(a) No official or employee shall employ or advocate for employment, in any city agency in which said official or employee serves or over which he exercises authority, supervision, or control, any person (i) who is a relative or domestic partner of said official or employee, or (ii) in exchange for or in consideration of the employment of any of said official's or employee's relatives or his domestic partner by any other official or employee; provided that the prohibition in (i) applies to city council committee staff and independent contractors who are paid from funds appropriated to the Alderman for contractual services, provided that those individuals who are relatives and are currently retained as contractors shall be allowed to continue to renew their service contract on an ongoing and annual basis; but not to personal staff of an alderman.
(b) No official or employee shall exercise contract management authority, or participate in the making of any City administrative or legislative action or decision, where any relative or the domestic partner of the official or employee is employed by or has contracts with the person with such contract or who is seeking such administrative or legislative action.
(c) No official or employee shall use or permit the use of their position to assist any relative or domestic partner in securing employment or contracts with persons over whom the employee or official exercises contract management authority or with respect to whom the employee or official would make or participate in the making of any City administrative or legislative action or decision. The employment of or contracting with a relative or domestic partner of such a City official or employee by such a person within six months prior to, during the term of, or six months subsequent to the period of a City contract or the making of such action or decision shall be evidence that said employment or contract was obtained in violation of this chapter.
(d) No person shall, with intent to violate this section, hire or retain any relative or domestic partner of a City employee or official who exercises contract management authority with respect to the person's City contracts or who participates in administrative or legislative actions or decisions involving the person.
(Prior code § 26.2-13; Added Coun. J. 5-16-90, p. 16204; Amend Coun. J. 6-23-04, p. 26935, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 2-10-10, p. 84553, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-20-22, p. 50671, § 1)