§ 2.40.020. Purpose.

The purpose of this anti-nepotism chapter is to eliminate actual or perceived conflicts of interest, partiality or favoritism in the City workplace due to nepotism and/or cronyism and to maintain public confidence in the fairness of the City's hiring and employment practices as well as in the competence of City employees. This chapter achieves its goals in three ways:

A.

By requiring applicants for City employment to disclose all family relationships, consensual romantic and cohabitant relationships with existing City officials, managers and employees, after receiving an offer of employment;

B.

By requiring disclosure by officials and supervisors of all existing family and cohabitant relationships;

C.

By requiring disclosure by officials and supervisors of all existing consensual romantic relationships; and

D.

By prohibiting cronyism.

(Ord. No. 12908, 12-9-2008; Ord. No. 12904, 11-18-2008)