HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-OR-04ORDINANCE NO. 75-ORy_ ~
An Ordinance establishing as affirmative action
for employment and for present employees of the city.
Be it ordained by the Common Council:
Section One
That the following affirmative action program
enacted and established as the policy of the city.
program
is hereby
AFFIRMATIVE ACTI_ON PROGRAM FOR
IHF~ CITY OF JEFF. E_R. SONVILLE.
I. P_QLI.(:DL. THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE SETS FORTH THIS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
PROGRAM FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE WILL PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT TO
ALL PERSONS WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR RACE, RELIGION, SEX, AGE OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND EQUAL CONSIDERATION WILL BE AFFORDED TO ALL APPLI-
CANTS AND EMPLOYEES IN PERSONNEL ACTION WHICH INCLUDES RECRUITING AND HIRING,
SELECTION OF TRAINING, PROMOTIONS, PAY RATES OR OTHER CC~,tPENSATION, TRANSFERS,
TERMINATIONS AND LAYOFFS.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR MINORITY GROUPS IN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS FOR ALL JOB LEVELS THROUGH AGGRES-
SIVE UPGRADING AND RECRUITING ACTIONS. THEREFORE, THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE
HEREBY INSTITUTES A PROGRAM OF /~FFIRMATIVE ACTION TO TRANSLATE BELIEFS INTO
RESULTS AND HEREBY MAKE CLEAR THAT ON THE JOB AND ON THE PREMISES DISCRIMI-
NATION AGAINST OTHERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
II. DISSEMINATION OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY. THIS POLICY WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED TO ALL DEPARTMENTS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS OR SUPERVISORS WHO WILL
READ AND EXPLAIN IT TO ALL EMPLOYEES, SPECIAL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD WITH OTHER
CITY OFFICIALS ~0 MAKE PERSONNEL DECISIONS TO EXPLAIN THIS POLICY TO THOSE
UNDER THEM,
THE CITY WILLCONTINUE THE USE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION CLAUSES IN AIL
AGREEMENTS AND REVIEW CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS TO INSURE THAT THEY ARE NON-
DISCRIMINATORY AND DO NOT HAVE A DISCRIMINATORY EFFECT,
THE CITY'S POLICY ON EQUAL FMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND A SYNOPSIS OF THE
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM ~'IILL BE POSTED ON BULLETIN BOARDS ALONG WITH EM-
PLOYEES INFORMATIONAL LITERATURE, EEO POSTERS AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT REPORTS
OR PUBLICATIONS,
III, IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY, THE MAYOR WILL HAVE OVERALL RESPONSI-
BILITY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM, HE WILL
APPOINT AN EQUAL 0PPORTL~ITY OFFICER TO ASSIST HIM IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THIS PROGRAM, WHICH WILL INCLUDE:
I, DEVELOPING POLICY STATEMENTS, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS,
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CCt~UNICATION PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES;
2, '/~SSIST IN THE COLLECTING AND ANALYZING OF EMDLOYME-_~'FF DATA,
IDENTIFYING PROBLEM AREAS, SETTING GOALS ADD TIMETABLES AND
DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS;
TOTAL
DJ~PARTMENTS O~Sp_Lo_Y. EE~
STREET DEPARTMENT I4
~IMAL SHELTER 4
SANITATION I9
PLANNING & ZONING 6
POLICE 35
FIRE 44
PARKS & R£OREATION 8
MAYOR'S OFFICE 5
SEWAGE PLANT ~ OFFICE I6
~UI LDING COvMI SSION 8
ENGINEER (CITY) 2
CITY JUDGE'S OFFICE 2
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
TOTAL
3i DESIGN, IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR AUDIT AND REPORTING
SYSTEMS TO MEASURE PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS$
REPORT QUARTER 7:. ,
4, LY TO THE MAYOR ON THE PROGRESS OF
EACH DEPARTMENT IN RELATION TO THE CITY S GOALS,
5, SERVING AS LIAISON BETWEEN THE CITY, ~OVERNMENT RE-
GULATORY AGENCIES, MINORITY AND ~AE)MEN S ORGANIZATIONS,
AND OTHER CC~UN [TY GROUPS;
6, DISSEMINATE ALL CURREN~F INFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AREAS TO RESPON-
SIBLE CITY OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS;
7, I\~DTIFY ALL VENDORS, SUPPLIERS, SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS
AND CONTRACTORS OF OUR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT POLICY, AND
REQUEST APPROPRIATE SUPPORTIVE ACTION ON THEIR PART,
IV, IDE~IFICATION OF PROSJ.EM AREAS_.
