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I' MINUTES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 29, 1966 Members of the Human R e l a tions C o mmittee met at City Hall on Thursday, September 29, 19 66 , at ll:00 a. m. with the following members present: Aldennan Rodne y C o ok Alderman R i chard Freeman Mr. Charl e s H a rt Alderman Charles L e ftwich Vice Mayor Sam M a s sell, Jr., Acting Chairman Alderman Everett Millican Mrs. Eliza Paschall Mr. Bennie T. Smith Rev. Samuel W. Williams Also present were: Mr. Dan E. Sweat Director of Governmental Liaison Mr. Jim Pilch e r City Attorney's Office The meeting was call e d to order by Mr. Mas sell and the first order of busine ss was the election of officers for the Committee. Upon motions duly made, seconded and passed, the following officers were elected: Mr. Sam Mas s e ll, Jr., Chairman R e v. Samuel W . Williams, Vice Chairman The C ommitte e th e n revi e we d th e draft or d inanc e for the establis h m e nt of a human r e lati ons commission and the following actions we r e take n: S e c t i on 1: Up on motion duly m a d e, s e con d e d a n d p asse d , it was ag r ee d the commi ssi on s ho uld b e c a lle d t h e Community R e l ati ons Commi s sion. U pon m oti on d uly ma d e, s e con ded a nd p assed, it wa s agreed t h a t seven (7) member s of the tot al o f twenty (2 0) members sh oul d c onstitute a quorum rather than ten (10) memb er s as call e d for i n th e draft. It was agreed that the p h ra s e " membership shall include representation of all segments of the City " be included in this section. �_ _- , Page Two Section 2· Approved as submitted. Section 3: Approved as submitted. Section 4: Upon motion duly made, secon ded and unanimously passed, sub-section (d) was amended to read as follows: 11 To investigate, discourage and seek to prevent discriminatory practices against any individual because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry. 11 Section 5: The first sentence was amended to read as follows: 11 The cormnission shall, with the approval of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, employ an exe cutive director, and the Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall fix his compensation. 11 The last sentence was amended to read as follows: 11 He may, with the Mayor I s approval and within the limits of the budget of the commission, employ such staff as he needs, and the e xecutive director shall fix the compe nsation o f s uch staff s ubject to the approval of the P e rsonne l B o ard of the City of Atlanta. 11 S e ction 6: Approved as submitte d. S ect i on 7: Approved a s s ubm itte d. Section 8: The first sentence was services of all other departme n ts available to the commission upon to the e x t ent o f the p e r s on n e l t hat ame nded to read as follows: 11 The of the City of Atlanta shall be made its r e que st f or such servic e s subje c t the y h ave . 11 T he second sent en c e was amende d t o rea d as fo llows : 11 Information i n th e poss e ssion of any department, board, or a ge ncy of the City of Atlanta shall b e f u rnishe d to t h e commi ssion u pon its r e quest , a nd to t he extent p ermitted by law a nd based on the abili ty of the depa rtment, b oard o r agenc y to provid e s u c h i n formation . 11 Section 9: This section was amended to read as follows: "The Mayor is aut horize d t o a llo cate ade quate offic e space an d to p r o v i de the necessary facilities in the City Hall for s aid c ommi s s ion if t he offi ce space and facilities are avai labl e or to secu re space as c o nveni ent to the City Hall as possible. 11 Section 10: Approved as submitted. �Page Three S ection 11: Approved as submitted. Upon motion duly made, seconded and passed, it was agreed to add a separate section (Section 12) to the ordinance to provide subpoena power for investigative purposes. The wording of this section will be left to the City Attorney 1 s Office. There being no further discussion on this matter, it was agreed that the ordinance, as amended, be subn1itted to the Board of Aldermen at their regular meeting on Monday, Octob er 3. In order for this commission to be a charter commission, it will be necessary for the ordinance to be approv:ed by the Board of Aldermen three times. Si-l-b°'" ; nu 4--o The Resolution establishing the Human Relations Committee called for the Committee to submit recommendations concerning membership of the C ommission. Mr. Mas sell appointed the following committee to submit such recommendations to the Human Relations Committee for consideration: Mrs. Eliza Paschall, Chairman Alderman Rodney Cook Mr. Bennie T. Smith Mrs. Dorothy B. Thompson Rev. Samuel W. Williams C oncerning the matter of the budget of the Commission, Alderman Millican suggested this not be set until the permanent Commission is appointed so that it can consider the budgetary requirements. Alderman Leftwich and Alderman Millican were appointed as a committee of two to bring the matter to the attention of the Comptroller and the Finance C ommittee of the Board of Aldermen that at a future date a request for funds for this Commission will be forthcoming. In r evi ewin g the minutes of the pr e vious meeting, it was noted that Alde r men Cook, Fre e man and Millican and Mr. B ennie Smith should' be added to the list of m embers present. It was asked that the minutes b e c o rrec t ed to include these names. Mr. Hart inquired if this committee could make recommendations to the department heads and, if so, suggested the Boar d of Edu cati on be asked to work with Economic Opportunity Atlanta, I nc. to establish a program to �Page Four keep the school libraries open in the evenings. This was discussed but it was felt this could be 1nore effectively handled under the direction of the permanent Commission. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be scheduled after Mrs. Paschall's committee completes its recommendations. �