Any person who is a relative of an elected official, Township
Administrator, or a director/department head shall not be appointed,
hired, employed or permitted to work for the Township in any paid
position for which a civil service examination is not required for
employment.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
RELATIVE
An individual's spouse, civil union partner, domestic
partner, parent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, a grandparent,
grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother,
stepsister, half-brother, or half-sister of the individual or the
individual's spouse, civil union partner, or domestic partner,
whether the relative is related to the individual or the individual's
spouse, civil union partner, or domestic partner by blood, marriage,
or adoption.
The nepotism policy shall not apply to a part-time seasonal
employee in any department and to a volunteer nonpaid appointee to
any position within Township government.
No elected official, Township Administrator or director/department
head may participate in the promotion or hiring process of a relative
in either the classified or unclassified service.
This chapter shall apply prospectively from the effective date
of adoption.