Financial Ethics

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Financial Ethics Policy

The City of New Braunfels Purchasing Division will treat vendors in a fair manner, while avoiding the perception of immoral, illegal, or unethical behavior.

All vendors or persons doing business with the City of New Braunfels are required to follow the City’s Code of Ethics, including:

  • Keeping competition fair and open.
  • Maintaining consistent procurement policies and principles.
  • Observing strict truthfulness in all transactions and correspondence.
  • Respecting the confidence of sales personnel and their companies as to confidential or proprietary information, as well as being scrupulous about maintaining the highest level of business ethics when dealing with sources and City departments.

Required Disclosures

Compliance with Texas law on required disclosures and conflicts of interest are the individual responsibility of each individual, business, and agent who is subject to the law’s filing requirement. If you have any questions about compliance, please consult your own legal counsel. 

Should you determine that you are required to file a Conflict of Interest Questionnaire, please file it electronically by sending it by email to the City of New Braunfels City Secretary's Office.  A statement filed electronically satisfies the signature requirement and does not need to be notarized.

Additional Ethics Resources

  1. Anti-Lobbying/ Cone of Silence
  2. Authorized Contact Persons

Anti-Lobbying/ Cone of Silence


The City’s Anti-Lobbying/Cone of Silence Policy was adopted to ensure a fair and competitive bidding environment by preventing communication or lobbying between City Officials, employees, or representatives and parties involved in the bidding process that could create an unfair advantage to any party with respect to the award of a City contract.

The City’s Cone of Silence/Anti-Lobbying Policy prohibits any communication or lobbying activities with City officials, employees and/or its consultants or contractors on matters of a solicitation from its advertisement through the date said item is posted on the forthcoming City Council agenda. During a no-contact period, a bidder shall make a representation only through the authorized contact person.

In the case of an unsolicited or competing proposal for a public-private partnership, the period shall commence on the date that the City receives a notice of intent from a vendor declaring its intention to submit an unsolicited proposal and will end the on the date the notice of award has been posted on the City Council agenda. All provisions of the Cone of Silence/Anti-Lobbying Policy are hereby incorporated by reference.