(a) No person who is a relative or a family member of any elected official of the City of Seven Hills shall be considered for employment as an employee of the City after the effective date of this section. This prohibition applies to full time, part time and seasonal employment. This prohibition does not apply to Civil Service positions or safety forces positions, nor does it prohibit the continued employment of individuals in a position with the City when a relative of an employee is elected after the date of the employee’s start date of employment with the City.
(b) After the effective date of this section, no employee shall be in a position that provides supervision over a member of his or her family. This precludes the acceptance of applications for full-time, part-time or seasonal employment from relatives for positions in the same department where supervision conflicts exist or through promotion, potential conflict could exist, but does not apply to present employees of the City.
(c) This section does not change the existing status of any employee, nor does it restrict any promotional right in any employee’s normal career development, nor does it permit any change in an employment position as presently constituted to circumvent these restrictions.
(d) No elected official or supervisor may participate in the promotion process, or any other personnel matter of any existing City employee, who is a relative or family member of such elected official or supervisor.
(e) Where this section mentions or references “Family Member” or “Relative” the same refers to: spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother- in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, step-sibling, half-brother, half- sister, nephew, niece, first cousins, aunt, uncle, and foster children.
(Ord. 92-2009. Passed 9-28-09.)