New Chapter 14.5 Entitled Affirmative Action Procedures

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(d) City contract means any contract awarded by the City of South Bend or any of its agencies, boards or commissions for work, labor, services, supplies, equipment, materials or any combination of the foregoing; the term specifically includes but shall not be limited to any purchase or lease of materials pursuant to I.C. 36-1-9-4, any public work project authorized pursuant to I .C. 36-1-12-4, or other contract in which public bids are not required by law. (e) Contracting agency means the City department, agency, board or commission having the power to award a City contract. (f) Contractor means any person, partnership, corporation, association or joint venture which has been awarded a City contract. (g) Discriminatory practice means the exclusion of a person or persons from equal employment opportunity or equal business opportunity because of race, sex or national origin. (h) Minority means any person who is: (1) Black (all persons having origins in any of the Black African racial groups not of Hispanic origin) ; or (2) Hispanic (all persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race) . (i) Minority business enterprise means any minority-owned business which has been certified under the requirements of this chapter. (j ) Subcontractor means any person, partnership, corporation, association or joint venture which supplies any of the work, labor, services, supplies, equipment, materials or any combination of the foregoing under a contract with the contractor on a City contract. (k) Women business enterprise means any women-owned business which has been certified under the requirements of this chapter. ARTICLE 2. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN EMPLOYMENT Section 14.5-3 . Application of this article. This article shall apply to all City departments, agencies, boards and commissions. Section 14. 5-4. Affirmative action procedures. (a) Recruitment. Each department, agency, board or commission of the City involved in recruitment of employees shall: ( 1) Analyze current recruiting methods and revise those methods which reflect any discriminatory practice; ( 2) Actively recruit qualified minorities and women for available positions within the department, agency, board or commission: and