(a) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 16.9-28, the following definitions apply: “Commission” means a board, commission, or other body listed in Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Section 3.1-103(a)(1).
“Commissioner” means a member of a Commission.
“Department” means the Department of Human Resources.
“Department Head” means an individual holding a position listed in Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Section 3.1-103(b)(1).
“Implicit Bias Training” means a training prepared and administered by the Department, designed to make Department Heads and Commissioners aware of their unconscious biases and prejudices based on race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local law.
“Secretary” means the City employee responsible for handling administrative and clerical matters for a Commission.
(b) Training Requirement.
(1) Completion of Training.
(A) Department Heads and Commissioners who assumed office on or before the effective date of the ordinance in Board File No. 181188 establishing this Section
16.9-28 shall complete Implicit Bias Training by no later than December 31, 2019. Except as provided in subsection (b)(2), Department Heads and Commissioners who assume office after the effective date of the ordinance referenced above shall complete Implicit Bias Training within 60 days of assuming office.
(B) Department Heads shall satisfy the training requirement in this subsection (b) by completing the in-person training provided under subsection (c)(2). Commissioners shall satisfy the training requirement in this subsection (b) either by completing the online training provided under subsection (c)(1) or by completing the in-person training provided under subsection (c)(2).
(2) Exception. Any Department Head or Commissioner who completes Implicit Bias Training as required under subsection (b)(1) and thereafter is reappointed, reelected, or assumes office on another Commission or in another City department within five years of completing Implicit Bias Training shall not be required to complete Implicit Bias Training again.
(c) Department Responsibilities.
(1) The Department shall prepare and administer an online Implicit Bias Training program for Commissioners.
(2) The Department shall also prepare and provide in-person Implicit Bias Training to Department Heads, and to Commissioners upon their request.
(3) The Department shall provide a certificate of completion to each Department Head or Commissioner who has completed Implicit Bias Training. The Department shall retain these certificates and make them available to the public upon request.
(4) Beginning January 15, 2020, the Department shall post on its website the name of each Department Head and Commissioner who has completed Implicit Bias Training. The Department shall update the list at least once each month.
(1) After completing Implicit Bias Training, each Commissioner shall provide a copy of the certificate referenced in subsection (c)(3) to the Secretary for the Commission on which the Commissioner serves.
(2) Beginning January 15, 2020, the Secretary of each Commission shall post on the Commission’s website a statement identifying those Commissioners who have completed Implicit Bias Training and those Commissioners who have not completed Implicit Bias Training. For each Commissioner who has completed Implicit Bias Training, the list shall include the date of the training, and for each Commissioner who has not completed Implicit Bias Training, the list shall include the date by which this Section
16.9-28 requires the Commissioner to complete the training.
(3) Beginning January 15, 2020, each City department shall post on its website a statement reporting whether the Department Head for that department has completed Implicit Bias Training. If the Department Head has completed Implicit Bias Training, the website shall include the date of the training, and if the Department Head has not completed Implicit Bias Training, the website shall include the date by which this Section
16.9-28 requires the Department Head to complete the training.
(Added by Ord. , File No. 181188, App. 4/19/2019, Eff. 5/20/2019)
