The city will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are recruited and employed and that employees are treated during their employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicapped status not related to ability to perform the job, and such affirmative action shall include all terms and conditions of employment such as hiring, placement, upgrading, demotion, transfer, layoff, and termination.
(1995 Code, § 39.31) (Res. passed 10-24-1977)