Title
Legal Counsel to Board of Supervisors of Elections - For the purpose of authorizing the Board of Supervisors of Elections to engage outside legal counsel during specified periods of time in the municipal election cycle.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 10-14-Amended
Introduced by: Mayor Pantelides and Alderman Arnett
Referred to
Finance Committee
Rules and City Government Committee
A ORDINANCE concerning
Legal Counsel to Board of Supervisors of Elections
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of Supervisors of Elections to engage outside legal counsel during specified periods of time in the municipal election cycle.
BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2013 Edition
Section 4.08.040.
WHEREAS, the City Attorney is classified as a position in the exempt service with the responsibility to serve as legal counsel to the Mayor, City Council, Department Heads, and the City's boards/commissions/committees; and
WHEREAS, the client relationship between the City Attorney and the Mayor and City Council may create the appearance of a conflict of interest when the City Attorney serves as counsel to the Board of Supervisors of Elections from the filing deadline for declaring candidacy in a municipal election until the municipal election results are certified.
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 4.08 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS
4.08.040 Employees.
A. The board shall be provided with employees necessary for the efficient performance of its duties under this title. However, during any part of the employee's tenure in office or employment, an employee may not hold any public or party office or be a candidate for any public or party office; use the employee's official authority or influence for the purpose of...
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