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(A) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) Authorize. "Authorize" means to approve, decide, direct, or vote to hire a person to an employment position.
(2) Employment position. "Employment Position" means any employment position, including a full-time, part-time, temporary, seasonal, or permanent position, and any paid internship or educational or training position.
(3) Ethics law. "Ethics Law" means any law which Ohio law places under the jurisdiction of the Ohio ethics commission to interpret or enforce.
(4) Family Member. "Family Member" means any of the following relatives, regardless of where they reside: (a) spouse, (b) child and step child, whether dependent or not, (c) sibling, (d) parent and step parent, (e) grandparent, (f) grand child, and (g) any other person related by blood or by marriage, who lives in the same household.
(5) Hire. "Hire" means to employ, appoint, or select a person for an employment position of the City.
(6) Supervisory Employee. "Supervisory Employee" means any employee who regularly supervises, directs, evaluates, or is otherwise in charge of subordinate employees.
(B) State Ethics Laws. No public official or employee of the City shall violate any ethics law of the state of Ohio. No provision of this charter or any ordinance or rule shall be construed to relieve any elected official, supervisor, or employee of the City from any requirement to comply with all provisions of state ethics laws.
(C) Ethics Ordinances. The City council may enact ordinances which are more restrictive but not less restrictive than state ethics laws.
(D) Ethics Rules. The mayor may by executive order issue ethics rules applying to employees of the City who are not elected officials. Such rules may be more restrictive but may not be less restrictive than state ethics laws or ethics ordinances of the City.
(E) Prohibition Against Hiring Family Members Of Elected Officials And Supervisors. Notwithstanding what may be permitted by state ethics laws, no person who is a family member of any elected official or supervisory employee of the City may be hired for any employment position by the City unless such person is employed as a classified employee in accordance with rules and procedures of general application adopted by the civil service commission. Persons who were hired in an unclassified employment position when no family member was an elected official or supervisory employee may continue in such position if any family member becomes an elected official or supervisory employee after such hiring but may not be promoted or transferred to another unclassified employment position so long as any family member remains an elected official or supervisory employee or any other family member subsequently becomes and remains an elected official or supervisory employee. Persons who were hired in any unclassified employment position before the effective date of this charter section when a family member was an elected official or supervisory employee may continue in such position after such hiring but may not be promoted or transferred to another unclassified employment position so long as any family member is or remains an elected official or supervisory employee or any other family member subsequently becomes and remains an elected official or supervisory employee.
(F) Prohibited Hiring Authorizations. No elected official or supervisory employee of the City shall authorize the hiring of a family member to any employment position prohibited by paragraph E of this section.
(G) Prohibited Hiring Participation. No elected official or supervisory employee of the City shall discuss, recommend, request, participate in, or attempt to influence the hiring of a family member to any employment position prohibited by paragraph E of this section. (Amended 5-3-11)
The provisions of the preceding section shall not be considered exclusive, but as in addition to any other provisions of the general law of the State applicable to the case; and a violation of any provisions of either of such sections shall subject the offender to removal from office or employment, and to punishment by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
CIVIL SERVICE
The Civil Service Board shall consist of three electors of the City. The term of each member of the Board in office at the time of adoption of the amendment to this section shall continue until that member's term expires, or until that member's successor is appointed.
Thereafter, the position of the member previously appointed by the Judge of the Municipal Court shall be appointed by City Council. The position of the member previously appointed by City Council shall be appointed by City Council. In the event that City Council fails to make either such appointment within ninety (90) after the expiration of a member's term or the occurrence of a vacancy, the Mayor shall make such appointment.
The position of the member previously appointed by the Mayor shall be appointed by the Mayor. In the event that the Mayor fails to make such appointment within ninety (90) after the expiration of a member's term or the occurrence of a vacancy, City Council shall make such appointment.
Each such member shall serve three (3) years, or until that member's successor is appointed by the respective appointing authority.
Should a vacancy during term occur, the respective appointing authority shall appoint a new member to complete the term of the vacating member.
The respective appointing authority may make a temporary substitution appointment in the event that any member is unable to participate in any hearing involving a classified employee.
Members of the Board may be removed only by City Council, by a two-thirds vote of all the members of Council, at any time, regardless of who appointed the member.
No member of the Board shall hold any other public office or public employment, temporary or permanent, except as a notary public or as a member of the State or the Federal military service; and no member of the Board shall be a candidate for any elective public office. (Amended 11-3-09)
The Board shall designate one of its members as President. City Council shall appoint a secretary and such other officers and employees as may be provided for by ordinance. The salary of the secretary and such other officers and employees shall be determined by City Council.
The Board shall make a report to the Mayor and to City Council annually on or before the 1st day of March of each year, showing for the previous calendar year its actions, its rules in force, and any recommendations to improve the city’s civil service provisions.(Amended 11-3-09)
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