(a) Council hereby formally declares that the City will hire and promote its employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or handicap (except where age or handicap would be an obvious and bona fide obstacle to expected and required job performance), and furthermore will continue to recruit, hire and develop the best qualified persons available for the jobs involved, basing its judgment on job related qualifications.
(b) Artificial barriers of personal attitudes and customs cannot be permitted to have an effect in matters of employment practices.
(c) The City pledges itself to ensure that all activities relative to recruitment, hiring and promoting are undertaken to effect the principle of equal opportunity and that only valid requirements are imposed when promotional opportunities exist. Further, all matters related to compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, recall from layoffs and training will be free from any and all discriminatory practices. In addition, all facilities of the City will be available to all employees on a nondiscriminatory basis.
(Res. 1977-10. Passed 1-19-77.)
(d) The Director of Finance, by direction of the Mayor, will have overall responsibility for the implementation of the City's affirmative action plan. With the cooperation of appropriate personnel, the Director will conduct periodic reviews to determine whether or not affirmative action goals are being achieved. Reports of these reviews will be the basis for appropriate action to correct deficiencies.
(Adopting Ordinance)
(e) When outside sources of recruitment are utilized, they shall be informed that the City is an equal opportunity employer, that legal advertisements for bids include the wording "an equal opportunity employer" and that equal opportunity clauses be included in all major single purchase orders, leases and contracts for two thousand, five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more.
(f) The Director of Legislative Services is hereby directed to post, or have posted, a copy of this section on all departmental bulletin boards, and to provide a copy of this section to all employees of the City.
(Res. 1977-10. Passed 1-19-77.)