No member of the City Council, the City Manager, or other officer of the City shall appoint, or approve, vote for, or confirm the appointment of, any person to any paid office, position, employment, duty, or other service of the City if such person is related within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree by consanguinity to the person making such appointment or to any member of the City Council or the City Manager. No person to whom this prohibition applies shall be permitted to embark upon any duties or commence any employment with the City or receive any salary, fee, or other emolument from the City. Provided, however, nothing contained in this Charter or in any ordinance of the City shall prevent the appointment, approval, voting for, or confirmation, of any person who shall have been continuously employed in any office, position, employment, duty, or other service of the City for a period of at least two (2) years prior to the election or appointment of the member or officer appointing, approving, voting for, or confirming the appointment, or to the election or appointment of the member or officer related to such person in the prohibited degree.