(a) No person who is a relative or family member of any elected official of the City shall be considered for employment as an employee of the City. This applies to full-time, part-time, and seasonal employment. This shall not restrict nor prohibit the continued employment of individuals to a position or positions with the City where a relative of a permanent employee is elected after the date of the permanent employee’s start date of employment with the City.
(b) No elected official can serve as liaison to any department that employs any member of that elected official’s family.
(c) No municipal employee shall be in a position that provides supervision over a member of his or her family. This precludes the acceptance of applications for full-time, part-time or seasonal employment from relatives for positions in the same department where supervision conflicts exist or through promotion, potential conflict could exist. This policy does not apply to present employees of the City, nor shall it apply to members of the police and fire department.
(d) These policies are not for the purpose of depriving any citizen of an equal chance for a government job, but solely to eliminate the potential for preferential treatment of the relatives of government personnel or elected officials. These policies will not deprive any permanent employee as of the date of these policies of any promotional right in the normal career development nor change the existing status of any permanent employee. None of these policies apply to any unpaid volunteer positions.
(Ord. 19-10. Passed 9-5-19.)