A. No officer or employee shall intentionally perform any prohibited political activity during any compensated time (other than vacation, personal, or compensatory time off).
B. No officer, appointee or employee shall intentionally use any Village property or resources by engaging in any prohibited political activity for the benefit of any campaign for elective office or any political organization.
C. At no time shall any officer, appointee or employee intentionally use the services of any Village employee by requiring that employee to perform any prohibited political activity (i) as part of that employee's duties, (ii) as a condition of employment, or (iii) during any time off that is compensated by the Village (such as vacation, personal, or compensatory time off).
D. No officer, appointee or employee shall be required at any time to participate in any prohibited political activity in consideration for that officer, appointee or employee being awarded any additional compensation or employee benefit, in the form of a salary adjustment, bonus, compensatory time off, continued employment, continued appointment, or otherwise.
E. No officer, appointee or employee shall be awarded any additional compensation or employee benefit, in the form of a salary adjustment, bonus, compensatory time off, continued employment, continued appointment, or otherwise, in consideration for the officer's or employee's participation in any prohibited political activity.
F. Rewards For Political Activity. No officer shall promise an appointment to any remunerated municipal position as a reward for any political activity or cause or require any Village employee to contribute to or perform services for any political party as a condition of continued employment or under threat of detriment to employment.
G. Nothing in this Chapter prohibits activities that are otherwise appropriate for a Village officer, appointee or employee to engage in as a part of his or her official duties or activities that are undertaken by a Village officer or employee on a voluntary basis as permitted by law.
(MC-7-2009, Amended, 01/05/2010; MC-08-2004, Amended, 05/18/2004)