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Pittsburgh commission moves to amend staff survey, plans HR review and listserv distribution
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Summary
The Gender Equity Commission voted to approve substantive amendments to its staff survey and agreed to share the revised draft with Human Resources before distributing it via a Microsoft 365 group; the transcript records the motion and second but does not include a roll-call tally.
The City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission on April 2 said it has amended the staff survey to convert free-text demographic questions into range/scale items for easier comparison and analysis and plans to circulate the updated version after an HR review.
The commission’s chair said the updates reflect topics discussed at last month’s meeting and that “we made these substantive changes,” requiring a second formal vote because the survey had been approved previously in February. A commission member (speaker 5) moved to approve the survey as amended and another member (speaker 3) seconded; the transcript records the motion and second but does not capture a formal roll-call vote or tally.
Why this matters: The commission intends the revised survey to produce more comparable demographic data across city departments, which could inform future policy recommendations. Members also prioritized making distribution transparent to the public and commission members.
Members agreed to route the survey to Human Resources for review before wide distribution because some questions touch on personnel matters. The chair said IT cannot limit distribution to city email addresses and proposed creating a Microsoft 365 group (a listserv) so the survey message will be sent from genderequity@pittsburghpa.gov and members will be cc'd to see responses when recipients use "reply all." The chair said she will follow up with HR next week and expects the survey to be sent out in early April if the HR review is brief.
The commission declined to require a formal vote on small administrative edits to the departmental email language; members will have the weekend to review that language and send changes by email. Next steps: the chair will incorporate changes discussed at the meeting, circulate an updated draft with the meeting minutes, and confirm the process for HR review and listserv distribution.
