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. 69L Page 13 disadvantages of having separate planning and zoning commissions, including delays to applicants, increased staff time and potential policy conflicts, outweigh the advantages, including a greater planning emphasis and splitting the potentially large caseload between two commissions. These revisions simply combine the two commissions and consolidate their duties and authority. We also agree with the Planning and Zoning Commissions that the combined commission should have eleven members. While the proposed revisions are silent on the topic of the transition from two commissions with fourteen members to a single commission with eleven, we believe this can be handled through the annual appointment process for the two commissions in July of 1994 if the revisions are approved by the voters. 9. Amend Section 12.03 as follows: ~ ~ã ~J§Æ~i;~~, ~ ¿~f ~ 'j:;;;:: :::: :::1:,8 ÞiÊi~: S,l ãJlj~L,; 1;;, %PR J,: :~giE;;;;:¡i É g:; I¡:;;;g ~R,g æ; * ~j~~J;;¡;;~ i !ì~;í;i A---- Sec. J.2.03. Ncpotiom. ~ No peroon rel;:¡ted ~li thin the oecond degree by ;:¡ffinity, or 'i:ithin the third degree by cono;:¡nguinity to ;:¡ny elected officer of the city, or to the city m;:¡n;:¡ger, oh;:¡ll be ;:¡ppointed to ;:¡ny office, pooition or clerJcohip or other oer7ice of the city, pro".rided, th;:¡t nothing herein cont;:¡ined, oh;:¡ll prcl'ent the ;:¡ppointment, 7oting for, or confirm;:¡tion of ;:¡ny peroon 'i:ho oh;:¡ll h;:¡ ",re been continuouoly employed in ;:¡ny ouch office, pooition, clerJcohip, employment or duty for ;:¡ period of t'ilO (2) ye;:¡ro prior to the election or ;:¡ppointment of the officer or member .:lppointing, voting for, or confi~ming the ;:¡ppointment, or the election or ;:¡ppointment of the officer or member rel;:¡ted to ouch employee in the prohibited degree. state law on nepotism, chapter 473 of the Texas Government Code, has effectively superseded our Charter section, and only the persons to whom the nepotism principles apply is left open to local definition. Presently, only the city council members and city manager are covered. The Charter Review Commission recommends the rewriting of this section to include the city secretary, city attorney and municipal court judge within this coverage.