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The initial employment, continued employment, transfer or promotion of a relative to a
position directly supervised by a relative is prohibited. However, the initial employment,
continued employment, or transfer of a relative to a position not directly supervised by a relative
is not prohibited, provided that review by the City Manager or his/her designee indicates no
potential conflicts, difficulties or misunderstandings.

For purposes of this section, relative is defined as a spouse, mother, father, brother, sister,
child, step-child, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandparent and grandchild.

F. Residency Requirement

No person shall be hired, promoted, reclassified or transferred to the position of City
Manager, Deputy City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Attorney, Budget and Evaluation
Director, Call Center Director, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer, City
Engineer, City Secretary, Community and Business Development Director, Community
Assistance Director, Fair Director, Fire Chief, Human Relations Director, Human Resources
Director, Marketing and Communications Director, Police Chief, Office of the Mayor Director,
Property and Facilities Management Director, Public Assembly Facilities Manager, Sanitation
Director, Stormwater Director, Recreation and Parks Director, Transportation Director,
Vegetation Management Director, Deputy City Attorney, Deputy City Secretary, Deputy
Information Systems Director, Deputy Director of Transportation, Deputy Marketing and
Communications Director, Deputy Property & Facilities Management Director, Deputy
Sanitation Director, Assistant Contact Center Director, Assistant Director of Transportation,
Assistant Finance Officer, Assistant Fire Chief, Assistant Police Chief and Assistant Stormwater
Director in accordance with the residency ordinance, unless that person maintains his/her
principal residence within the corporate limits of the City, or establishes his/her principal
residence within the corporate limits of the City within one-hundred and eighty (180) days of the
effective date of the personnel action.

All persons hired, promoted, reclassified or transferred to a public safety position (sworn
police personnel or fire suppression personnel below the level of Department, Division or Office
Head) shall be required to maintain his principal residence in Forsyth County or any county
contiguous to Forsyth County or establish his/her principal residence within one of said areas
within one-hundred and eighty (180) days of the effective date of the personnel action.

All persons hired, promoted, transferred or reclassified to City-County Utilities Director,
Purchasing Director, Emergency Management Director, Planning and Development Services
Director, Assistant Planning Director, Deputy Planning & Development Services Director, and
Deputy Utilities Director shall maintain their principal residence in Forsyth County or establish
their principal residence in the County within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the effective
date of the personnel action.

Post office boxes are not acceptable as a residential address. The City requires all
employees to provide a residential address as your address of record.

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