4.15.180 Equal employment opportunity/diversity in workforce/minority business enterprises.
A. Equal Employment Opportunity.
1. The utility operator shall fully comply with applicable equal employment opportunity requirements of Federal, State and local law.
2. The utility operator shall maintain a policy that all employment decisions, practices and procedures are based on merit and ability without discrimination on the basis of an individual’s race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
B. Diversity in Workforce. The utility operator is expected to make a determined and good-faith effort to employ and advance in employment women, minorities and persons with disabilities.
C. Minority, Female and Emerging Small Business Enterprises. The utility operator is expected to make determined and good-faith efforts to use minority-owned, women-owned and emerging small businesses (MWESBs), along with service disabled veteran businesses, in its contracted expenditures, including, without limitation, contracts for the acquisition of goods, services, materials, supplies and equipment used in the construction, maintenance and operation of its utility facilities. In furtherance of the utility operator’s efforts in this area, the City will be available to consult with the utility operator in providing information on, and support regarding, certified MWESB enterprises. [BC 4.15.180, added by Ordinance No. 4684, 5/4/16]