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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK 2019, and then a portion of that salary would be shared by the two (2) positions and then would also fund part of that full-time intake officer/investigative position that we're requesting. Ms.McCain stated,We have our organizational chart there(referencing a slide in the presentation), we're a small staff. We definitely want to try to rebuild in the coming years,but we're a small staff. We have no 2020 capital projects and no special initiatives. That's our budget. Ms. Brooks stated,This is our current organizational chart(referencing a slide in the presentation). All of the rectangles that you see in green is actually the Human Rights Commission staff. Those two (2) in the darker blue are the full-time staff for ODI. Light blue is a part-time DI fellow. So, what we do with the office, within the office, I went over this a little bit, but we support inclusion and equity in HR functions. We look at policy and process changes in HR procurement, contracting, and also community well-being. We also provide annual reporting and research. We support minority and women local small business resource organizations like the Westside Small Business Resource Center and Project Impact. We also look at research concerning gender, disabilities and racial disparities. And then in that area we provide policy recommendations, workshops, and strategy implementation. We also look at or provide support for inclusive community workshops and training, annual minority business fair, and partnerships with local organizations like Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.There is also inclusive arts support with the August Wilson Project and interaction conferences. She continued, We also are handling the Inclusive Procurement Grant through Living Cities, and the others we'll talk about a little bit later in the special initiatives. Our departmental goals for 2020 include increasing the MWBE utilization and procurement by four percent (4%) and increasing the MWBE utilization in contracting by five percent (5%). We also would like to see growth in the available MWBEs within our geographic marketplace and specifically within the City of South Bend limits. In the areas of NAIC code,the North American Industry Code use in City procurement and contracting, we want to increase that number by twenty(20). We also want to increase access to IDEA educational workshops, procurement and contracting information, small local minority and women business enterprise resources and funding support for public/private partnerships, and programming that addresses the reduction of racial disparities in the City of South Bend. So,in the interest of time, this is kind of an overview of the budget (referencing a slide in the presentation). Originally when I first(1') came on as the Diversity and Inclusion Officer, I didn't have a separate budget. It was kind of mixed into the Administration and Finance Department. So, you'll see that 2017 and 2018 are blank there, and you'll see that the 2019 budget was amended when we added an additional full-time staff member. She went on, So,quickly I'll just kind of go through kind of the most, I guess interesting increases. I'll start with education and training. It's extremely important for us to continue to do that. Some of our highlights and changes include new personnel requests. We are requesting at least one (1) additional FTE to address the recommendations of the MWBE Disparity Study and that would be a Contract Compliance Coordinator. We are also requesting to increase the salary cap of the Manager of Inclusion Projects from $52,000 to $57,000 which would be more in line with other positions within the City with similar activities. So, this will be the proposed organizational chart (referencing a slide in the presentation). You'll see that the addition is underneath the Manager for Inclusion Projects, Contract Compliance, and it's outlined in red. Some of the responsibilities of the new staff member and just for the department as a whole, specific to procurement and contracting,would include quarterly and annual reporting,implementing an electronic contracting EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana46601 p 574.235.9221 f574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 22