Springfield - Subject to local approval, authorizes relatives of city employees to be hired in departments other than that of the employee. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1927; as amended and rewritten.

Summary

The bill revises Springfield’s charter to let a city employee’s relative be hired in a different department, overturning the existing blanket nepotism prohibition. The amendment only becomes effective after a two‑thirds vote of the city’s legislative body. It changes hiring rules for city staff and gives the municipality more flexibility in staffing decisions.

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