(A) General provisions. It is contrary to the policy of the city that any full-time, part-time or temporary employee to be employed in or transferred to a position which establishes supervisor/employee relationship between two individuals who are related by blood or marriage. In the event of marriage between employees of the city, creating a relationship which violates this policy, one of the persons affected must transfer or in the case of refusal to transfer be terminated from that location by the end of the fiscal year or within six months from the date the relationship was established, whichever is a greater period, to a location compatible with policy provisions. The degrees of relationship included in the above restrictions are as follows:
(1) By blood: Parent; child; grandparent; grandchild; brother; sister; uncle; aunt; nephew; niece; first cousin.
(2) By marriage: Husband; wife; stepparent; stepchild; father-in-law; mother-in-law; sister-in-law; half-sister; half-brother; brother-in-law; uncle; aunt; nephew; niece; daughter-in-law; son-in-law or step-grandchild.
(B) Notification of potential nepotism. The Department shall bring to the attention of the Department Head or governing body, before appointment or transfer instances in which two members of the same unit are related as mentioned above, and will demonstrate that immediate supervision is not involved. The governing body has determined nepotism shall not exist anywhere within the chain of command.
(Ord. 46-7-90, passed 8-21-90; Am. Ord. 53-12-92, passed 12-28-92)