145.04 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CERTIFICATION.
   All bidders on contracts in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for services, equipment and material suppliers or vendors, must complete and file with the bid the following Affirmative Action Certification. The failure of the bidder to complete and file an Affirmative Action Certification with his bid shall cause the bid submitted to be deemed nonresponsive and void.
   
Affirmative Action Certification
for
Equal Employment Opportunity
   This is to certify that (name of bidder) has executed a written Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action program in accordance with Titles VI and VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Executive Order 11246, as amended, the Governor's Executive Order and the Equal Employment Opportunity Program of the City of Westlake, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
   If (name of bidder) is found to have the lowest and the best bid, we understand that under the provisions of the resultant contract we are obliged to take Affirmative Action to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin or handicap.
    (name and title) , an authorized official of (name of bidder) is responsible for the implementation of this contractual obligation.
 
Official's signature                                 
Date                                                       
   This certification becomes part of the resultant contract.
(Ord. 1977-150. Passed 9-1-77.)