S-1160 - 05/09/2006 - PERSONNEL RULES & REGS - OrdinancesORDINANCE 2006- PL -RR -S -1160
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PERSONNEL
MANUAL OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Oak Brook have heretofore
adopted the Personnel Manual, and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Village that applicants for full -time employment by the Village be
reviewed and selected for employment exclusively on the basis of merit, qualifications and suitability
based upon criteria established by the supervising Department Director and Village Manager, and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the aforesaid policy, the Village Board has determined that the
Personnel Manual be amended to include the following rules regards employment of relatives by the
Village
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK, DU PAGE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS as follows
Section 1 The provisions of the aforesaid recitals are hereby adopted as a part of this
Ordinance
follows-
Section 2 That Section 7 09B of the Personnel Manual is hereby deleted and replaced as
B Employment of Relatives
This paragraph shall apply to the hiring and employment of all full -time Village
employees except for (a) firefighters, police officers and any other employee
whose hiring is subject to the statutory authority of the Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners, and (b) the Village Manager and Department Directors, whose
appointments are subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees
2 For purposes of this Ordinance only, the terms "related to" and "related persons"
shall mean natural persons legally related as spouses, parent - child, grandparent -
grandchild, siblings, or siblings -in -law
3. The Village shall not hire full -time employees who are related to any elected
Village official, the Village Manager, Assistant Village Manager, employee with
access to personnel information or any current employee in the Department or
office in which the fob opening exists, unless the Village Manager determines
that the applicant is the most - qualified for the open position and that the
employment of that person would not present an undue risk of (a) inappropriate
supervision, evaluation, or other treatment of one related person by the other, or
(b) allow inappropriate access to confidential personnel information by either of
the related persons The Village Manager shall advise the Board in writing of any
such determination and his justification therefore
4 If after becoming employed by the Village, an employee becomes related to
another employee by marriage, the Village Manager shall make a determination
whether that relationship presents an undue risk of (a) inappropriate supervision,
evaluation, or other treatment of one by the other, or (b) inappropriate access to
confidential personnel information by either of the related persons If the Village
Manager makes such a determination, one or the other employee shall be
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Manual, Page 2
reassigned or safeguards shall be Instituted to eliminate such risks, if neither
employee resigns The Village Manager shall advise the Board in writing of such
determination and the justification therefore
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of the conflict.
Section 4 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval
and publication as required by law
APPROVED THIS 9th day of May, 2006
Kevin uinlan,
Villa President
PASSED THIS 9th day of May, 2006
Ayes Trustees Craig, Kennedy, Manofsky, Sanford and Yusuf
Nays. None
Absent Trustee Aktipis
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Linda K onnella, CMC
Village Clerk