(A) After February 8, 2000, no person shall be hired and placed in any position of employment within the city which would cause the person to report to a supervisor with whom the person has a familial relationship.
(B) A
FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP shall be defined as a relationship between two persons where at least one of them is a mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, daughter, son, spouse, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law to the other person.
(C) Where the person to whom a city employee reports becomes a person with whom the employee has a familial relationship due to promotion, marriage or other action, the subordinate employee shall be reassigned to another shift or a position in the same or another department.
(D) As of February 8, 2000, no person shall be considered for hiring or for promotion unless and until he or she completely and accurately fills out and submits to the city an affidavit disclosing all persons employed by the city with whom he or she has a familial relationship. Any affidavit found to be false or misleading shall constitute grounds for termination of the person who submitted false or misleading affidavit.
(E) No person shall participate in any decision to hire if that person has a familial relationship with the person being considered for hiring.
(F) No person shall participate in any decision to promote if that person has a familial relationship with the person being considered for promotion.
(G) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person whose name appears on any hiring or promotion list for the Police Department or the Fire Department in effect on February 8, 2000.
(H) All means not in conflict with state or federal law or with any current collective bargaining agreement previously entered into by the city shall be utilized to implement and enforce this section.
(Ord. 00-06, passed 2-8-2000)