As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ELECTED OFFICIAL
Persons holding the position of Council member or Mayor of
the Borough of Paramus.
EMPLOYEE
Those persons as set forth in the Borough Salary Ordinance:
Borough Administrator, Chief Financial Officer, Fire Chief, Police
Chief, Certified Public Works Manager, Construction Code/Building
Department Official.
RELATIVE
Includes spouses, parents/children, siblings, first cousins,
aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews over the age of 18 years old.
The following restriction shall apply in the hiring and promotion
of employees to employment positions for the Borough of Paramus:
A. No person who is a relative of any elected official of the Borough
of Paramus shall be considered for employment as an employee of the
Borough. This shall not restrict nor prohibit the continued employment
of individuals to a position or positions with the Borough where a
relative of an employee is elected as a Borough Council person or
Mayor after the date of the employee's start of employment with
the Borough.
B. Promotion of existing employees. Notwithstanding the prospective
application as to the remainder of this chapter as applied above,
no elected official may participate in the promotion or hiring process
in that department of any existing employee who is a relative of such
elected official. Such elected official shall abstain from participation
in such personnel action as it applies to such relative.
This policy is not for the purposes of depriving any citizen
of an equal chance for employment with the Borough but is solely intended
to eliminate the potential for preferential treatment of the relatives
of elected officials.
Except as may be otherwise expressly provided for herein, this
chapter shall not affect the employment of any present Borough employees
and/or any existing contractual obligations with employees by the
Borough of Paramus.