A. Prohibited.
No elected, appointed officer or other employees shall employ, appoint or vote for the appointment of his or her father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law in or to any position or employment, when the salary, wages, pay or compensation of such appointee is to be paid out of any public funds. It is unlawful for such appointee to accept or to retain such employment when his or her initial appointment thereto was made in contravention of the foregoing sentence by a person within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity therein specified having the direct power of employment or appointment to such position, or by a board or group of which such person is a member.
B. Exceptions. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply, among others, to the following employment situations:
1. Where the employee or appointee was appointed or employed by the Town prior to the time during which said related person assumed said public position therein;
2. Where the employee or appointee was or is eligible or qualified to be employed by a department or agency of the Town as the result of his or her compliance with civil service laws or regulations and merit system laws or regulations, or as the result of certification as to his qualification and fitness by a department, agency, or subdivision of the state or Town authorized to do so by law;
3. Where the employee or appointee was or is employed by the employing unit because he or she was or is the only person available, qualified, or eligible for the position.; or
4. Where the employee or appointee is unanimously approved by the Town Council.