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RESOLUTION ON MINORITY EMPLOYMENT
1 WHEREAS: City Ordinance No. 5802 adopted in 1967 states,
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It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the City
of Fort Worth that all its residents and persons subject a
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+, to its jurisdiction shall enjoy equal freedom to pursue their
`aspirations and that discrimination against any individual or
group because of race, creed, color or national origin is
,t detrimental to the peace, progress and welfare of the City"; and
, ;�JI3EREAS: The city has had a stated administrative policy for a decade
that city employees be hired and promoted without regard to
race, color, creed or national origin; and
Y WHEREAS: Efforts thus far by the city have resulted in the employment
of minority persons who make up only about 120 of the full
time work force as compared to the population ratio of about
" 25%; with about 50% minority employees in unskilled job
classifications with low pay; and
' WHEREAS: The Emergency Employment Act may provide additional funds
for hiring city personnel, which funds can be utilized to hire
} qualified minority persons to improve the racial balance of the'
employees of the city.
i NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby declares
?,".:,,';that discrimination in city employment based on race, color, creed, sex
or,national origin will not be tolerated; that the City of Fort Worth is an
equal opportunity employer and does direct and order the institution of the
following program of Affirmative Action designed to translate the City's
tpolicy,into results.
I:- GOAL:
�., 1. The primary goal is to hire qualified minority people in order
to reach in two years the proportion of minority employees
Y paralleling the racial and ethnic composition of the city
population, if at all possible.
Ii. STAFF:
STAFF:
In the event funds are available from the Emergency Employment Act
"a staff consisting of at least a director of Equal Employment
Opportunity and a Black recruiter and a Mexican-American recruiter
r?, ,,shall be employed to assist in reaching the above goals.
IiI4 Ory"DISSEMINATION OF CITY POLICY:
1: The City Manager shall make it clear to all levels of management
c.' ;within city government the Affirmative Action Program is to be
implemented in every city department and division and that evi-
dence of discriminatory employment or promotional practice
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trhYx -I � against minority groups will be investigated and will not
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i . 2. The City Manager and the Human Relations Commission 'shall "
make available to the Council the progress made toward the
accomplishment of these goals. ,
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