[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Hamilton 10-20-2008 by Ord. No. 1633-2008. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
The Mayor and Township Committee of the Township
of Hamilton declare that an anti-nepotism policy should be enacted.
A.
APPOINTED OFFICIAL
ELECTED OFFICIAL
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
An individual, appointed either by the Mayor and/or Township
Committee, to any "local government agency" as that term is defined
within N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.3(e) and includes, but is not limited to,
appointees to the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning Board, Industrial
Commission, Municipal Utilities Authority, and any other agency or
board within the Township of Hamilton, as well as any other independent
local authority or entity created by the Township of Hamilton, which
performs functions other than of a purely advisory nature and/or one
in which the members receive compensation.
The elected members of Township Committee.
B.
Wherever and whenever this chapter mentions or references
"family member" or "relative," same refers to a spouse; child; parent;
sibling; grandparent; grandchild; father-in-law; mother-in-law; brother-in-law;
sister-in-law; stepfather; stepmother; stepsibling; half-brother;
half-sister; nephew; niece; first cousin; aunt; uncle; foster child;
domestic partner or cohabitants as defined by the New Jersey Civil
Union Act.
A.
No person who is a relative or family member of any
elected official or the Township Administrator of the Township shall
be considered for employment as an employee of the Township. This
applies to full-time, part-time and seasonal employment. This shall
not restrict nor prohibit the continued employment of individuals
to a position or positions with the Township where a relative of a
permanent employee is elected after the date of the permanent employee's
start date of employment with the Township.
B.
No elected official can serve as liaison to any department
that employees any member of that elected official's family.
C.
No municipal employee shall be in a position that
provides supervision over a member of his or her family. This precludes
the acceptance of applications for full-time, part-time or seasonal
employment from relatives for positions in the same department where
supervision conflicts exist or, through promotion, potential conflict
could exist. This policy does not apply to present employees of the
Township.
D.
These policies are not for the purpose of depriving
any citizen of an equal chance for a government job, but solely to
eliminate the potential for preferential treatment of the relatives
of government personnel or elected officials. These policies will
not deprive any permanent employee as of the date of these policies
of any promotional right in the normal career development nor change
the existing status of any permanent employee. None of these policies
apply to any unpaid volunteer positions.
No elected official, appointed official or supervisor
may participate in the promotion process, or any other personnel matter,
of any existing municipal employee who is a relative or family member
of such elected official, appointed official or supervisor.
A.
No relative or family member of an elected official
shall be appointed to the position of any municipal professional who
receives compensation, or to any "local government agency" as that
term is defined within N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.3(e) and includes, but is
not limited to, the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning Board, Industrial
Commission, Municipal Utilities Authority, and any other agency or
board within the Township of Hamilton, as well as any other independent
local authority or entity created by the Township of Hamilton, which
performs functions other than of a purely advisory nature and/or one
in which the members receive compensation.
B.
No relative or family member of an appointed official
shall be appointed to the position of any municipal professional who
receives compensation, and includes professionals who provide services
to the Township or to any "local government agency" within the Township,
as that term is defined within N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.3(e), and includes,
but is not limited to, the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning Board,
Industrial Commission, Municipal Utilities Authority, and any other
agency or board within the Township of Hamilton, as well as any other
independent local authority or entity created by the Township of Hamilton.
All statements, complaints, requests or other
written materials filed pursuant to this chapter, or other official
papers prepared pursuant to this chapter, shall be preserved for a
period of at least five years from the date of filing or preparation.
