CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive an update on the City's diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
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DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
SUBMITTED BY: Geneace Williams, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The City's mission statement, "To provide services that ensure a high quality of life, sound fiscal management, and a dynamic business environment, while creating an inclusive community that values diversity," combined with the City's core values of People, Trust, Respect, and Pride, guide how we approach our work. Recognizing that DEI is about people and trust, our initial efforts focused on establishing relationships and understanding the community and the organization. The 2023 workplan is driven by community and organizational engagement and focuses on the following areas:
* Developing and increasing DEI awareness
* Investment in expanding DEI education
* Growing internal workforce recruitment, retention and engagement, including efforts to better reflect our community
* Engaging externally by partnering with individuals and community organizations for greater involvement in inclusion and belonging, and
* Beginning the process of evaluating City services
DISCUSSION:
City Council requested information on DEI efforts at a budget workshop. The attached document highlights DEI efforts completed in 2022, as well as the work planned for 2023. Staff will present at the City Council meeting to provide a progress report twice yearly (June and December).
Internal Organization Efforts:
As an organization, we support an environment where all employees feel that they belong and are respected and valued, no matter their age, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, religion, disability, income or background. Engaged employees perform better, remain in organizations longer, and experience less burnout. Moreover, inclusive organizational climates enable well-being, ...
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