City of Ithaca, NY Article II Hiring of Relatives

[Adopted 10-7-1998 by Ord. No. 98-25[1]]

[1] Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. II, Hiring of Relatives, adopted 7-6-1983.

§ 90-9 Employment prohibited in department where relative supervises.

Effective July 11, 1983, no employee shall be permitted to work within a department where a relative occupies a supervisory position on the same shift or over all shifts.

§ 90-10 Relatives described.

Relatives are described as mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, sister, brother, son, stepson, daughter, stepdaughter, husband, wife, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law.

§ 90-11 Employment prohibited in department which reports to relative's board.

[Amended 7-5-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-15]

Relatives of members of appointed boards shall not be employed within a department which is responsible to that board, i.e., Board of Public Works, Planning and Development Board, or Board of Zoning Appeals.

§ 90-12 Personnel affected.

Personnel employed prior to the effective date of this article will not be affected by this policy.

§ 90-13 Waiver for scarcity of qualified applicants.

In the event that there is a scarcity of qualified applicants to fill specific job titles, a waiver of this policy may be requested from the Budget and Administration Committee on a case-by-case basis.