165.03 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

   Evidenced by the Charter and the ordinances of the City, the City in committed to a policy of providing equal employment opportunity in recruiting, hiring, training and promoting in all job classifications on public contracts and prohibiting discrimination based on race, creed, color, sex, national origin, age or handicap, and inasmuch as the population of the City consists of people of every race, color, religion and national origin, the City has a vital and compelling interest in initiating positive practices in the expenditures of public funds to promote the general welfare of the City and to make possible the achievement of these laudable purposes. Accordingly, the program attached to original Resolution 1977-11, passed January 17, 1977, is hereby approved and adopted by the City to establish an affirmative action equal opportunity plan. The same shall be enforced in the City in order to obtain its objectives.

(Res. 1977-11. Passed 1-17-77.)