a. Activities Prohibited.
1. No person shall be appointed to or removed from, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to any City position or appointive City administrative office because of race, age, color, sex, sexual identification or orientation, religious opinions or affiliations, national origin or ancestry, disability, genetic information, citizenship, or veteran status.
2. No person shall willfully make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report in regard to any test, certification or appointment under the personnel provisions of this Charter or the rules and regulations made thereunder, or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of such provisions, rules and regulations.
3. No person who seeks appointment or promotion with respect to any City position or appointive City administrative office shall directly or indirectly give, render or pay any money, service or other valuable thing to any person for or in connection with his test, appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion.
4. No person who holds any compensated appointive or elective City position shall solicit or receive any contribution to the campaign funds of any political party or any candidate for public office, from any employee of the City.
b. Penalties. Any person who by himself or with others willfully violates any of the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to such penalties as provided by ordinance of Council.
Any person convicted under this section shall be ineligible for a period of five years thereafter to hold any office or position with the City, and, if an officer or employee of the City, shall immediately forfeit his office or position.
(Amended 11-8-22)