City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 197785

• File #: 197785
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Placed on File
• File created: 10/7/2014
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/9/2014
• Final action: 5/14/2015
• Enactment date: 5/14/2015
• Enactment #: 197785
• Title: Proposing an Anti-Nepotism Ordinance.
• Sponsors: Tony Lafuente
• Code sections: Ordinance Not Zoning -
• Related files: 199254

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/14/2015	11	City Council	Placed on file
5/7/2015	10	Legislative Matters Committee	Approved as amended
4/16/2015	9	Legislative Matters Committee	Kept in committee
4/2/2015	8	Legislative Matters Committee	Kept in committee
3/19/2015	7	Legislative Matters Committee	Kept in committee
3/9/2015	6	Legislative Matters Committee	Kept in committee
2/19/2015	5	Legislative Matters Committee	Kept in committee
12/3/2014	4	Legislative Matters Committee	Kept in committee
10/22/2014	3	Legislative Matters Committee	Kept in committee
10/9/2014	2	City Council	Referred for recommendation

  Agenda Text

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Proposing an Anti-Nepotism Ordinance.

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Official Text

That this Board hereby approves the following Ordinance:

The Mayor or Board of Aldermen shall not appoint as an employee or officer, to receive any compensation for the City, any person who is a relative by blood or marriage within the second degree of the Mayor or any member of the Board of Aldermen or any person who is in a cohabitant relationship with the Mayor or any member of the Board of Aldermen. This shall not apply to any employee hired before the passage of this Ordinance.

No member of the Board of Aldermen shall vote on any matter involving a department or for a bond giving money to a department where an employee of that department is a relative within the second degree of that member of the Board of Aldermen or where the employee of that department is in a cohabitant relationship with that member of the Board of Aldermen.

NOTE:  See $199254 for the updated text of this Ordinance.