R-593-75 RESOLUTION NO. 593
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A POSITIVE
POLICY FOR HIRING THE ABLE/DISABLED,
FOR ESTABLISHING AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ON THE DISABLED, AND FOR APPOINTMENT
OF MEMBERS THERETO
WHEREAS, many handicapped but capable citizens of Florida
have a need for gainful employment; and
WHEREAS, many of these disabled persons often find the
road to gainful employment inaccessible, blocked by indifference,
ignorance, architectural barriers, and on occasion even prejudice;
and
WHEREAS, the skills, knowledge, and abilities of the handi-
capped frequently are not used and are lost to the Florida economy,
causing thousands of such persons to remain unwillingly idle and
unemployed and dependent on society; and
WHEREAS, the able/disabled hired on the right job have
demonstrated enviable work habits and production records which
strengthen the economy and reduce the social cost of government;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE,
with concern for the conservation and productive use of its human
resources, and with conviction that the abilities of its impaired
citizens can and should be employed to the advantage and profit of
the community as well as to the fulfillment of the disabled
individuals themselves, that it shall be the policy and purpose of
the Village of Miami Shores to:
Hire the abilities of handicapped people at all levels
of employment because it is just and advantageous to do so.
Insure opportunity for impaired people to qualify,
prove themselves, succeed, and advance on the job.
Require only those physical standards demanded by the
duties of the job itself.
Employ administrative flexibility in all aspects of this
human relations program, including the adaptation of duties, job
sites, and procedures, so that our purpose will be characterized
by positive action and achieved with good will.
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To implement this policy the Village Manager shall
annually, during National Employ the Handicapped Week, bring this
policy to the attention of all departments. In addition, he shall
require a reporting system to aid the effective administration of
this policy.
Further, firm administrative and personnel policies,
practices, and procedures shall be established to reinforce this
policy and insure that fair, reasonable, and continuing consider-
ation be given to achieving our purpose to hire the handicapped
and set an example for other employers in the community.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby established
a Miami Shores Advisory Committee on the Disabled. It shall be the
duty of the Advisory Committee to work in close cooperation with
Dade' s Employ the Handicapped Committee and Metro' s Office of
Community Activities for the Disabled to provide guidance, insight,
experience, and expertise on such interests of the handicapped as
architectural accessibility, employment of the able/disabled,
recreation, and such other matters as may seem pertinent and appro-
priate.
The following named persons are hereby appointed as members
of said Advisory Committee, to-wit:
Jack Albaugh Paul Date
Dan Fitzgerald Delbert Noel
Colleen Fix
Joyce Kauders
Clarke Ketzle
Mike Khoury
L. J. Morgan
John J. Reinecke
Ed Soucy
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day- of December, 1975.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
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