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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12171991 - IO.7 Al I .O.-7 .. TO: • BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Costa n. s December 9, 1991 County DATE: cOsr• cP - a coau SUBJECT: STATUS REPORT ON THE COUNTY'S AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . Acknowledge receipt of the semi-annual report of the Affirmative Action Officer. 2 . For her next semi-annual report to the 1992 Internal Operations Committee, request the Affirmative Action Officer to compare the extent to which the distribution of minorities and women within the income bands used by the County are at parity with the 1990 working age population in the County and with the 1991 workforce data in the County. 3 . Remove this item as a referral to our Committee and instead refer this item to the 1992 Internal Operations Committee for the purpose of providing continuing oversight to the accomplishments of the County's Affirmative Action Program. BACKGROUND: This semi-annual report from the Affirmative Action Officer reviews appointment, promotion and resignation data for the period January 1 - June 30, 1991, as well as data on the award of contracts to women-owned, minority-owned and disadvantaged-owned businesses . CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY I R RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE TH SIGNATURE(S): SC AS11NE WRIGHT McPEAKI�� ACTION OF BOARD ON ecember , APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE 4—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 _1 �7 Affirmative Action Officer ATTESTED , County Counsel PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382BY DEPUTY (10/88) I .O.-7 -2- We were very pleased to learn that the County's June 30, 1991 workforce is at parity with women and all minority groups as they were reflected in the 1980 laborforce in the County. The challenge before us now is to move to the use of the 1990 census data as it becomes available. The 1990 laborforce data will not be available from the 1990 census for perhaps six more months . We are, therefore, asking the Affirmative , Action Officer to obtain that data as soon as it is available and compare the County' s workforce with the 1990 County laborforce in terms of women and each of the minority groups by which we measure ourselves to determine in what areas we still need to do more work. In comparing the June 30, 1991 County workforce with the 1990 County population of working age, we are at parity with all groups except Hispanics and the Asian and Pacific Islander group. What we do not know but suspect may be a problem is what the distribution of women and minorities in the County workforce is by salary level, compared to the County working age population. For instance, while we may be at parity with the County laborforce for African-Americans in terms of overall percentages, we have not done our job if a disproportionate share of the African-Americans are grouped at the lower salary levels compared to where they are in the working age population. We are, therefore, asking the Affirmative Action Officer to obtain this information and present it for review by the 1992 Internal Operations Committee. The Affirmative Action Officer should expect to make her next semi-annual report to the Internal Operations Committee by June 1, 1992 . This report will cover data for the period July 1 - December 31, 1991 .