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(a) “Municipal officer” means the Mayor, City Manager, members of the Council, members of the Planning and Zoning Commission, City Attorney and City Clerk.

(b) “Covered individual” means a municipal officer or candidate and the municipal officer’s or candidate’s spouse, domestic partner, dependent children and non-dependent children residing with the officer or candidate.

(c) “Domestic partner” means a person who is cohabitating with another person in a relationship like a marriage but that is not a legal marriage.

(d) “Health care provider” means an acupuncturist licensed under AS 08.06, an audiologist or speech language pathologist licensed under AS 08.11, a chiropractor licensed under AS 08.20, a dental hygienist licensed under AS 08.32, a dentist licensed under AS 08.36, a nurse licensed under AS 08.68, a dispensing optician licensed under AS 08.71, a naturopath licensed under AS 08.45, an optometrist licensed under AS 08.72, a pharmacist licensed under AS 08.80, a physical therapist or occupational therapist licensed under AS 08.84, a physician or physician assistant licensed under AS 08.64, a podiatrist licensed under AS 08.64, a psychologist or psychologist associate licensed under AS 08.86.

(e) “Source of income” means an employer, other person, or entity paying compensation, dividends, or interest, directly or indirectly, for services, products, or investments. If the income being reported is derived from employment by a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, professional corporation or other business entity in which the reporting person, spouse, domestic partner, dependent children or nondependent children residing with the reporting person, or a combination of them, hold a controlling interest, that proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, professional corporation or other business entity may be designated as the source of income without specifying clients or customers if the business is one that is normally conducted on a cash basis and typically does not keep records of individual customers, or if KMC 1.85.030 applies. In all other cases, the clients or customers of the proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, professional corporation or other business entity shall be listed as sources of income of the covered individual.

(f) “Financial interest” means the receipt of financial benefit or the expectation of receiving financial benefit. A financial interest includes a financial interest of any member of the person’s household. A person has a financial interest in an organization if he or she has an ownership interest in the organization, is a director, officer or employee of the organization. A financial interest also includes appearance as an attorney or a party plaintiff or defendant, or as a real party in interest, in any lawsuit, master’s hearing or other legal proceeding in which the City is a party plaintiff or defendant or otherwise has a direct interest. A financial interest does not include: (1) an affiliation with an organization solely as a volunteer, club member, or the like; or (2) a personal or financial interest of a type which is generally shared in common with the public or a large class of citizens.

(g) “Household” includes anyone whose primary residence is in the employee’s, commissioner’s or municipal officer’s home, including non-relatives.

(h) “Official action” means a recommendation, decision, approval, disapproval, vote or other similar action, including inaction by an employee whether such action is administrative, legislative, quasi-judicial, advisory or otherwise.

(Ords. 359, 1700-96, 2319-2008, 2323-2008)

(Note: To the extent that this chapter sets forth disclosure requirements which are less stringent than those imposed by AS 39.50 and AS 15.13, the more stringent requirements of State Statute must be followed. City Attorney’s Opinion 4/20/79.)