This chapter shall be known as the "Galloway Equal Opportunity Ordinance."
The Affirmative Action Office is hereby retitled the "Equal Opportunity Office," and the Equal Opportunity Officer shall continue to perform the duties of the established Affirmative Action Officer, with an appropriate budget for those duties and for a variety of community interests and responsibilities hereinafter described in §
37-4 hereof. The Equal Opportunity Officer shall monitor the performance of township offices in the implementation of §
37-4.
The Equal Opportunity Office shall be notified of all employment and
appointment vacancies, requests for bids, and solicitations for goods and
services as well as construction by the township municipal government, with
the intent of its involvement in the entire process including the final appointment,
award or determination. Notification to the Equal Opportunity Officer shall
be in concert with communication and feedback with all departments and/or
functioning bodies of the township involved in the process.
It shall be the township's policy to encourage businesses which are
newly developing or less established, including those owned by women and other
minorities to submit quotes, proposals or bids for the township's construction
projects. Sufficient information regarding substance and process shall be
provided early enough before submission deadlines so as to enable such businesses
to compete on an equal basis. No set-asides are to be employed in awards,
but the township seeks to reach a goal of 15% participation by such businesses.
It shall be the township's policy to encourage vendors who are newly
developing or less established, including those owned by women and other minorities,
to submit quotes, proposals or bids for township goods, services or supplies.
Sufficient information regarding substance and process shall be provided early
enough before submission deadlines so as to enable such vendors to compete
on an equal basis. No set-asides are to be employed in awards of bids, but
the township seeks to reach a goal of 15% participation in the aggregate annual
dollar total of such township purchases.
No quotas shall be employed in the township's hiring or promotional
practices, but underrepresented residents of the township shall be given equal
consideration with respect to employing municipal paid staff and appointments
to positions, boards and committees by Township Council and management. Such
underrepresented residents shall be actively recruited by the Equal Opportunity
Office.
Except for the provisions of §
37-3 hereof, the present Equal Employment and Economic Opportunity Ordinance shall remain in effect until action pursuant to §
37-4 hereof has been completed.