The persons serving as Commissioners of Preston will not receive any salary for their service.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Commissioners of the Town of Preston as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Ch. 6, Art. I, of the 2001 Code; amended in its entirety 3-1-2010 by Ord. No. 10-01]
The persons serving as Commissioners of Preston will be entitled to reimbursement for expenses they incur in their duties as Commissioners. In lieu of the submission of vouchers or claims, the Commissioners may be entitled to payments from the Town in the amount of $1,000 annually and President of Commissioners $1,200 annually as reimbursement for their expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as Commissioners.
The persons serving as Commissioners of Preston may be entitled to additional expense payments for activities beyond their regular monthly activities upon submission to the Town of proof of those expenses and after a vote of the Commissioners held at a regularly scheduled public meeting of the Commissioners of Preston.
This article may not be modified or amended in such way that any Commissioner's right to reimbursement for expenses is modified during the period for which he or she is serving.
[Adopted 4-5-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-O-1]
Any person who is a relative of an elected official, department head, or supervisory employee shall not be appointed, hired, employed, or permitted to work for the Town of Preston in any position, excluding volunteers.
A.
If an existing employee of the Town of Preston becomes subject to this policy as a result of the election of a relative, or because of changes in marital, domestic partner/co-habitant or relationship status, one of the related persons must resign their position within 90 days.
B.
It shall be the affirmative duty of the related elected official, department head, supervisory employee, or employee to immediately disclose any circumstances which may constitute a violation of this policy. Failure to do so will result in involuntary termination of employment.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A parent, spouse, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, first cousin, in-law or step-relative, domestic partner, co-habitant, or a person with whom a significant committed relationship exists.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phase of this article is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this article. The Commissioners of Preston hereby declare they would have passed this article, any section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.