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It shall be unlawful and therefore prohibited for:

A. Any employee to give, render, pay, offer, solicit, or accept any money, service, or other valuable thing in attempting to secure any appointment, promotion, or advantage in a position in the borough service.

B. Any employee to require personnel to subscribe, contribute, or provide a service to any political party.

C. Any employee to seek or attempt to use any political party endorsement to secure any appointment or promotion in the borough service.

D. Any employee to solicit, negotiate for, or promise to accept anything of substantial value from any person, business or organization which is engaged in the transaction of business with the borough.

E. Any employee to use information which is obtained in the person’s official capacity as an employee of the borough and which concerns the property, government or affairs of the borough to advance the financial or other private interests of the person or others.

F. Any employee to accept any loan, gift, gratuity, remuneration or compensation from any person, business or organization other than the borough when the same is offered in exchange for performing or discharging any official duty or responsibility.

G. Any employee, except a school district employee, to continue as an employee of the borough after being elected to the borough assembly.

H. Any employee to take any action which affects the employment status of any other person when the reason for such action is predicated on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

I. Any employee to knowingly make any false statement on any application, report or other document relating to employment status or to commit any other fraud which would prevent the fair and impartial execution of this code or to influence official action.

J. Any employee to be employed in any regular full-time or part-time position where they would be supervised by their immediate family member. This shall not apply to temporary positions or special hires.

K. Any employee to demand or request an applicant for employment to provide information relating to the applicant’s religion, ancestry, race, or political convictions.

L. Any employee to invest, either directly or indirectly, in any business or participate in any private business transaction which conflicts with the employee’s official duties.

M. Any employee to be a party to the purchase of or influence the purchase of goods or services for the use of the borough from any business in which the person has a substantial financial interest unless the purchase is approved in advance by the assembly. (Ord. 17-10-481 §§ 10, 11)