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Forest Park council adopts ordinance requiring city employees to resign when they qualify for elected office
Summary
The Forest Park City Council voted to codify a rule that city employees must resign upon filing to qualify as candidates for certain elected positions, a measure some council members said formalizes long-standing practice while one member opposed it as overly punitive.
The Forest Park City Council on Dec. 16 adopted an ordinance requiring city employees to resign from employment once they file qualifying paperwork and pay application fees to run for specified elected offices.
Supporters said the ordinance codifies a past practice and clarifies the scope of the rule. "So this is codifying that policy," City Manager Clark told the governing body, explaining staff could not find the rule in the personnel handbook or the city's ordinances even though it had been treated as standard practice in the past.
The measure matters because it changes an employee's employment status the moment they begin the formal qualifying process for an election. The ordinance states qualification is "presumed whenever an…
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