§ 2-203.07. Solicitation and distribution.

(a) Employee contributions to recognized charitable organizations are purely voluntary. No coercion of an employee to make contributions shall be permitted.

(b) Employees of the city are prohibited from conducting or promoting private business for gain during on-duty hours or within any city building.

(c) Employees are prohibited from soliciting for any reason during time they or the person they seek to solicit are being paid to perform actual work. Such solicitation includes solicitations on behalf of or in opposition to a labor organization.

(d) Employees are prohibited from distributing literature of any kind during hours they are being paid to perform actual work or in any area where employees are engaged in work at any time.

(e) The solicitation and distribution prohibitions set forth in paragraphs (c) and (d) above shall not apply to solicitation and/or distribution by the city or its managerial staff when such is part of the normal operation of city business.

(Ord. No. 2001-08, § 1, 6-19-01)