The Human Relations Commission shall:
(a) Inform Village Council regarding advocacy efforts to eliminate prejudice and discrimination within the Village through equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives; monitor social justice issues and trends in the Village, and serve as a sounding board for issues related to promoting social justice;
(b) Initiate public education activities related to its purpose;
(c) Conduct an annual planning process that results in priorities and specific activities centering on its purpose, which will include adopting rules and procedures (or otherwise following Robert's Rules of Order) to carry out its purpose that are consistent with the Village Charter and Ohio Sunshine Laws, approved by Council and filed with the Clerk of Council;
(d) Keep minutes of its proceedings that reflect the actions of the Human Relations Commission, the reasoning behind those recommendations, and the vote of each member upon each question or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating as such. Minutes and the records of all official actions shall be approved and filed with the Clerk of Council and kept as a public record;
(e) Hold regular public meetings that are properly announced and provide a list of agenda items to the Clerk of Council a week before a regular meeting, which is available to interested citizens;
(f) Monitor human relations and social justice issues and trends in the Village, serving as a sounding board for issues related to its purpose and provide feedback and information to Council, which may include coordinating, assisting and unifying the efforts of private groups, institutions and individuals within the Village and Miami Township in accordance with the purposes of this chapter as well as liaising and communicating with public and private agencies and organizations of local, regional, State and national scope whose programs and activities have an impact on the human relations or which can be of assistance to the Commission;
(g) Advise Council as to possible courses of action with regard to such issues and trends;
(h) Facilitate connections between organizations in the Village that touch such issues and trends, and maintain a list of such organizations and contact information;
(i) Refer specific interpersonal conflicts to the Village Mediation Program, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, the Federal Housing Administration or other appropriate bodies, and support those organizations in the resolution of those conflicts;
(j) Recommend to Council actions that could be taken to accomplish the goals of the Village;
(k) Carry out such other duties as may be assigned to it by Council.
(Ord. 2015-25. Passed 11-16-15; Ord. 2022-13. Passed 5-2-22.)