2.32.060 Employment of relatives.

The policy providing for the employment of relatives shall be as follows:

(1)    “Relatives,” as used in this policy, means individuals related to an employee or his spouse, by marriage, legal adoption or consanguinity to include spouses, parents, children, sisters and brothers, aunts, uncles, nephews or nieces.

(2)    No employee may appoint a relative of his to a paid position nor make any appointment based on favoritism toward a relative of others.

(3)    No employee may occupy a position under the supervision of his relative or a position for which his relative has the responsibility of reviewing or auditing the work.

(4)    Only one relative may work in any one division of the department. Divisions are defined as follows: engineering, road maintenance, building inspection and accounting. Exceptions may be made only for positions that may be declared by the Board of County Commissioners on a critical occupation list for positions difficult to fill. When hired as an exception, a relative occupying the same household must be selected on the same basis as other candidates, and subject to the provisions of this policy.

(5)    If two employees become relatives and their employment is contrary to the provisions of this policy, the director of public works will make every effort to reassign one of the employees.

(6)    The department may employ individuals who have relatives working for other county offices or agencies provided the relationship of their position does not involve review or audit of one’s work by the other. (Res. (part) dated Nov. 13, 1973)