A resolution introduced by Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp would require the county attorney and other high-level employees to follow rules that would prevent them from using county resources for unofficial business and prohibit outside work that interferes with their day-to-day responsibilities.
Currently, administrators, the county attorney, assistant county attorney, department directors, the election administrator and other personnel are exempt from those provisions in the Hamilton County Employee Handbook.
The mayor’s resolution would require those positions to follow the handbook’s rules about secondary employment.
“Regular employees may not engage in any outside employment that adversely affects their work performance … or creates a conflict of interest,” the handbook states.
The change would also prohibit those employees from using county email, internet, cellphones and other public resources for unofficial business.