§ 3.3. PROHIBITIONS.

A.

Other Public Employment. No Council member may hold any other compensated public office or public employment, and no former Council member shall hold any compensated City position until one year has elapsed following the expiration of the term for which that member was elected to the Council.

B.

Nepotism. No person shall be appointed as City Manager or to any City board or commission who, at the time of appointment, is related in the first or second degree of consanguinity or in the first or second degree of affinity to a member of the Council. The words "consanguinity" and "affinity" are, in popular usage, often referred to, respectively, as "blood" and "marriage."

C.

"Lame Duck" Elected Officers Not to Make Appointments. From the date of any City general election until inauguration of those elected, neither the Mayor nor the City Council shall make any appointment of a City Manager, or any appointments to any standing or special public boards, commissions or committees of the City, except when in conflict with State law or when due process rights of employees or citizens would be compromised.