(a) No employee shall intentionally perform any prohibited political activity during any compensated time.
(b) No official, employee, or candidate for City office shall intentionally use any City property or resources of the City in connection with any prohibited political activity; provided, however, any official, employee, or candidate for City office may reserve and rent a City-owned facility at a fair market value before any such activity or event connected therewith.
(c) No official or employee shall intentionally require at any time any other official or employee to perform any prohibited political activity: (i) as part of the other official's or employee's duties; (ii) as a condition of employment; or (iii) during any compensated time off.
(d) No official or employee shall be required at anytime to participate in any prohibited political activity in consideration of additional compensation or any other benefit, including a salary adjustment, bonus, compensatory time off, or continued employment.
(e) No official or employee shall be awarded additional compensation or any benefit for such official's or employee's participation in any prohibited political activity.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit activities that an official or employee undertakes as part of such official's or employee's official duties or such activities that the official or employee may undertake on a voluntary basis, and which are not otherwise prohibited by this chapter.
(g) No person either: (i) in a position that is subject to recognized merit principles of public employment; or (ii) in a position the salary for which is paid in whole or in part by federal funds and that is subject to the Federal Standards for a Merit System of Personnel Administration applicable to grant-in-aid programs, shall be denied or deprived of city employment solely because such person is a member or an officer of a political committee, a political party, a political organization or club.
(Added Coun. J. 7-25-12, p. 31123, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-20-22, p. 50671, § 1)