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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Administrative Order No. 269
Personnel Policies & Procedures
Initial Effective Date:
Subject: Nepotism May 1 , 2006
Revised 9/7/12
Approved
This Administrative Order is effective September 7, 2012 and replaces Administrative Order No.
269, dated 5/l /06.
I. PURPOSE :
To ensure that personnel actions are made, and are perceived to be made, objectively and
not as a consequence of or in consideration of family relationships.
11. DEPARTMENTS AFFECTED:
All
III. REFERENCES:
IV POLICY:
A. Immediate family of current city employees or the City Council will not be
employed by the City where:
1 . One party would have authority or practical power to supervise, appoint,
remove, or discipline the other;
2. One party would handle confidential material that creates improper or
inappropriate access to the material by the other;
3 . One party would be responsible for auditing or evaluating the work of the other;
4. One party occupies a position in the same line of authority;
5. Other circumstances exist that might lead to an appearance of or potential
conflict among the parties or conflict between the interest of one or both parties
and the best interest of the City.
B. For this policy, immediate family members includes: the employee' s spouse,
domestic partner, child, step-child, foster child, parent, sibling, brother/sister-in law,
mother/father-in-law, son/daughter-in-law, grandparent, aunt/uncle, or
niece/nephew; person with whom the employee has a romantic/dating relationship;
or other relative who lives in the employee's home.
C. If two employees become related by marriage or involved in a dating relationship or
cohabit and, in the City' s judgment, one or more of the potential problems noted
above exist or reasonably could exist, then only one of the employees will be
permitted to remain employed with the City unless reasonable accommodations, as
determined solely by the City Manager, can be made to eliminate the potential
conflict.
1 . The decision as to which employee will remain with the City must be made by
the two employees within 30 calendar days of the date they become immediate
family members.
2. If no decision is made during this time, the City reserves the right to discharge
either employee.
3 . The City reserves the right to make the discharge decision at any time if
disciplinary action results from a finding of preferential treatment or from
concealment of the relationship by one or both employees.
Administrative Order No. 269 — Nepotism
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