and offspring born to any aforementioned persons;
o including vendor disclosure of all political campaign contributions made by the vendor or an owner, principal, officer, manager, lobbyist, agent, consultant, counsel, subcontractor or corporate entity under the control of the vendor to any county board member, county board chair, or county-wide elected official as well as contributions to political action committees within the last five years;
o requiring that (a) the vendor disclosure statement of the awarded vendor be included as an attachment with the agenda item on the County Board agenda; (b) the statement with the contract be available on the County's website and filed with the Purchasing Division; and (c) upon contract renewal, the Purchasing Division communicates to the vendor its obligation to update vendor disclosure information as necessary.
* This definition of "familial relationship" is broader than that used in the Ethics Ordinance and Purchasing Ordina...
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