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r- JUN 4 1980�? BOOK 43 PAGE 670 MR. PELLEGRINO FELT THAT IS COVERED. THEY CAN WEAR OR DISPLAY POLITICAL BADGES, BUT IF THEY SIT AT THEIR DESK AND PASS . OUT LEAFLETS, HE BELIEVED THEY ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING THIS, AND IT WOULD BE GROUNDS FOR BRINGING CHARGES FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITY WHILE IN THE EMPLOY OF THE COUNTY. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THEY MAY EXPRESS THEIR OPINION ABOUT CANDIDATES, AND MR. PELLEGRINO DID NOT FEEL YOU CAN STOP THAT. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF THEY CAN DO THIS DURING WORKING HOURS, AND MR. PELLEGRINO FELT YOU COULD SPECIFY DURING OFF DUTY HOURS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CONTINUED TO DISCUSS HANDING OUT POLITICAL MATERIAL, AND MR. PELLEGRINO STATED THAT PAGE I2-2, ITEM 91 COVERS HANDING OUT MATERIALS ON COUNTY TIME. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT MOST OF THESE RULES AND REGULA- TIONS PERTAIN TO AN EMPLOYEE DOING THEIR OWN JOB - NOT THEIR SPARE TIME. SHE FELT THAT AN EMPLOYEE CAN DO ALL THESE THINGS, BUT NOT ON COUNTY TIME. MR. PELLEGRINO POINTED OUT THAT THE RULES ONLY COVER AN EMPLOYEE WHILE ENGAGED IN HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COUNTY, HE FELT THERE COULD BE RESTRICTIONS - FOR INSTANCE, A PERSON COULD BE ON THEIR LUNCH HOUR AND DECIDE TO EAT IN THE OFFICE, BUT THEY STILL CAN `T VIOLATE THE RULES AS THOUGH THEY WERE SITTING IN A RESTAURANT OR THEIR CAR. HE DID NOT FEEL YOU CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO EXCLUDE EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE. COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT WE SHOULD LEAVE IT VAGUE AND INDICATE THAT EMPLOYMENT IN THE COUNTY DOES NOT PREVENT YOU FROM ENTERING THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES WHEN YOU ARE AWAY FROM WORK, AND FORGET ABOUT TRYING TO DEFINE WHAT THEY CAN DO AT WORK. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON AGREED THAT THIS MAY NEED TO BE REWORKED. MR. PELLEGRINO STATED THAT ORIGINALLY CITIES AND COUNTIES RESTRICTED EMPLOYEES FROM ENGAGING IN ANY TYPE OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY, AND THEN SOMEBODY CHALLENGED THAT IN THE COURTS. NUMEROUS CASES CAME OUT WITH CERTAIN THINGS EMPLOYEES COULD DO WITHOUT BEING IN •r•