(A) No officer or employee of the county or government agency shall advocate, recommend, or cause the employment, appointment, promotion, transfer, or advancement of a family member to an office or position of employment with the county or government agency.
(B) No officer or employee of the county or government agency shall supervise or manage the work of a family member.
(C) No officer or employee shall participate in any action relating to the employment or discipline of a family member, except that this prohibition shall not prevent an elected or appointed official from voting on or participating in the development of a budget which includes compensation for a family member, provided that the family member is included only as a member of a class of persons or a group, and the family member benefits to no greater extent than any other similarly situated member of the class or group.
(D) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a public officer’s family member who was employed on or before January 1, 1995, in the same governmental agency in which the public officer serves. This exception is applicable only as long as the current officer is in office or the employee remains employed by the governmental agency.
(Prior Code, § 25.300) (Ord. 94-9, passed 11-9-1994)