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City staff: diversity training to roll out citywide via PowerDMS in third quarter
Summary
Assistant City Manager Aaron Sorrell told the commission the HR director plans to roll out mandatory diversity training in Q3 through the city’s PowerDMS platform as an online requirement for all employees; commissioners added the item to Old Business for follow-up.
Assistant City Manager Aaron Sorrell told the Culture and Diversity Citizen Action Commission on June 4 that the city’s HR director plans to roll out diversity training in the third quarter using the city’s internal training platform, PowerDMS.
Sorrell said the training will be online and is intended to be required for all city employees. The update followed a procedural motion earlier in the meeting: Commissioner Stephens moved to add Diversity Training to Old Business and Commissioner Knight seconded that motion; the item subsequently appeared in the commission’s Pending Business for further discussion.
Why it matters: a citywide, mandatory training program would set consistent expectations across municipal staff and is directly related to the commission’s charge to advise on inclusion and diversity efforts. The commission will monitor rollout timing and how staff plan to communicate completion requirements to employees.
Next steps: the commission placed the item on Old Business for follow-up and expects staff to report progress on HR’s implementation timeline at subsequent meetings.
