Does the post-employment restriction found at Code Section 20-603 permit a former City employee to present their personal opinions at a hearing held by their former City Department on a matter in which the former employee participated while working for the City?
Yes. Code Section 20-603 only prohibits a former employee from assisting "another person" in a transaction involving the City, if the former City employee participated in that transaction during their City service or employment. As such, so long as the former City employee is not providing assistance to any other person on the matter in question, they may appear at the hearing and speak on the matter even though it involved a transaction in which they participated whilst working for the City.
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