HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2001.05.24 - 26546Miscellaneous Resolution # 01153
BY: Commissioner Eric Coleman, District #21
RE: Board of Commissioners - Oakland County Equal Employment Opportunity
and Affirmative Action
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, preliminary U.S. Census Bureau 2000 reports indicate that the vast
majority of Oakland County's population growth during the past 10 years has been in
minority communities; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Affirmative Action Report for the Year 2000
demonstrates that the county is not currently meeting its goals for female and minority
employees, based on 1990 census information -- especially in the Occupational
Categories of: Officials and Administrators, Professionals, Technicians, and Protective
Service Workers; and
WHEREAS, Oakland County's adopted Statement of Equal Employment
Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy provides that in addition to outlining goals,
appropriate timetables for accomplishing these goals are to be established; and
WHEREAS, one of the best ways to improve the presence of qualified minorities
and females in areas of underutilization is to aggressively attempt to promote minorities
and females from within; and
WHEREAS, the role of an Equal Employment Opportunity Officer is not merely to
accept complaints from employees or applicants who feel that they have been
discriminated against, but to act proactively, in conjunction with the Personnel Department,
to identify problem areas, propose solutions and implement corrective action; and
WHEREAS, for several months, the only position within Oakland County's Equal
Employment Opportunity Unit -- the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer position -- has
been vacant, with elements of the position being disseminated out to private firms and
agencies; and
WHEREAS, setting the goal for the hiring and promotion females and minorities is
only the first step. If Oakland County, as an employer, truly intends to diversify its
workforce in a manner that is reflective of the citizens that it serves, it is imperative that the
Equal Employment Opportunity Officer position be filled and empowered to fulfill its
responsibilities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does hereby request that Equal Employment Opportunity Officer position
be filled with a full-time employee.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby request that the County Executive establish the Equal Employment
Opportunity Unit as an separate department, with the Equal Employment Opportunity
Officer/Director reporting directly to the County Executive; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby request the Oakland Personnel Department to report back quarterly to the
Personnel Committee on:
1. The status of the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer position.
2. The Equal Employment Opportunity Unit's action plan to improve the hiring and
promotion of female and minority employees within Oakland County --
especially within the Occupational Categories of: Officials and Administrators,
Professionals, Technicians, and Protective Service Workers.
Mr. Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
Eric oleman
District #21
Resolution #01153 May 24, 2001
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Personnel Committee. There
were no objections.