(A) With regard to an individual who: (1) is employed by a unit on the date the individual’s relative begins serving a term of an elected office of the unit; and (2) is not exempt from the application of this policy, the individual may remain employed by a unit and maintain the individual’s position or rank even if the individual’s employment would violate the prohibition against one relative being in the direct line of supervision of the other relative.
(B) The individual described above may not: (1) be promoted to a position; or (2) be promoted to a position that is not within the merit ranks, in the case of an individual who is a member of a merit sheriff’s office, if the new position would violate the prohibition against one relative being in the direct line of supervision of the other relative.
(C) A Sheriff’s spouse may be employed as prison matron for the county under I.C. 36-8-10-5 and the spouse may be in the Sheriff’s direct line of supervision.
(D) An individual:
(1) Who served as coroner;
(2) Who is currently ineligible to serve as coroner under Article 6, Section 2(b) of the Constitution of the State of Indiana;
(3) Who, as coroner, received certification under I.C. 36-2-14-22.3; and
(4) Whose successor in the office of coroner is a relative of the individual; may be hired in the position of deputy coroner and be in the coroner’s direct line of supervision.
(Res. 2012-03, passed 6-26-12)