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� 1 <br /> Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Action Agenda Item Abstract <br /> Meeting Date: September 16, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item <br /> Subject: 1997 Orange County Affirmative Action Plan <br /> Department: Personnel Public Hearing: Yes__X_No <br /> Attachment(s): Information Contact: <br /> Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director <br /> Attachment 1 - Orange County Work Force Extension 2550 <br /> Compared To Recruitment Area <br /> Attachment 2 - Orange County Minority Work Force Telephone Numbers: <br /> Compared to Recruitment Area Hillsborough: 732-8181 <br /> Attachment 3 - Orange County Female Work Force Durham: 688-7331 <br /> Compared to Recruitment Area Mebane: 277-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill: 967-2951/968-4501 <br /> Under separate cover: <br /> Draft Affirmative Action Plan dated August 1997 <br /> Purpose: To present the draft updated 1997 Orange County Affirmative Action <br /> Plan for the Board's consideration and to report on the completed <br /> Affirmative Action Plan period. <br /> Background: Overview <br /> In April 1995 the Board of Commissioners adopted the Orange County <br /> Affirmative Action plan covering the period November 1, 1994 <br /> through October 31, 1996. That Affirmative Action Plan has been <br /> updated as of August 1997. The updated plan covers the period <br /> November 1, 1996 through October 31, 1998. <br /> The County's affirmative action program reaffirms the County's <br /> commitment to equal opportunity in employment. The Plan provides a <br /> written set of result-oriented procedures designed to promote equal <br /> employment opportunity. The major emphasis of the plan is to <br /> continue to apply good faith efforts to seek out,employ,train and <br /> promote minorities and women within and into the County's work <br /> force. <br />