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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-05-11 Bd Comm minutesM I,W ms 10MN • RISLAT'IONS CODDIISSION APRIL 26, 1976 7:05 PPI + CITY NtWAGER'S CONPL•RLNCI: RMI WITibers Present: Smith Finn Madison Woodard Scott Davidson P6atsimmoto Price Gilroy (8:00 I'P1) Members Absent: None Staff Members Present: Bowl in Ragland RGC(iPMMDAT'IONS TO nn, CITY COUNCIL • 1. The Commission forwards adopted Private Club Guidelines for Council approval. Upon the motion made by Scott and seconded by Price, the Commission adopted guidelines on what constitutes a private club as contained in the April 26, 1976 letter to Sally Smith from Bob Bowlin. See attached proposed resolution. 2. Contingent upon Council's approval of Guidelines, the Commission requests Council approval of proposed action with regard to Grace and Rubies. A letter will be sent to Grace and Rubies in which they will be advised that the guidelines are an interpretation of the law so they understand what needy to be done in order to be in compliance. 'rhe assistance of the staff will be offered. After a reasonable period of time the staff and the Commission wil then review tl he situation to sec seconded by Finn. if they are in compliance, if not, determine what further action needs to be taken. The motion was moved by Davidson and s. Upon the motion of IKItsumoto seconded by Davidson, tilt all private clubs using the same criCommission will review teria as established for action with regard to Grace and Rubies if such action receives Council approval. RIiCM EWATIONS TO '}'In: S'G1PP AND CITY MANAGER 1. The staff is to review the proposed changes in the by-laws and recommend changes in the current ordinance to the City Council to agree with the accepted recommendations as proposed by the Complaint Procedure Committee. The motion was moved by Matsumoto and seconded by Woodard. Human Relations Commission April 26, 1976 Page • 2. The staff is to secure additional public service announcements on discrim- ination in housing to send to IIiBN. 3. The staff is to propose to the Commission for their approval the revised City's Affirmative Action Program for the May meeting. PENDING ITENIS 1. There is no new information concerning EEOC Workshops for Commissioners. The staff will contact Troy Scroggi.ns regarding this matter. 2. A letter of invitation has been sent to Joe Tate, Executive Director of Iowa Civil Rights Commission, inviting him to attend a Commission meeting. sImmm, OP RELNmr DISCUSSION Scott moved and Woodard seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the March 22, 1976 meeting as corrected. The regular meeting was adjourned at 10:35 not 11:35. Under Summary of Relevant Discussion, item A should read Group Process. The agenda was approved upon the motion of Madison seconded by Finn. A. Group Process 3aril>_£rson was unable to attend the meeting. She will return at the May Commission meeting. However, the Commission decided to do some feed- back at the end of the regular meeting. B. Committee Reports 1. Affirmative Action - In addition to the pre -mailed memo on nepotism, the Commission was informed of the fact that affirmative action statements for the handicapped and veterans will be included in the City's Affirmative Action plan. Also, Ragland stated that she hoped to bring to the Commission for their approval, a draft of the City's Affirmative Action plan for the May meeting. Complaint Procedures - Articles VIII and IX of the Iowa City Human Relations by-laws with the approved recommendations for the changes are attached to the minutes. Motion made by Scott seconded by Price. The Commission deferred action on the inclusion of satisfactorily adjusted complaints. Upon the motion of Scott and seconded by Matsumoto, general language revisions in the by-laws were accepted. These are as follow: a. Change chairman to chairperson wherever chairman is used in the by-laws. b. Change conciliation board to conciliation town wherever conciliation board is used in the by-laws. • C. Insert earlier revision of Article V, Section S, dealing with absence policy. See minutes of February 23, 1976 meeting. • 0 lhunan Relations Commission April 26, 1976 Page 3 0 Upon the motion of Scott seconded by Woodard, the Commission approved the recommendations to the Ordinance Revision Committee to remove all reference to timetables in Section 10.2.15 investigation, sub -part B; 10.2.19 proceedings upon failure to conciliate, sub -part A. Also, to make all necessary revisions in affected sections to agree with revised by-laws. Upon the motion of Scott seconded by Davidson, the Commission moved to adopt the suggested change for the procedure for processing complaints outlined in the April 20 memorandum from the Complaint Procedures Committee. This procedure will be reviewed after three cases. Simply, the suggested change is to assign complaints to individual commissioners who will be responsible for that complaint through the investigation and resolution of the case. i. Outreach Advocacy - The Committee met to look at poster designs during the past month. A fall poster campaign is planned to advertise the Commission's existence and the availability of the complaint pro- cedures to the general public. Also, it was noted that one thousand brochures were requested to deliver to the married students at the University in the fall. 1. Ordinance Revision - After the discussion of the pros and cons of the • inclusion of a public hearing in the revised Yuman Relations Ordinance, the Commission upon the motion of Matsumoto seconded by Price moved not to include the public hearing. The motion passed with Madison dissenting. Bowlin presented a rough draft of the Human Relations Ordinance to the Commission. Discussion of this rough draft will take place at the May meeting. C. Other Business The next meeting of the Commission will be May 24, at 7:00 p.m. D. Feedback Several minutes were spent by the Commissioners in a feedback session based on a hand-out given to the commissioners by Barb Ettleson. At 10:30 a poll, of all members present, Madison, Finn, Smith, Woodard, Scott, Davidson, Matsumoto, Price and Gilroy indicated unanimous agreement to go into Executive Session to consider complaints. 0