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County attorney proposes terminology updates to Human Rights Ordinance; staff to prepare formal ordinance amendment
Summary
Assistant County Attorney Nathan Peters briefed the board on proposed terminology and modernization edits to Johnson County’s Human Rights Ordinance and recommended moving the edits through the auditor’s office for formal consideration.
Nathan Peters, assistant county attorney, presented proposed updates to Johnson County’s Human Rights Ordinance intended to modernize terminology and clarify language.
Peters said the changes are primarily terminological and recommended the board work with the auditor’s office to place the proposed amendments on the formal meeting schedule for ordinance amendment and public hearing. He said the primary practical cost would be statutory publication costs associated with the formal meeting and notice process.
Supervisors asked procedural questions about readings and effective dates; Peters confirmed typical process steps would include public notice, a first consideration and follow-up meetings and that the ordinance would be recodified into the county code following formal adoption.
The board directed staff to coordinate with the auditor to prepare the ordinance for formal first consideration at the next available meeting.
