The City of Fostoria adopts the following Affirmative Action Program:
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM
The City of Fostoria wishes to promulgate an Affirmative Action Program for the improvement of conditions for all people living within the City. Insofar as it is able to enforce such a program, the City will use all efforts of conciliation and recommendation to assist all of its residents in obtaining the goals of equal opportunity. These goals were first enunciated in the most basic doctrine of our Republic, the Declaration of Independence, which declared, "All men are created equal and they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights and among these rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." From these noble ideals we proclaim that action must be taken to insure all people the right to that pursuit of happiness regardless of their race or national origin over which they have no control or their fundamental beliefs which should not be an impediment to their economic abilities.
The achievement of equal employment opportunities goals have been suggested by Federal and State governmental units. The City of Fostoria therefore wishes to express its program. It is the policy of this City in its own employment and in its contractual agreements that all people shall have an equal employment opportunity at least equal to that of their percentage of the population. The population of the City of Fostoria in accordance with the current census bureau figures discloses a percentage of approximately 11% minorities. It is therefore declared to be the goal in employment opportunities of the City of Fostoria both with itself and in contract with others that a 11% minority be employed or an affirmative action program be implemented.
If the occasion should arise that qualified minority employees are not available in these percentages, then it is the established goal to find unemployed or underemployed minorities residing within the community, and when practical, training programs should be initiated to provide better opportunities for better employees and the improvement of the community.
It is the intent of the City to review this program from time to time to see what, if any, changes are necessary. (Ord.92-27. Passed 6-3-92.)