[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of West Bradford as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-13-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-04]
No spouse, parent, parent-in-law, son or daughter, brother or
sister, by the whole or half blood, of any elected person or person
holding appointive office in the Township of West Bradford shall be
employed as a permanent member of the administrative, public works,
financial, recreation or any other department or activity of the Township
of West Bradford or of any authority or agency now existing or hereafter
created.
So as to prevent the appointment and distribution of public
employment jobs within a limited number of families and so as to provide
public employment and job opportunities for all residents and households
of the Township, no spouse, parent, parent-in-law, son or daughter,
brother or sister, by the whole or half blood, of any other employee
of the Township of West Bradford shall be employed as a permanent
member of the administrative, public works, financial, recreation
or any other department or activity of the Township of West Bradford
or of any authority or agency now existing or hereafter created.
Any person contemplating the acceptance of employment or an
appointive position within the Township of West Bradford shall first
make known to the Board of Supervisors or to the Manager of the Township
any relationship which falls within the aforesaid degrees of consanguinity
and shall execute an application for employment or appointment prior
to accepting any such position, which application shall contain an
affidavit that such person is not within the prohibited degrees of
consanguinity stated aforesaid, and which shall be acknowledged before
a notary public authorized to administer oaths in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the
employment of persons on a part-time or seasonal basis who would otherwise
be barred from permanent employment. "Part-time" or "seasonal" employment
shall be defined as employment for not more than 14 weeks per calendar
year regardless of the number of hours per week the part-time or seasonal
employee works. For the purposes of this article, a part-time or seasonal
employee shall be deemed to have worked an entire week if the employee
works one hour during a given week. Any employment not part-time or
seasonal shall be deemed to be "permanent employment."
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the
continued employment of any employee who, after already having been
employed, comes within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity because
of the marriage of said employee or a member of said employee's
family.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit or restrain the acceptance of any elective office within the Township of West Bradford, notwithstanding the existence of prohibited degrees of consanguinity between the person employed or enjoying an appointive office in the Township, nor shall any such person who has been employed by the Township or appointed to an appointive office be required to resign or to terminate employment because of the election of a person within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity set out in §§ 60-1 and 60-2 hereof, which election shall have taken place following the employment or appointment of such person.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article, and in particular § 60-4 hereof, shall be subject to immediate dismissal from the position which such person holds.
