Fiscal Note
No expenditure required.
Title
Providing for the appointment by the Mayor of a member of the Commission on People with Disabilities to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Department of Civil Rights and amending the 2005 operating budget language to reflect the amended Committee composition.
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WHEREAS, the 2005 Adopted Budget provides for the establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee to consider and report its recommendations regarding the establishment of a Department of Civil Rights as proposed in the 2005 budget; and
WHEREAS, the composition of the Committee as stipulated in the budget includes 1 Equal Opportunities Division staff person, 1 EOC commissioner, 1 Affirmative Action staff person, 1 AA commissioner, 2 Mayor's Advisory Committee members, the Mayor or his designee and 2 Alders appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Common Council; and
WHEREAS, a representative of the Commission for People with Disabilities on the Ad Hoc Committee is essential to ensure its perspective is represented.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor appoint a member of the Commission for People with Disabilities to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Department of Civil Rights.