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3 <br />8) Honorarium- Payment for services for which fees are not legally or traditionally <br />required. <br />9) Senior Staff (Member)- <br />(a.)Employees of Orange County holding the position of County Manager, <br />County Clerk, County Attorney, Assistant County Manager, Department <br />Director, any senior supervisor who serves as Department Director in the <br />Department Director's absence or anyone holding a position which reports <br />directly to the County Manager. <br />(b.) Senior Staff does not include the Orange County Sheriff or Orange County <br />Register of Deeds. <br />Article 2. <br />General Standards of Ethical Conduct <br />Section 1. Solicitation. <br />A general summary of the restraints upon the conduct of all Senior Staff includes, but is <br />not limited to, those listed below. No Senior Staff Member shall: <br />1) Solicit anything of value from anyone doing business with Orange County. <br />2) Solicit or accept employment from anyone doing business with Orange County, <br />unless the Senior Staff completely withdraws from Orange County activity <br />regarding the party offering employment, and Orange County approves the <br />withdrawal in writing. <br />3) Use his or her public position to obtain benefits for the Senior Staff Member, a <br />family member, or anyone with whom the official or employee has a business or <br />employment relationship; <br />Section 2. Other Compensation. <br />A Senior Staff Member shall not solicit or receive personal financial gain or <br />compensation, other than that received by the Senior Staff Member from Orange County, <br />or with the approval of the County, for acting in the Senior Staff Member's official <br />capacity, or far' advice or assistance given in the course of carrying out the Senior Staff <br />Member's duties. <br />Section 3.Official Action. <br />No Senior Staff Member authorized to perform an official action requiring the exercise of <br />discretion shall knowingly: <br />1) Participate in an official action by Orange County if the Senior Staff Member, a <br />family member, or a business with which the Senior Staff Member is associated, <br />has an economic interest in, or a reasonably foreseeable benefit from, the matter <br />under consideration. <br />