No City employee may hire or recommend the hiring of an applicant who is also a relative to the employee, to any position of employment with the City, if the applicant will be directly supervised by the employee or the employee has direct authority to process, review or affect the salary or other compensation and benefits of the applicant, except as follows:
A. The applicant is subject to the civil service laws which cover employment in the Police and Fire Departments; or
B. The applicant is an unpaid volunteer. (2019 Compilation)