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Home My WebLink AboutO-09140M-80- 512 �- 24- 80 ORDINANCE NO. 9140 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AS A HIRING OBJECTIVE THE APPOINTMENT OF BLACKS, LATINS, AND WOMEN TO THE POSITIONS OF POLICE OFFICER, PUBLIC SERVICE AIDE. AND FIREFIGHTER IN THE NUMERICAL AMOUNT OF 80% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS APPOINTED TO SAID POSITIONS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION; A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. WHEREAS, the Consent Decree in the case of United States v. City of Miami, et al, requires in Section 2, that the "City shall continue to develop and reassess its present affirmative recruitment program designed to inform blacks, Latins and women of job opportunities with the City, for the purpose of deliver- ing sufficient qualified applicants to enable the City to meet the hiring goals set forth herein"; and WHEREAS, the Consent Decree requires, in Section 5, thereof, that, "In order to eliminate the effects of past discriminatory practices against blacks, Latins and women, the City shall adopt and seek to achieve as its long term goal participation at all levels throughout its work force of blacks, Latins and women approximating their respective proportions in the City's labor force, as determined by the United States Bureau of the Census"; and WHEREAS, the Consent Decree, in Section 5(a), requires that in order to achieve its long term goals, the City shall seek to hire blacks, Latins and women generally in proportion to their representation in the labor force; and WHEREAS, the Consent Decree, in Section 5(a), states that the qoals are minimums; and WHEREAS, the Consent Decree provides in Paragraph 5(a)(1) that for each entry level position of police officer, public service aide, firefighter and traditionally white Anglo male positions in the Department of Finance and Building, the goal shall be 56% minorities and women each year; and WHEREAS, the available labor market in the City of Miami is approximately 57% Latin women and men, and approximately 19% 4 , Black women and men, and approximately 24% Anglos, of which approximately 40% are women; and WHEREAS, pursuant to its duty to reassess its recruitment program, the City has determined that in order to reach its long term goal more expeditiously, the City should seek to recruit and appoint more than the minimum 56% blacks, Latins and women; and WHEREAS, the long term goal of the Consent Decree requires that the City labor force be approximately 85% blacks, Latins and women; and WHEREAS, the City, in recent months has been the location of great civil unrest and turbulence subjecting its citizenry and its Police and Fire Departments personnel to great bodily risk and harm; and WHEREAS, in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its citizenry and uniformed personnel, the City Commission determines it necessary to increase the visibility of minority and women personnel in the Police and Fire Departments; and WHEREAS, the civil unrest and turbulence has been centered in the City's Black community involving the City's Black citizenry; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding entered into by and between the City of Miami and the Justice Department dated July 15, 1977, the City Manager is given primary responsi- bility to direct actions of all officers and employees under his jurisdiction to assure compliance with the Consent Decree; and WHEREAS, the City Manager recommends the actions being taken by adoption of this Ordinance; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. Anything in this Code to the contrary notwith- standing the following provisions shall apply: (a) The minimum goal of 56% blacks, Latins and women for each entry level position of police officer, public service aide and firefighter, is hereby declared insufficient to meet -2- 9140 or the long term goals set out in the Consent Decree; (b) The minimum goals for those entry level positions set out in Section l(a) above Are hereby established as 80%; (c) In the Fire and Police Departments, special emphasis shall hereby be given to recruitment and appointments of blacks; (d) It is understood that the minimum goals set out herein are an objective of the recruitment and selection proce- dure, subject to the qualifications of available applicants, and subject to Civil Service procedures. Section 2. If any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared 'invalid, the remaining provisions of this ordinance shall not be affected. Section 3. All ordinances, code sections, or parts of ordinances, insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, are hereby repealed. Section 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall become effective on August 25, , 1980. Section 5. The requirement of reading this ordinance on two separate days is hereby dispensed with by a vote of not less than four -fifths of the members of the Commission. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of July, 1980. Maurice A. Ferre M A Y 0 R EST: ze , RAL H G. ONGIE, CITY CL K PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: v RONALD J. COHEN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: - 3- 9140 MIAMI 019V1IEW AND DAILY RECOND Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday ando` Legal Holidays Miami, Dade County, Florida. STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF DADE Before the undersigned authority personally ap- peared Becky Caskey, who on oath says that she Is fhe Assistant Director of Legal Advertising of the Miami Review and Daily Record, a daffy (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami in Dade County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a Legal Advertisement or Notice in the matter of CITY OF MIAMI Re: Ordinance 9140 in the X. X.. X_. ... .. Court, was published in said newspaper in the issues of July 30, 1980 Alfiant further says that the said Miami Review and Daily Record is a newspaper published at Miami, In said Dade County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Dade County, Florida, each day (except Saturday, Sun- day and Legal Holidays) and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office In Miami, in said Dade County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corpora- tion any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the saidppwspaoer. `"S rit�t n�'syb cf 10 before me i 3 da f m tt,�rKy eyre oatfri ISEALda . at Large MyCommiss e4u16. 2-- y CITY OF MIAMI, DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA LEGAL NOTICS "t. A All interested will take notice that on the 24th day of July 1980, the City Commission of Miami, Florida passed and adopted the following titled ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 9140 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AS A HIRING OBJEC- TIVE THE APPOINTMENT OF BLACKS, LATINS AND WOMEN TO THE POSITIONS OF POLICE OFFICER, PUBLIC SERVICE AIDE AND FIREFIGHTER IN THE NUMERICAL AMOUNT OF 80% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER x: OF PERSONS APPOINTED TO SAID POSITIONS; CONTAIN- ING A REPEALER PROVISION; A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR. FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, RALPH ONGIE nn CITY CLERK CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA Publication of this Notice on the 30 day of July 1"0 7/30 MB"73046