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ORDINANCE #01-5-6357
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-801 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 2.801. That Division 4. Nepotism. Section 2-801.
Prohibited is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-801. Prohibited
(a) For the purposes of this section "family member" shall be
defined as a spouse,parent child step -child brother, sister,
mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law.
grandparent or grandchild.
(b) No family member of any elected city official or the City
Manager shall be appointed to any office or hired as an
employee of the city during the city official's term or the City
Manager's employment. Nothing in this section shall prohibit
any person from being a candidate for city office or from
serving as an elected city official or City Manager because
family members were employed by the city at the time the
term of office commenced.
(c) No officer or employee of the city shall advocate, recommend
or cause the:
(1) Employment;
(2) Appointment;
(3) Promotion;
(4) Transfer; or
(5) Advancement;
of a family member to an office or position of employment
with the city.
(d) No officer or employee of the city shall hold an office or
position in the supervisory chain -of -command direetly
of a family member.
(e) No officer or employee of the city shall be promoted to an
office or osition that would result in a violation of subsection
(f) No officer or employee shall participate in any action relating
to the employment or discipline of a family member, except
that this prohibition shall not prevent an elected or appointed
official from voting on or participating in the development of
a budget which includes compensation for a family member;
provided that the family member is included only as a
member of a class of persons or a group, and the family
situated member of the class or group.
The nepotism prohibited shall not prevent the hiring of family
members as seasonal employees, for example, in parks,
recreation or floodwall departments; provided that their
employment does not exceed more than 100 days in any
calendar year and the city makes a finding that the
employment is in the best interest of the public.
kW When an officer or employee of the city by marrying another
officer or employee of the city creates a new relationship in
violation of this section. the City Manager shall correct the
violation by assigning one of the spouses to another position
or Department when it is practical to do so.
The prohibitions in this section shall not apply to any
relationship or situation that would violate the prohibition,
but which exist prior to DeeengbeF 1, 1994 April 1. 2001.
However. the City Manager shall correct grandfathered
violations of this ordinance by assigning personnel to other
positions or Departments when it is practical to do so.
ATTEST:
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners May 8, 2001
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners May 22, 2001
Recorded by City Clerk May 22, 2001
Published by The Paducah Sun May 29, 2001
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