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Ordinance No. 2755-1972
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2330-1968, THE HUMAN RELATIONS ORDINANCE AS
AUTHORIZED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, ACTS OF 1967, CHAPTER
276, SECTION 4, AS AMENDED.
Be it Ordainediby the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana; that:
SECTICN 1. Section One (1) of Ordinance No. 2330-1968, The Human Relations Ordinance
as Authorized by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, Acts of 1967, C hapter
276, Section 4, as Amended, Be Amended to Read as follows:
SECTION-4 PURPOSE AND COVERAGE
The promotion of equal opportunity without regard to race, religion, sex,
color, national origin or -ancestry, through reasonable methods that do
not create that which it seeks to enjoin is the purpose of this ordinance.
It is also its purpose to protect employers, labor organizations, employ-
ment agencies, property owners, real estate brokers, builders and lending
institutions and educational institutions from unfounded charges of dis-
crimination.
It is the public policy of the City of Richmond to eliminate segregation
or separation based solely on race, color, sex, religion, national origin
or ancestry, since such segregation is an impediment to equal opportunity.
Equal educational and employment opportunities and equal access to and
use of public accommodations and equal opportunity for acquisition of real
property, to the extent that remedies for the prevention of their denial
are herein provided, are hereby declared to be civil rights.
The denial of these rights to properly qualified persons by reason of the
race, religion, sex, color, national origin or ancestry of such persons
is hereby declared to be an unlawful discriminatory practice.
SECTION 2. Section Three (3) of said Ordinance No. 2330-1968, be amended to
read as follows:
SECTION 3. COMMISSION CREATED -MEMBERSHIP - TERMS
There is hereby created a Human Relations Commission composed of nine (9)
members serving without compensation, and broadly representative of the'
racial, ethnic, political, religious, economic and educational groups in
the community. They shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advise and
consent of the City Council within sixty (60) days from the date of passage
of this Ordinance. Of the nine members first appointed, three shall be
appointed for one year, three for two years, and three for three years.
Thereafter each appointment shall be for a term of three years. If a
member dies or resigns, his successor shall be appointed to serve for the
unexpired period of the term for which the member had been appointed. The
Mayor, with the consent of the City Council, may remove Commission members
for cause but for no other reason. The Commission shall elect from its mem-
bership at its first meeting and thereafter at its April meeting a chair-
man, vice-chairman and secretary. The Commission shall meet once each
month and may hold special meetings as the Chairman deems necessary. The
first meeting of the Commission shall be held within thirty (30)days after
the appointment of the nine members pursuant to this ordinance. On
December 31, 1972, all positions will be vacated so that nine members
may be appointed.
SECPICN 3. The following section shall be added to the said Ordinance 'Na . 2330-
1968, said section to read as follows:
SECTION 5. CITY CONTRACTS: CONTRACTORS
Every contract to which the city or airy of its political or civil sub-
divisions is a party, including f,Tanchises granted to the public util-
ities, shall contain a provision requiring the contractor and his sub-con-
tractors not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment
who is to be employed in the performance of such contract with respect to his
hire, tenure, terms, conditions or privileges of employment of any matter directly
or indirectly related to employment, because of his race, relgion, color, sex,
national origin or ancestry. Breach of this provision may be considered a ma-
terial breach of the contract.
PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this
day of 1972.
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President of Comm ci
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PRE-E—N ED by me to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this day
1972.
City Clerk
APP ED by the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this day of
1972.
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