A. City Council. The Chico city council has ultimate responsibility for the equal employment opportunity plan and for ensuring its effective implementation.
B. City Manager.
1. The city manager has responsibility for policy dissemination and reviewing and determining department heads’ performance in their efforts to meet the goals of this equal employment opportunity plan.
2. The city manager has the responsibility to review proposed changes in the city’s recruitment, selection, classification, grievance, and related activities and to ensure that the Director takes appropriate action on their implementation.
3. The city manager has the responsibility of requesting city council approval for budgetary items to be allocated to equal employment opportunity programs in amounts sufficient to achieve the approved goals.
C. Director.
1. The Director shall coordinate the implementation of the provisions of the plan. The Director will continually review the personnel system and procedures and recommend changes to make them more responsive and effective in meeting equal employment opportunity goals.
2. The Director will measure the effectiveness of equal employment opportunity goals and timetables through audit and reporting systems.
3. The Director will monitor transfers, appointments, promotions, terminations and other transactions to ensure proper implementation of the equal employment opportunity plan.
4. The Director will monitor all questions asked by an interview panel to ensure that no questions are asked which are contrary to equal employment opportunity.
5. The Director has the responsibility for ensuring that each individual on the employment list is properly examined.
6. The Director has the responsibility of ensuring, through appropriate training, that all supervisory personnel are aware of their responsibility to prevent discrimination against employees because of their race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age or disability.
7. The Director has the responsibility to receive and investigate all complaints regarding discrimination, and to determine courses of action to resolve such complaints.
D. Department Heads.
1. Department heads will ensure that supervisors in their departments understand the equal employment opportunity plan and actively support it.
2. Department heads will make every good faith effort to ensure that all employees and applicants are treated in a non-discriminatory manner as it relates to their race, ethnicity, gender, or disability.
3. Department heads will be accountable to the city manager for ensuring non- discrimination in employment matters within their respective departments.
4. Department heads will recommend to the director suggestions for changes to the audit and reporting system to make it more effective for equal employment opportunity purposes.
(Res. No. 93 83-84 §1 (part), Res. No. 133 95-96 §3, Res. No. 38 97-98, Res. No. 113-07, Res. No. 19-13)