[As a senior citizen member on the Cultural Inclusion and Diversity Committee (CIDC) I am proud to announce the following action by the Village of Hanover Park IL
Dennis Haffron]
ORDINANCE 0-23-09
VILLAGE OF HANOVER PARK WELCOMING ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the residents of the Village of Hanover Park represent a diverse community of color, immigrants, and refugees and their census is growing. The US Census estimates that 32% of the Village's residents are foreign-born and 66% are of color; and
WHEREAS, the Village in serving the public is uniquely positioned to address unconscious bias, first by recognizing and acknowledging bias, and secondly by working to reduce bias, both externally and within the government unit itself; and
WHEREAS, conscious proactive efforts to knowingly address unconscious bias should result in advancing harmony by strengthening the relationship between and among all departments, elected officials, and boards and commissions of the Village of Hanover Park and their interaction with members of our diverse community, thereby improving the Village's delivery of municipal service and creating a positive outlook for Village residents; and
WHEREAS, the Village recognizes the need to eliminate any objectively unreasonable disparities based on race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status, English language proficiency, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, socio-economic status, source of income, geographic location of residence, familial status, disability, neurodiversity, age, and other relevant factors; and
WHEREAS, the Corporate Authorities of the Village of Hanover Park recognize our collective responsibility to advance community diversity, equity, and inclusion; and
WHEREAS, achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion requires the intentional examination of policies, procedures, and practices that, even if they have the appearance of fairness, may nonetheless marginalize individuals or groups, and perpetuate disparities or injustices; and
WHEREAS, achieving equity also requires commitment and collaboration, clear and transparent communication that serve as the primary structures for managing how resources are allocated and how public services are provided; and
WHEREAS, the Village will reasonably search for and identify, when found, disparities within the Village of Hanover Park and shall reasonably work to implement policies and practices to address the findings with the goal and intent to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion; and
WHEREAS, diversity, equity and inclusion will be key priorities both internally within the organization, and externally within the community at large, which priorities shall elicit participation with partners in government, private businesses entities, vendors, organizations, academia and community members; and
WHEREAS, in recognizing the Village's diversity, on April 3, 2008, the Corporate Authorities established Section 2-551 of Chapter 2 of the Municipal Code to create the Cultural Inclusion and Diversity Committee whose mission is "... to foster and promote understanding, mutual respect, cooperation, and positive relations between and among all residents of the Village and to create a sense of shared community among residents and to affirm the value of each resident"; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance originated with a recommendation from the Cultural Inclusion & Diversity Committee; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Hanover Park, a home rule municipality, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1: That diversity, equity, and inclusion will be incorporated into Village strategic goals and budgetary planning; incorporating those findings in an equity and inclusion report to the corporate authorities; and all departments, elected officials, and appointed committee and commission members will be required to complete cultural competency training. Progress shall be provided as part of the regularly scheduled Strategic Planning updates. The Village of Hanover Park will commit to the intentional examination of policies, procedures, and practices that, even if they have the appearance of fairness, may nonetheless marginalize individuals or groups, and perpetuate disparities or injustices; and
SECTION 2: That the Village of Hanover Park will uphold the Illinois Trust Act, Keep Illinois Families Together Act, Voices (Voices of Immigrant Communities Empowering Survivors) Act, Private Detention Facility Moratorium Act, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order (60) 13166, Americans with Disabilities Act, Older Americans Act, Anti-Registry Program Act, Illinois Way Forward Act and other state and federal laws applicable to the Village.
SECTION 3: That the Village Clerk be and is hereby directed to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner and form required by law.
ADOPTED this 2nd day of February 2023, pursuant to a roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Bankole, Prigge, Hussaini, Gutierrez, Porter, Kemper
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTENTION: None
Approved: Rodney S Craig, Village President
ATTESTED, filed in my office, and published in pamphlet form this 2nd day of February 2023. Katy Merrill
This is the full ordinance on the Village site:
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