A, CT/LB]J~ OF CI.TYCDJ~
AND MINORITY COMPOSITION OF D.E~
MINORITY
_~LACKS
2 (I4%)
MI NOR ITY.
2-LABORERS
0
I3 (68%)
I (I7%) SPANISH
4 (II%)
3 (7%)
0
4-DRIVERS I-~OREMAN
8-TIPPERS
~-PATROLMEN I-SGT,
-CPL,
2-SGTS, I-LT,
(30 PART-TIME BLACKS)
0
2 (I3%) I-CLERK (F)
i -MAI NTENANCE
0
0
0
_ 3 I (33%)
I66 26 (I6%)
B, DECREASING MINORITY WORKERS IN
21 BLACKS
SPAN I SH
JOB CLASSIFICATIONS THAT ARE
READILY AVAILABLE,
V, ~' THE MAIN GOAL WILL BE TO UPGRADE AND/OR pROMOTE
THOSE DEPARTMENTS WHICH HAVE NO MINORITIES AT ALL,
THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE~S EEO WILL BE PERIODICALLY EVALUATED WITH NEW
GOALS AND TARGET I)ATES BASED ON THE NEED OF THE pROGRAM AS IDENTIFIED IN THE
-2-
EVALUATION PROCESS. PROGRAM EVALUATION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED AS FOLLOWS:
I. DEPARTMENT HEADS WICL TURN IN DATA COMPOSED OF THE NUMBER
OF MINORITY EMPLOYEES, THEIR JOB CLASSIFICATIONS AND SALARIES.
-[HIS INFORMATION WILL BE COMPARED WITH LATEST CENSUS DATA ON
MINORITY AVAILABILITY FOR JOBS USED BY THE CITY. MINORITY
STATISICS WILL BE REVIEWED QUARTERLY AND EVALUATED IN DEPTH
ANNUALLY. GOALS WILL BE ESTABLISHED BASED ON THIS STATISTICAL
DATA, AND TARGET DATES WILL BE SET TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.
2, TO ACHIEVE AN INCREASE IN MINORITY REPRESENTATION THROUGH ON-
THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL. PROGRAMS, AND THE EVALUA-
tION OF ~IPLOYEES QUALIFICATIONS AND INTERESTS FOR A BETTER JOB.
HIS CAN BEST ACHIEVE AN INTERHOUSE UPWARD MOBILITY.
3. A STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEASIBLE PRO-
GRAM THROUGH WHICH THE FULL UTILIZATION OF EMPLOYEES' SKILLS .MAY
BE ACHIEVED. FMPHASIS WILL BE PLACEDONTHE IDENTIFICATION OF
EIvPLOYEES IN THE LOWER CLASSES WHO. HAVE NOT ADVANCED IN THE PAST
THREE YEARS AND WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION SUPERIOR TO THAT
REQUIRED IN THE PRESENT ASSIGNMENT. PARTICULAR AI-FENTION WILL BE
PAID TO THE PRACTICALITY OF THE ME~NS BY WHICH THE FULL UTILIZATION
OF THEIR SKILLS MAY BE ACHIEVED. /HIS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDI-
ATELY.
4, BY A BETTER COMMUNICATIONAL SYSTEM BETWEEN EMPLOYEES', DEPARTMENT
~qEADS, AND THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFICER, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND
COUNSELING WILL ENHANCE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT AND ADVANCE-
MENT FOR ALL MINORITY AND WOMEN EMPLOYEES.
5. ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED ITEMS WIJ.L BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY, AND
PROGRESS REPORTS WILL BE KEPT. ~'ROM THIS iNFORMATION WILL COME THE
GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR,
VI, HIRING AND RECRUITME~[[, THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE WILL INFORM
MINORITY INDIVIDUALS, CIVIC GROUPS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, RECRUIT-
ING SOURCES (I ,E,, INDIANA EMPLOYMENT DIVISION, MANPOWER AND COMMUNITY ACTION
AGENCIES), SCHOOLS, AND WOMENS ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY'S POLICY STIPULATING
THAT THESE SOURCES REFER MINORITY MEN AND WOMEN CANDIDATES FOR DEPARTMENTAL
OPENINGS, HELP WANTED ADS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION WILL CARRY THE CAPTION
"AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER",
ALL ASPECTS OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT WILL BE UTILIZED IN THE HIRING AND PRONOT-
ING OF EMPLOYEES, FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME,
ALL MINORITIES (BOTH MEN AND WOMEN) APPLICANTS WHO APPLY WILL COMPLETE
AN APPLICATION TO BE PLACED IN AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FILE WHETHER THERE ARE
VACANCIES OR NOT, THIS FILE WILL BE CONSULTED EACH TIME THERE IS A VACANCY
TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF HIRING FROM IT, THE EO OFFICER WILL MAINTAIN
ACCURATE ACCOUNT RECORDS EVALUATING THE STATUS OF HIRING AND RECRUITMENT PRAC-
TICES OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, r'~ANY JOB VACANCIES MAY BE FILLED THROUGH
IN-HOUSE TRAINING PROGRAMS A'N~ EVC.~CU~T[ON S~,S. TE~,S..~ET~.,~P BY THE EO OFFICER
· ~. T_RAINING. THE C
PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING PROGRAMS (! ,E, ADULT EDUCATION, MANPOWER TRAINING
PROGRAMS ~SEMINARS) TO BETTER QUALIFY THESE EMPLOYEES FOR SKILLED, TECHNICAL
ADD MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, THE EO OFFICER WILL INTERVIEW EMPLOYEES FROM TIME
TO TIME TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION ABOUT NEWLY ACQUIRED SKILLS EMPLOYEES MAY HAVE
ACQUIRED, ~J_SO, THE EO OFFICER WILL IMPLEMENT ~ JOB ENRICHMENT PROGRAM,
THIS IS THE SEPARATION OF JOB DUTIES INTO A NEW JOB THAT COULD BE HANDI FD
BY A MINORITY MAN OR WOMAN EMPLOYEE WITH LI1-FLE OR NO ADDITONAL TRAINING,
viii, LV~Oj~ITORING OF TItF.._&EEIR~T]ON pROGRAM_, THIS WILL BE THE
MAIN DUTY OF THE EO OFFICER OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, ONLY THROUGH A
SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO MONITORING THIS PROGRAM CAN ANY DEFICIENCIES IN'THE
PROGRAM BE DETECTED,
THE EO OFFICER WILL BE DIRECTLY REPONSIBLE TO ONLY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY
OF JEFFERSON¥ILLE, IN THIS WAY THE EO OFFICER CAN IMPLEMENT A MEANINGFUL PRO-
GRAM AND CARRY' OUT HIS DUTIES WITHOUT ~COMMITMENTS TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS OR
JOBS,
ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THIS AF-
FIPJ~ATIVE ACTION PLAN IN ASSURING EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THEIR
OWN DEPARTMENTS,
THE HLMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THE. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS BEAR SPECIAL
AND ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO THE MAYOR
AND THE EO OFFICER IN THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION ADD EVALUATION OF .THE
CITY'S AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM,
IX, AUTHORITIES FOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY & AFF~IB~,
THE FOLLOWING LAWS AND ORDERS REQUIRE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION:
I, TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF
I9 4 (AS AMENDED
BY THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT OF I972
2, F~<ECUTIVE ORDER II246 (AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER
I I375)
3, THE EQUAL PAY ACT OF I963
4, THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF
5, TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF
6, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS
7, OTHER FEDERAL LAWS
Section Two
This ordinance shall be in full
after its passage and approval.
Passed this day
force and effect from and
of March, 1975.
Attest:
Clerk-Treasurer
Presented by me as Clerk-Treasurer to
City of jeffersonville, this
the Mayor of said
day of March, 1975.
~CLERK-TREASURER U ·
Approved and signed by
me this day of
-- ~ MAYOR '
March, 1975.