HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 38223gQ 1 ;L
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING AFFIRMRTIVE ACTION IN APPOINTMENTS
TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE finds that:
The City has previously identified the rights of Women,, Seniors,
Ethnic and Racial Minority group members,, the disabled and youth as a
matter ' of concern to its citizens, This concern has resulted in the
creation of the City's five Human Rights Commissions which are advisory
to the Council.
It is the desire of the Council, in concert with the City's
Affirmative Action Program, and at the request of the Eugene Commission
on the Rights of Women, to extend a policy of Affirmative Acti on, i n
written form, to cover Council and Mayoral appointments to City boards
and commissions.
In recent y ears the numbers of members of the above groups have not
been represented on boards and commissions,other than the Human Rights
Commissions, in the numbers that would reasonably be expected given their
existence in the local population.
The-Council.-City management and the community will benefit from
having the diversity of its citizens refl on City advisory boards.
NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a municipal
Corporation of the State of Oregon, as
Sect, 1,, Based, upon - the above f ndi ngs, whi ch are - i ncorporated herei n,
it is the policy and-intent of� the. City Council that in all City 'Counc i 1
and Mayoral appointments and nominations to each board and commission, every
effort will'be made to assure representation on the boards and commissions
in proportion to the representation of women, ethnic minority group members,
the disabled and younger and ol der citizens, i n the population of the
Eugene incorporated city limits;
sect.2. City staff are directed to take affirmative actions. to ensure
that members of the above groups are notified of vacancies and encouraged
to apply 1 so that in making a p p ointments ,. the Mayor and Council will have a
diverse pool of applicants from which to select.
The foregoing Resolution adopted the day of .1983.
City Recorder