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1 Orange County Board of Commissioners Action Agenda Item Abstract Meeting Date: November 16, 1999 Action Agenda .Item No. _ R-j~ Subject: 1999 Orange, County Affirmative Action Plan Department: Personnel Public Hearing: Yes No X Budget Amendment Needed: Yes No Attachment(s): Information Contact: Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director Orange County Work Force Extension 2550 Compared To Recruitment Area Telephone Numbers: Under separate cover: Hillsborough: 732-8181 Draft Affirmative Action Plan Durham: 688-7331 dated October 1999 Mebane: 277-2031 Chapel Hill: 967-2951/968-450 Purpose: To present the updated 1999 Orange County Affirmative Action Plan for the Board's consideration and to report on the completed Affirmative Action Plan period. Background: Overview Every two years the County reviews and updates its Affirmative Action Plan. In August 1997 the Board of Commissioners adopted the Orange County Affirmative Action plan covering the period .November 1, 1996 through October 31, 1998. That Affirmative Action Plan has been updated. The updated plan covers the period November 1, 1998 through October 31, 2000.. The County's affirmative action program. reafFirms the County's`commitment to equal opportunity in employment. The Plan provides a written set of result-oriented procedures designed to promote equal employment opportunity. The emphasis of the plan is to continue to apply good faith efforts to seek out, employ, train and promote minorities and women within and into the County's work force:., Plan Description In accordance with federal guidelines; the Affirmative Action Plan includes a Narrative Statement and Utiiization Analysis. Among other things, the narrative portion of the updated plan sets out the County's equal employment opportunity policy and commitment; assigns specific responsibilities