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1 ORANGE C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 20, 1993 Action Agenda Item # V izI-D SUBJECT: Orange County Affirmative Action Plan DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Homes, Personnel Director Attachment 1 - Chart 1: Orange Extension 2550 County Work Force Compared to Recruitment Area TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Attachment 2 - Chart 2 : Orange Hillsborough - 732-8181 County Minority Work Force Durham - 688-7331 Compared to Recruitment Area Mebane - 227-2031 Attachment 3 - Chart 3: Orange Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 County Female Work Force Compared to Recruitment Area Attachment 4 - Chart 4: Placement Goals and Timetables Under separate cover: Draft Affirmative Action Plan dated April, 1993 PURPOSE: To present the draft updated Orange County Affirmative Action Plan for the Board's consideration. BACKGROUND: It is the policy of Orange County to foster, maintain and promote equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment. The County prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, political affiliation and Vietnam-Era or disabled veteran status, as provided in law. Beyond any requirement of law, the County is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and to promoting a work environment free from discrimination. The County's affirmative action program, as revised from time-to-time, reaffirms the County's commitment to equal opportunity in employment. The Plan is an effort to provide a written set of result-oriented procedures designed to promote equal employment opportunity. The major emphasis of the affirmative action plan is to continue to apply good faith