Number
081017
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. HAMILTON and KOVAC
Title
A substitute ordinance revising and updating protections against housing and employment discrimination and providing for the promotion of equity and equal rights.
Sections
109 rc
Analysis
This ordinance repeals and recreates chapter 109 of the code reconstituting the city’s equal rights commission (“the commission”).
The role and procedures of the commission in enforcing prohibitions against discrimination in housing and employment are retained for those matters and complaints that are not subject to federal or state jurisdiction and enforcement. Matters and complaints investigated and prosecuted by the commission are subject to the same procedural requirements as previously codified.
This ordinance provides for cooperation among city departments and the commission to identify those programs and activities of the city that provide opportunities for the promotion of equal rights, to evaluate city efforts related to equal rights, to recognize accomplishments, and to develop recommendations for extending and improving equal rights and opportunities in city programs and activities. The commission is required to provide a report at least annually to the mayor and common council reflecting the status and progress of efforts and activities undertaken by city government to promote equal rights and address discrimination internally and as a community leader.
The department of employe relations is responsible for providing staffing and support for the activities of the commission as necessary and appropriate to meet the goals and objectives of the chapter. The commission and the department of employe relations are authorized to establish cooperative working relationships with other organizations in Milwaukee, with academia, and with the business community, to review and monitor city policies and programs that impact the equal rights climate of the Milwaukee community, and ...
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