The Committee directed staff to return on July 11, 2006 with a report providing the |
following information: 1) A list that includes all positions that are and are not considered |
“Public Contact Positions” (PCPs) according to the 50% public contact requirement; 2) |
the City Administrator's plan to prioritize bi-lingual hiring; and 3) how job descriptions |
can be written to encourage bi-lingual applicants. The Committee also directed staff to |
use the updated statistics from the 2000 census to set the new goals for equal access |
and to provide the Administrative Instruction (AI) that established the current PCP |
threshold. The Committee further directed that staff should return in September with a |
report addressing the following recommendations: 1) Establishment of a Language |
Access task force in the Summer of 2006 that includes service providers and community |
based organizations to work on recommendations for implementing the ordinance. Staff |
will return to the Committee with a set of recommendations to increase the number of |
bi-lingual employees in PCPs; 2) recommendations on filling current vacant PCPs with |
as many bilingual employees as possible; and 3) a recommendation for departments to |
budget for language interpretation at official meetings and document translation in the |
Fiscal Year 2007-2009 budget. The Equal Access office should provide |
recommendations on appropriate funding amounts. |