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APPROVAL OF REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS AND SUPERVISORY STRUCTURE FOR DUAL EMPLOYMENT SITUATION

The following resolution was adopted:

• WHEREAS, the Virginia Conflict of Interest Act permits the dual employment of immediate family members by public institutions of higher education that would otherwise be prohibited by the Act, subject to the following conditions:
• (i) the officer or employee and the immediate family member are engaged in teaching, research, or administrative support positions at the educational institution, (ii) the governing board of the educational institution finds that it is in the best interest of the institution and the Commonwealth for such dual employment to exist, and (iii) after such finding, the board establishes and oversees the implementation of reporting relationships and a supervisory structure to ensure that the officer or employee, or the immediate family member, does not supervise, evaluate or otherwise participate in personnel decisions regarding the other; and
• WHEREAS, Dennis R. Parks and Roseann N. Parks, who are married to each other, are both general faculty members in the Division of Continuing Education; and

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• WHEREAS, Dennis R. Parks is a member of the Division of Continuing Education, of which Roseann N. Parks is the Director of the Charlottesville Regional Center, and Dennis R. Parks is Associate Dean; and
• RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors finds it in the best interest of the University of Virginia and the Commonwealth to employ Dennis R. Parks and Roseann N. Parks in their positions as members of the general faculty in the Division of Continuing Education, and as Associate Dean and Director of the Charlottesville Regional Center respectively;
• RESOLVED FURTHER that the reporting relationship and supervisory structure shall be as follows: (a) in Roseann N. Parks' capacity as a member of the Division of Continuing Education, she reports directly to and is supervised by Anda L. Webb, Associate Dean; and (b) regarding Dennis R. Parks' position as Associate Dean, there is no reporting or supervisory relationship between Dennis R. Parks and Roseann N. Parks.