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Committee debates equal-opportunity wording, asks compliance director to draft language
Summary
Committee members read a proposed "Equal opportunity" charter section and asked interim compliance director Dr. Yolanda Jackson and counsel to review wording and procurement interactions; some members urged removing enumerated categories while others urged keeping explicit nondiscrimination language.
Members of the Augusta charter committee read and discussed a rewritten Equal Opportunity section and asked the county’s interim compliance director to draft and return suggested language.
Unidentified Speaker (label 11) read the draft: "The commission shall forward equal opportunities for employment and promotion to all persons and businesses regardless of race, religion, and gender or…
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