[Adopted 10-27-2021 by Ord. No. 2001-2021]
The Mayor and City Council of the City of Perth Amboy declare that an anti-nepotism policy should be enacted.
A. 
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPOINTED OFFICIAL
An individual, appointed either by the Mayor and/or City Council, to any "local government agency" as that term is defined within N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.3(e) and includes, but is not limited to, appointees to the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning Board, and any other agency or board within the City of Perth Amboy, as well as any other independent local authority or entity created by the City of Perth Amboy, which performs functions other than of a purely advisory nature and/or one in which the members receive compensation.
ELECTED OFFICIAL
The Mayor and members of the City Council.
B. 
Wherever and whenever this chapter mentions or references "family member" or "relative," same refers to a spouse; child; parent; sibling; grandparent; grandchild; father-in-law; mother-in-law; brother-in-law; sister-in-law; stepfather; stepmother; stepsibling; half-brother; half-sister; nephew; niece; first cousin; aunt; uncle; foster child; domestic partner or cohabitants as defined by the New Jersey Civil Union Act.
A. 
No person who is a relative or family member of any elected official or the Business Administrator of the City shall be considered for employment as an employee of the City. This applies to full-time, part-time and seasonal employment. This shall not restrict nor prohibit the continued employment of individuals to a position or positions with the City where a relative of a permanent employee is elected after the date of the permanent employee's start date of employment with the City.
B. 
No elected official can serve as liaison to any department that employees any member of that elected official's family.
C. 
No municipal employee shall be in a position that provides supervision over a member of his or her family. This precludes the acceptance of applications for full-time, part-time or seasonal employment from relatives for positions in the same department where supervision conflicts exist or, through promotion, potential conflict could exist. This policy does not apply to present employees of the City.
D. 
These policies are not for the purpose of depriving any citizen of an equal chance for a government job, but solely to eliminate the potential for preferential treatment of the relatives of government personnel or elected officials. These policies will not deprive any permanent employee as of the date of these policies of any promotional right in the normal career development nor change the existing status of any permanent employee. None of these policies apply to any unpaid volunteer positions.
No elected official, appointed official or supervisor may participate in the promotion process, or any other personnel matter, of any existing municipal employee who is a relative or family member of such elected official, appointed official or supervisor.
A. 
No relative or family member of an elected official shall be appointed to the position of any municipal professional who receives compensation, or to any "local government agency" as that term is defined within N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.3(e) and includes, but is not limited to, the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning Board, and any other agency or board within the City of Perth Amboy, as well as any other independent local authority or entity created by the City of Perth Amboy, which performs functions other than of a purely advisory nature and/or one in which the members receive compensation.
B. 
No relative or family member of an appointed official shall be appointed to the position of any municipal professional who receives compensation, and includes professionals who provide services to the City or to any "local government agency" within the City, as that term is defined within N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.3(e), and includes, but is not limited to, the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning Board, and any other agency or board within the City of Perth Amboy, as well as any other independent local authority or entity created by the City of Perth Amboy.
All statements, complaints, requests or other written materials filed pursuant to this article, or other official papers prepared pursuant to this article, shall be preserved for a period of at least five years from the date of filing or preparation.