All appointments to city boards and commissions shall be made in accordance with R.C. § 731.05, except when Council is specifically directed by law to make an appointment. Appointees shall be residents of the city except as permitted by statute, shall not be full-time employees of the city, shall not be members of the immediate family of a Council member unless such Council member shall have recused himself or herself from any deliberations or vote on the subject of the appointment, shall not be appointed to more than one board or commission at a time, and shall not be a vendor to the city or to its boards and commissions over which the Council has appointive power and budget control, either directly as a prime contractor or supplier or indirectly as a first tier subcontractor or supplier. Sales shall be construed to mean sales, services, or fees aggregating $1,000 maximum total in anyone calendar year. Appointees shall not be owners, employees, officials, or stockholders of paving or construction companies or taxicab companies under franchise with, or subject to, ordinance control of the city, or of hazard insurance companies participating in sales of insurance to the city. This section shall not prohibit any appointment of a city employee if the enabling statutes declare membership on the board or commission as not being a public office or directs that one or more city employees may be appointed to a board or commission.
(1982 Code, § 30.36) (Res. 61-13, passed 3-6-1961; Res. 72-1, passed 1-3-1972; Res. 21-27, passed 8-9-2021)