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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM : Internal Operations Committee Contra
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DATE: August 11, 1986 warty
SUBJECT: Human Relations Commission
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
Recommendation:
1 . That the Board of Supervisors agree in principal to
introduce and adopt an ordinance creating a Human Relations
Commission.
2 . That the Board of Supervisors direct County Counsel to
revise the draft ordinance presented to the Internal
Operations Committee, deleting the reference to staffing and
reducing the compensation to $10 per meeting not to exceed
four meetings per month, making any changes necessary to
conform the ordinance to existing statutory and case law and
return a proposed ordinance to the Internal Operations
Committee on September 8, 1986 .
3 . That the Board of Supervisors authorize the Internal
Operations Committee to meet with private foundations which
have indicated an interest in assisting the County to fund a
Human Relations Commission, along with any other
organizations which may be viable sources of funding to
determine their interest in being of assistance to the
County.
4. That the Board of Supervisors refer to the County
Administrator the appropriate organizational placement of a
Human Relations Commission and appropriate staffing levels
and report his recommendations to the Internal Operations
Committee on September 8, 1986.
5 . That the Board of Supervisors authorize the members of the
Internal Operations Committee to present a draft ordinance,
revised budget, funding and staffing proposals to the
Mayors' Conference along with information on available
sources of funding and request the cooperation of the
Mayors ' Conference in supporting the concept of a
county-wide Human Relations Commission.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTFj ATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER .I9 /
Nancy C. Fanden, Sunne Wriaht McPeak
SIGNATUaS .
ACTION OF BOARD ON AugUSt 19, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT _ ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: __ AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc:
County Administrator
ATTESTED
Executive Director, PIC
Members, Design Committee PHIL OATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
(Via Executive Director, PIC) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Mayors ' Conference (Via CAO) y� e
Mayors & City Managers (Via CAO)
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BY ,DEPUTY
6 . That the Board of Supervisors thank members of the Design
Committee for all of their dedicated work in preparing a
proposed ordinance providing for a Human Relations
Commission, authorize certificates of appreciation for
members of the Design Committee and discharge the Design
Committee on the basis that they have completed the work
they were requested to do.
7 . That the Board of Supervisors thank the Executive Director
of the Private Industry Council and members of his staff,
who worked with the Design Committee in preparing their
reports to the Internal Operations Committee for their
dedication and hard work in staffing the Design Committee.
Background-
On June 24, 1986 the Board approved the most recent report of the .
Internal Operations Committee on this subject. On July 8, 1986,
The Board also approved the report of the Finance Committee on
this subject. Our Committee met with the Chairman of the Design
Committee, the Rev. H. Eugene Farlough, staff from the Private
Industry Council and County Counsel' s office on August 11, 1986.
Rev. Farlough presented an amended ordinance which was revised to
take into account a number of comments made by various
individuals.
Our Committee appreciates the work of the Design Committee and
the staff of the P.I .C. in preparing the ordinance. Our
Committee continues to believe that the proposed budget of
$287,000 is excessive. In addition, we believe that the County
Administrator should propose the proper organizational placement
of a Human Relations Commission within County government along
with a revised budget. .
We need to have County Counsel review the draft ordinance to
determine its legal sufficiency. We believe that staffing levels
should not be included in the ordinance and that the compensation
of commissioners should match those of the Human Services
Advisory Commission ( $10 per meeting) .
We would like the opportunity to refine the ordinance, budget and
staffing and and then present a proposal to the Mayors '
Conference again, primarily to get their support for the concept
of a county-wide commission. We also would like to explore
several sources of private funding, such as foundations, and
report back our efforts to the Board in four weeks.
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