A. No employee may engage in any occupation or outside activity which is incompatible with the proper discharge of official County duties or which may impair independence of judgment or action in the performance of such official duties.

B. A conflict of interest shall be deemed to exist when any employee has the authority or practical power to directly supervise, appoint, remove, discipline, or is responsible for auditing the work of or where other circumstances exist which would reasonably place the employee and an individual they supervise in a situation of actual or potential conflict. A conflict is presumed to exist if an employee supervises one of the following relatives: mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, stepbrother, stepsister, stepson, stepdaughter, stepmother and stepfather, domestic partner or a like relative of the domestic partner.

C. The existence of a conflict of interest shall preclude the continued employment of one of the parties when such conflict is created after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Title. When it is necessary to terminate or transfer an employee because of a conflict, the persons involved shall be given the opportunity to determine who shall have or retain employment. In the event the persons involved cannot agree, the decision shall be made by the Appointing Authority.