HomeMy WebLinkAboutDeleting Current Section 2-57 Entitled Commission on Status of WomenORDINANCE No. 6903 -81
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
Approved and signed by
Clerk
IRENE K. GAMMON
of Common Council
IRENE K. GAMMON
Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 6 Q (q ':� - K I
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SOUTH BEND DELETING CURRENT SECTION 2 -57 OF
THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE, ENTITLED
COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT:
The South Bend Commission on the Status of Women, established
by ordinance in June, 1974, has made many significant accomplish-
ments in stimulating an awareness among both men and women of women's
full potential and of the importance of their contributions to the
development of the community. In order to increase the value of
the Commission on the Status of Women to the community the commis-
sion should be dissolved and become instead a committee of the
Human Rights Commission, so that the resulting Women's Committee
of the Human Rights Commission can strengthen its ability to work
in the employment discrimination area as well as in other areas of
importance to women in the South Bend community.
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City
of South Bend:
SECTION I. That the South Bend Municipal Code Section 2 -57
be deleted in its entiretv and reserved for future use.
SECTION II. That this Ordinance shall take full force and
effect a t� its passage by the Common Council and approval by the
Mayor.
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isr READING
PUBLIC HEARING
2nd READING 3 — ,V3 -5'
NOT APPROVED
REFERRED
PASSED
FILED IN CLERK'S WICE
MAR 4 198
Irene Gammon
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY ®f SOUTH BEND
ROGER O. PARENT, Mayor
COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601
March 4, 1981
AREA 219 284 -9261
South Bend Common Council
City of South Bend
County -City Building
South Bend, Indiana 46601
Dear Council Members:
In March, 1980, I asked the South Bend Commission on the
Status of Women to consider the option of placing the Women's
Commission within the structure of the Human Rights Commission.
As you know, the South Bend Commission on the Status of
Women was established by ordinance in June 1974. The long -range
goal of the Commission was to bring women into full and equal
partnership in the life of the community.
During the last six years, the Commission, has made great
strides toward that goal and has made many significant accom-
plishments, including helping to stimulate an awareness among
both men and women of women's full potential and of the importance
of their contributions to the development of the community.
In May, 1980, the South Bend Commission on the Status of
Women voted to recommend to the South Bend Human Rights Commission
that the Women's Commission become a committee of the Human Rights
Commission.
In January, 1981, the Human Rights Commission voted to accept
the Women's Commission as a standing committee of the Human Rights
Commission. The Human Rights Commission appointed Mara Newman as
the chairperson of the newly formed committee and the Women's
Committee has already held two organizational meetings.
Therefore, the attached ordinance deletes the Commission on
the Status of Women from the Municipal Code.
Thank you for your consideration of this issue.
Since--J y,
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Your Committee OF THE WHOLE
to whom was referred
A BILL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND
DELETING CURRENT SECTION 2 -57 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL
CODE ENTITLED COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN.
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion This bill should be recommended
to the Council favorable.
John Voorde
Chairman
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