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NEPOTISM
(A) No officer, board member, or employee of the city or a city 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 city or a city agency.
(B) No officer 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.
(C) The prohibitions in this section shall not apply to any relationship or situation that would violate the prohibition, but which existed prior to the effective date of this chapter.
(1996 Code, § 43.30) (Ord. 2048, passed 12-6-1994; Ord. 2507, passed 12-1-2020)
POLITICAL SOLICITATION AND PATRONAGE
(A) An officer, employee, or municipal candidate may not request, or authorize anyone else to request, that any subordinate or potential future subordinate participate, or not participate, in any political activity, including the making of a campaign contribution.
(B) An officer, employee, or municipal candidate may not engage in any political activity for the city, while on duty, or in uniform, using city funds, supplies, vehicles, or facilities, or during any period of time during which he or she is normally expected to perform services for the city, for which compensation is paid.
(Ord. 2507, passed 12-1-2020)
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