In the interest of providing proper and reasonable protection against the negative aspects of nepotism, the following prohibitions are established:
(A) No person shall be eligible for County employment if the person is related to an elected County official, unclassified County employee, County employee at the level of Director or County employee whose County salary exceeds $80,000 per year, as a spouse, sister, brother, child, parent, half-sister, half-brother, step-child, step-parent, step-sister, step-brother, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, niece, nephew or cousin of the first degree.
(B) No person shall have supervisory responsibility over their spouse, sister, brother, child, parent, half-sister, half-brother, step-child, step-parent, step-sister, step- brother, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, niece, nephew, or cousin of the first degree.
(C) This Section shall govern only those seeking County employment after the effective date of this Section and does not prohibit the continued employment by the County of any person who holds County employment on or before the effective date of this Section. This Section also does not prohibit the continued employment by the County of a person employed by the County prior to the election of a County elected official who is related to the employee as a spouse, sister, brother, child, parent, half-sister, half-brother, step-child, step-parent, step-sister, step-brother, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in- law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, niece, nephew or cousin of the first degree.
(D) Any person hired in violation of this Section shall be immediately terminated. The County Fiscal Officer shall not make salary payments to persons hired in violation of this Section.
(Added 11-7-06.)