HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991 Ordinance No. 021ORDINANCE NO . ..iU_
SERIES OF 1991
BY AUlliORITY
COUNCIL BILL NO. 23
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER WIGGINS
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER I 0, SECTION 8, ENGLEWOOD
MUNICIPAL CODE 1985, RELATING TO TIIE DEFINITION OF "IMMEDIATE
FAMILY".
WHEREAS, the Englewood Municipal Code restricts employment ofa city employee
when that employee would be supervised by or supervising, inDuenced by or lnDuencing an
immediate family member; and
WHEREAS, Title 3, Chapter I 0, Secilon 8, Englewood Municipal Code 1985
Includes flnt cousin In Its definition of Immediate family; and
WHEREAS, the provisions in the Code are too restrictive and hlbibit qualified
Englewood Residents from from applying for and holding employmer.t with the City; and
WAEREAS, Uowing 6nt cousins to be employed by the C!ty and work in the same
dcparunait will not lead to undue inOucncc in the operallon of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY 1HE CITY COUNCIL OF 1lIE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
That Title 3, Chapter I 0, Section 8 of the Englewood Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
3-10-8 FAMILY EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS: No member of the
immediate family of an employee may be employed, promoted, demoted or transferred on a
permanent, part-time, or temporary basis, to a position where that relative would be
supervised by or supervising, inDueoced by or inDueoclog, the activities of that employee .
"Immediate family" is defined as blood, marital or step relative, including father, mother,
son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, Al51 eeusin, nephew, niece, husband , wife,
father-lo-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law , stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter,
stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, or any ward ofan employee living within the
same household.
Intr .~ed , read in full , and passed on first reading on the 1st day of April , I 991.
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 4th day of April , 199 I.
Read by title and passed on final reading on the 15th day of April , I 991 .
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Published by titled as Ordinance No . dJ...., Series or 1991, on the 18th day or April ,
1991.
ATTEST:
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Patricia H. Crow, City Clerk
I, Patricia H. Crow, City Clerk of the City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby centry
that the above and foiegoing Is a IIIIC copy of the Ordinance passed on final reading and
published by title as Ordinance No . ;LL, Series of 1991.
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
DATE
Aprtl 1, 1991
INITIATED BY
AGENDA ITEM
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City Council
SUBJECT Famlly
Employment
Restrictions Code Amendmen t
STAFF SOURCE Roger W. Fraser, City Ma11ager
ISSUE/ACTION PROPOSED
Approval of Council Bill #23 to amend the Fanllly Em,oloyment Restrictions Code
relaung to U1e hiring restrlcUons against first cousins of existing employees of the
City.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
On March 4, 1991, Mr. Leland Condreay, an applicant for a position wltll the Poliee
Division. spoke to City Council regarding U1e City's nepotism policy as It effects the
hiring of first cousins. Council directed staff to review U1e current nepotism policy.
STAFF ANALYSIS
~ta!T has revi ewed U1e policy a11d believes U1at U1e current regulation ls too r estrictive
a nd reconunends U1 e elimin a tion of first cous ins from U1e ordlna11ce. No
or ga nlzaU onal Impa ct Is ex-pe eled, nor arc a dditional dlflk ultles ex-p eeled In the
fu ture as a r esult of this ch a nge.
FINANCIAL
No n n a n clill Impa ct anticipated .