File #: 2022-0354    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/27/2022 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 12/13/2022
Enactment date: 12/22/2022 Enactment #: 19558
Title: AN ORDINANCE adopting the King County 2022-2025 Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Plan.
Sponsors: Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Indexes: Affirmative Action, Employment, King County
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19558, 2. A. 2022-2025 Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Plan, dated December 2022, 3. A. 2022-2025 Equal Employment Opportunity - Affirmative Action Plan September 8, 2022, 4. 2022-0354 transmittal letter, 5. 2022-0354 Fiscal Note, 6. 2022-0354 Legislative Review Form, 7. 2022-0354 AMD1, 8. 2022-0354 Plan with revised appendix, 9. 2022-0354_SR_ EEO-AA-Plan, 10. 2022-0354_RevisedSR_ EEO-AA-Plan
Related files: 2022-RPT0126
Staff: Micklow, Andy

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AN ORDINANCE adopting the King County 2022-2025 Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Plan.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

1.  The Office of Federal Contract Compliance, in accordance with Title 41 C.F.R. 60, requires federal grant recipients to develop and implement an affirmative action plan.

2.  RCW 49.60.400 prohibits preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin, but allows public employers to establish affirmative action plans to maintain eligibility under federal grant requirements.

3.  King County is a federal grant recipient and receives grants directly from federal government agencies and indirectly through state and local agencies.

4.  To ensure equal opportunity for all persons, in accordance with K.C.C. 3.12.180.C., all county departments must establish and maintain an effective equal employment opportunity affirmative action plan.

5.  The King County 2022-2025 Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Plan has been drafted to comply with the county's federal grant requirements and to comply with K.C.C. 3.12.180.C.

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  The King County 2022-2025 Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Plan , Attachment A to this ordinance, is hereby adopted.