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City of Chelan Outside Employment
and Conflict of Interest Policy
(From the Chelan Personnel Manual, Chapter 8, "Employee Responsibilities
and Conduct.")
8.2 Outside Employment and Conflicts of Interest
8.2.1 Employees may not, directly or indirectly, engage in any outside employment or financial interest which may conflict, in the City's opinion, with the best interests of the City or interfere with the employee's ability to perform his/her assigned City job. Examples include, but are not limited to, outside employment which:
8.2.1.1 Prevents the employee from being available for work beyond normal working hours, such as emergencies or peak work periods, when such availability is a regular part of the employee's job;
8.2.1.2 is conducted during the employee's work hours;
8.2.1.3 Utilizes City telephones, computers, supplies, or any other resources, facilities or equipment;
8.2.1.4 Is employment with a firm which has contracts with or does business with the City; or
8.2.1.5 May reasonably be perceived by members of the public as a conflict of interest or otherwise discredits public service.
8.2.2 An employee who chooses to have an additional job, contractual commitment
or self-employment, may do so provided he/she obtains prior approval from
his/her department head and the City Administrator.
Any employee engaged in outside employment which conflicts with the requirements
of this policy may be required to resign from such outside employment or be
terminated, if the employee refuses to resign.
8.2.3 Any outside employment that could potentially interfere with emergency call-out situations must be reported to the employee's department head. If, after accepting outside employment, situations arise which could interfere with the employee's job, the employee needs to immediately report these situations to his/her department head.