Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution amends the 2019 Adopted Budget to appropriate $5,193 from federal funding to the Department of Civil Rights budget. These funds are from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission grant. The 2019 Adopted Budget assumed $39,227 in federal revenue for the grant, the actual grant award is $44,420.
The proposed resolution will amend the budget as follows:
· ($5,193) Intergovernmental Revenue
· $2,848 Permanent Wages
· $924 Supplies
· $1,421 Purchased Services
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SUBSTITUTE - Amending the 2019 Adopted Operating Budget for the Department of Civil Rights and Authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk, and the Director of the Department of Civil Rights to sign and enter into an ongoing contract with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to provide discrimination complaint processing services.
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The Department of Civil Rights' (Equal Opportunities Division) 2019 Operating Budget includes U.S. EEOC revenues of $39,227. The 2019 federal EEOC contract amount has recently been received and it provides for revenues of up to $44,420, an increase of $5,193 as compared to the budget.
Authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk, and the Director of the Department of Civil Rights to enter into an ongoing contract with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to provide discrimination complaint processing services during Federal fiscal year 2019 with option periods for Federal fiscal years through 2021 and 2022.
WHEREAS, the Madison Equal Opportunities Division ("MEOD") has been certified by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (U.S. EEOC) as a FEPA "706 Agency" since 1976, qualified to process employment complaints for EEOC alleging discrimination based on race, color, national origin or ancestry, sex or religion covered by Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, as well as age discrimination as covered by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and disability discrimination as covered by ...
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