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The Executive Director shall: administer city art programs; seek and apply for grants in the area of the arts and humanities from any source, public or private; do research, conduct educational programs and disseminate information to the public regarding the fine and performing arts; administer grants to benefit the arts and individual artists; coordinate with public and private agencies the development of the arts in the city; serve as liaison with all other local, commonwealth and federal Departments and public or private Agencies connected with the arts; coordinate with the Art Commission the promotion of new and the restoration of existing public art.
(CBC 1985 15-9.3; Ord. 1986 c. 4 § 1)
The Advisory Commission shall: survey and assess the needs of the arts, both visual and performing within the city; identify existing legislation, policies and programs which affect the arts and evaluate their effectiveness; encourage the use of local resources for the development and support of the arts; make application for gifts of grants from the United States, the commonwealth, their Agencies or Officers including without limitation the National Endowment of the Arts, the commonwealth’s Arts Lottery Council and the commonwealth’s Council on the Arts and Humanities; and from any person, firm or corporation, of services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds, and may make grants in accordance with the law.
(CBC 1985 15-9.4; Ord. 1986 c. 4 § 1)
(A) The city presently has a racially and ethnically diverse population. However, this population diversity is not proportionately reflected within all levels of the city’s employment profile, nor in the profile of businesses securing contracts with the city. The city’s administration should ensure that this diverse population is reflected in its employment profile and in its procurement system. The city should also utilize its power and influence to persuade the private business sector to reflect this minority population among its employees. Furthermore, women and minorities have established innumerable businesses which have not received a fair share of the millions of dollars that the city contracts out for goods, services and construction. There must be a concerted effort to ensure women and minority businesses a greater share of city contracts. It is hereby declared that nondiscrimination and equal opportunity shall be the policy of the city in all of its decisions, programs and activities. To that end, each executive Officer serving under the Mayor, and all city employees shall rigorously take affirmative steps to ensure equality of opportunity in the internal affairs of city government, as well as in their relations with the public, including those persons and organizations doing business with the city. Each Agency, in discharging its statutory responsibilities, shall consider the likely effects which its decisions, programs and activities shall have in meeting the goal of equality of opportunity. Affirmative action requires more than vigilance in the elimination of discriminatory barriers to employment on the grounds of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation and handicap. It requires positive and aggressive measures to ensure equal opportunity in the areas of hiring, promotion, demotion or transfer, recruitment, layoff or termination, rate of compensation, in service or apprenticeship training programs, and all terms and conditions of employment. Affirmative Action shall include efforts required to remedy all unfair employment practices, and any action necessary to guarantee equal employment opportunity and access to city contracts for all people.
(B) The purpose of this Section is to also eliminate conflicts of interest and discrimination in the hiring and promotional practices of covered employees and to establish rules and regulations for the hiring, employment, classification, upgrade, compensation or promotion of covered employees to ensure that they prioritize merit, experience and job performance.
(CBC 1985 15-10.1; Ord. 1987 c. 15 § 1; Ord. 2002 c. 9; Ord. 2022 c. 5)
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