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Resolution No. 00-43 Page 26 18.13 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Employees who are considering participation on a committee for a professional organization, or some other work-related task, shall notify the Training Officer prior to accepting appointment to the committee. The Training Officer shall also be notified if an employee is considering becoming a Board member of a professional organization. SECTION 19. NEPOTISM POLICY 19.1 Relatives of current City employees and City Council members are not eligible for employment in job classifications in which a conflict of interest may occur. Therefore, relatives will not be hired where: (a) one relative would have the authority or practical power to supervise, appoint, remove, or discipline the other; (b) one would be responsible for auditing the work of the other; (c) other circumstances exist which would place the relative in a situation of actual or reasonably foreseeable conflict between the City's interests and their own; and (d) where the applicanUCity employee has a relative who is employed by an organization with whom the City has business dealings, and in the City's judgment, considering the positions and job responsibilities of both the applicantJemployee and the relative would create an appearance of improper influence or favor or would jeopardize the confidentiality of data maintained by the City. 19.2 The City is not obligated to give special treatment, such as preferential scheduling, to married couples. 19.3 Definitions Relative: The term "relative" when used in this policy means any two (2) or more individuals who reside in the same dwelling unit or who are related to each other by blood, marriage, or adoption where one of the individuals is the spouse, parent, grandparent, child, brother, or sister of the other. Employee: Anyone employed in a full- or part-time regular status position, or in a seasonal, temporary, or paid on-call firefighter position. 19.4 Persons employed prior to December 2, 1998, who are presently working in a position that would be in conflict with this policy, will be exempted from this policy. 19.5 Whenever any appointed officer or employee becomes related, either by marriage or adoption, to another officer or employee in one of the relationships previously listed in this policy, the affected officer(s) and/or employee(s) shall be allowed to remain in his/her position(s) for a period of one year from the date on which the affected person (s) became related. During the one year period, the affected person(s) shall be permitted to apply for a transfer to any available position with the City which is both comparable in salary and benefits to the position which the affected person(s) holds, and for which the affected person(s) is qualified, the term "comparable in salary and benefits" shall mean monetary compensation of up to ten percent (10%) less or more than the person's current monetary compensation. Any such transfer must