Ordinance No. 7,612960111 -18
ORDINANCE NO. 7612
® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
AMENDING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PERSONNEL RULES AS TO THE
DEFINITION OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS TO LIMIT
RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY TO THE FIRST AND
SECOND DEGREE OF CONSANGUINITY AND AFFINITY KINSHIP
PROVIDING FOR A STANDARD FOR INTERPRETATION; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 3, "Appointment ", Section 4, "Nepotism," of the City of Baytown
Personnel Rules are hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 3
Section 4. Nepotism
No employee may directly or indirectly supervise or be supervised by a member of his or her
immediate family. Immediate family includes step- children, husband, wife, son, daughter,
father, mother, step - father, step - mother, brother, sister, father -in -law, mother -in -law, brother -
in -law, sister -in -law, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, son -in -law, and
daughter -in -law.
The City Manager may apply the nepotism prohibition in the case of other organizational
and/or personal relationships when failure to do so would be detrimental to the City.
Civil Service employees are additionally governed by Civil Service Rule 10.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance
are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such
inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances
regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: If any provisions, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances, shall for
any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of
® the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of
circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
960111 -18a
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City
Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City
of Baytown this the 11 th day of January, 1996.
PETE C. ALFAR , Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P:.14ALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JG64ACTO ..
c: \council\meetings \january\manual. I I