§ 37.36 RECRUITMENT.

   (A)   The Affirmative Action Officer and the Director shall develop a plan to recruit persons from each special segment group. This plan shall include, but not be limited to the development of improved recruiting literature and the identification and publication of a list of organizations and institutions which may be contacted to reach greater numbers of minorities, women and other special segment candidates.

   (B)   The following procedures shall be used in the recruitment of city employees:

      (1)   All employment advertising, job announcements and recruiting brochures shall identify the city as an “Equal Opportunity Employer;”

      (2)   All employment advertising and recruiting activities, including contacts with employment sources, schools, colleges and training institutions shall be directed to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, creed, sex, age, handicap, national origin, political affiliation or religion;

      (3)   Discriminatory or unnecessary restrictions due to age, sex, physical characteristics, education and experience shall be deleted from all recruiting announcements. Only bona fide requirements shall be specified;

      (4)   In order to reach minority applicants with professional qualifications, personalized mailing shall be sent to placement officers of colleges and universities with a predominance of special segment group enrollment for positions in which minorities are underutilized;

      (5)   Active person-to-person contact in the recruitment process shall be encouraged on the part of special segment group employees to facilitate the recruitment of special segment group applicants;

      (6)   Job announcements shall be issued in readable and understandable language, particularly for those positions for which the educationally disadvantaged may be qualified;

      (7)   Local advertisements to attract special segment group applicants shall be appropriately worded and placed in selected newspapers, on radios and television stations and in such city locales as agency offices which are frequented by special segment group persons;

      (8)   Individual letters shall be prepared for distributions to special segment group organizations or personal contact shall be made with these organizations expressing interest in referral of qualified applicants whenever recruitment involves underutilized positions.

   (C)   All restrictions on transfer or promotion from one department to another shall be reviewed to insure that the restrictions are not discriminatory in nature.

   (D)   All current employees who meet the minimum qualifications for a vacant position shall be permitted to compete for that vacancy.

(1985 Code, § 22-9-3-1(l)) (Ord. 16-1980, passed 9-2-1980)

§ 37.37 SELECTION.

   (A)   Once recruitment has been completed, the vacant position shall be filled by using the whole list certification process. This process requires that all applicants for the position who meet minimum qualifications and are identified through recruitment activity shall be given equal consideration, including the interviewing of each candidate. The best applicant shall subsequently be chosen with emphasis on overcoming underutilization. If a person from the special segment group is not chosen by the appointing authority in an underutilized job classification, the appointing authority shall submit in writing why a special segment person has not been selected. That written documentation shall be retained for a period of three years.

   (B)   Before any applicant is notified of employment, the Affirmative Action Officer shall review all applications and the appointing authority’s interview form to determine if the candidate for the vacant position was chosen on the basis of any discriminatory practice. If the Affirmative Action Officer finds evidence of discrimination, he or she shall immediately recommend disciplinary action against the party accused and request the Mayor to override the discriminatory hiring decision.

(1985 Code, § 22-9-3-1(m)) (Ord. 16-1980, passed 9-2-1980)

§ 37.38 ACCESSIBILITY OF CITY BUILDING.

   (A)   The city shall require that all buildings constructed, purchased or leased by it to be fully accessible to physically handicapped persons and that all physical barriers to such accessibility shall be deleted from the building plans prior to construction.

   (B)   The city shall attempt, to the extent it is fiscally feasible, to remove all physical obstacles to accessibility by physical handicapped persons in all city owned or leased buildings.

(1985 Code, § 22-9-3-1(n)) (Ord. 16-1980, passed 9-2-1980)

§ 37.39 SCOPE OF PLAN.

   Nothing in this subchapter shall denigrate any existing or future right or procedure created by law, regulations, judicial interpretations or collective bargaining agreements.

(1985 Code, § 22-9-3-1(o)) (Ord. 16-1980, passed 9-2-1980)