(A) No person shall be employed by the city when a member of their immediate family is already employed by the city or serving as an officer of the city.
(B) For the purposes of this policy, IMMEDIATE FAMILY includes an employee’s spouse, children, parents, brothers, sisters, and grandparents or are brothers-in-law or sisters-in-law by marriage.
(C) If two employees already employed by the city marry or cohabit during the period of their employment, such employment shall not be prohibited by this policy.
(D) In the event any officer of the city is elected at any election and a member of his or her immediate family is an officer or employee of the city at the time of such election, such employment shall not be a violation of this section.
(E) The prohibition of employment of immediate family members shall not apply to fire volunteers, even though they may be paid for their service.
(F) This section shall not be enforced in any circumstance or manner so as to violate any state or federal statute, the state or federal constitution, or any applicable authority. To the extent that any prospective employee brings such alleged violation to the attention of the City Council and the City Council finds that enforcement of this section in that particular circumstance violates any state or federal statute, the state or federal constitution, or any applicable authority, it shall not be enforced in that particular case where such violation is determined to exist by the City Council, otherwise to be fully applicable.
(Ord. 14 (Series 2012-2013), passed 4-15-2013) Penalty, see § 31.99