HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5731 04/18/1994
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ORDINANCE NO. ~7~1 (GENERAL)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SPRINGFIELD HUMAN RIGHTS
ORDINANCE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION FROM 15 TO 11 AND PROVIDING FOR 9 ADULT AND 2 STUDENT
MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OREGON, ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
section 7-10-1 of-the springfield Code 1965 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Declaration of Policy and Creation of Human Rights
Commission. Discrimination against individuals or groups by
reason of their race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status,
disability, or national origin is a matter of concern for The City
of Springfield. The Common Council declares it to be the public
policy of the City of Springfield that discrimination in
employment, housing, and places of public accommodation because of
race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, familial status,
disability, or national origin not only deprives springfield
inhabitants of their rights and property privileges, but also
menaces the institutions and foundations of a free democratic
society and threatens the peace, good order, health, safety and
general welfare of the community.
It is further declared to be the public policy of the City
of Springfield to foster equal opportunity for all to obtain
employment, housing, and public accommodations without regard to
race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, familial status,
disability, or national origin and strictly in accord with their
individual merits as human beings.
To carry out the policy of the City of Springfield as set
forth in this article and to carry out the administration, there
is hereby created a Human Rights Commission of the City of
Springfield to consist of 11 members, two of which shall be high
school students. Non-student members shall be appointed by the
Council for 4 year terms, student members shall be 11th or 12th
grade students. The appointment(s) and procedures, therefore,
shall be provided for in by-laws to be adopted by the Commission
and approved by the Council."
Adopted by the Common Council this 18th day of
April , 1994, by a vote of 5 for and
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Approved by the Mayor of the
18th day of A ri 1
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City Recorder
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Drafted By
Office Of
The City Attorney
HAROLD & LEAHY
, 1994
1994