Lansdowne HRC to develop mediation procedures, seek PHRC training

The Lansdowne Human Relations Commission voted through its agenda May 26 and advanced plans to create a formal mediation intake and referral process to guide how complaints are handled. The meeting minutes state the objective: "Medation – objective is to create a process to assess complaints and whether the LHRC can mediate a situation, and if not then kick it up to PHRC." The commission directed staff to pursue training from the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission to support that work.

Commission members discussed documenting the "why" for mediation decisions so the body can explain when it has authority or bandwidth to mediate and when to refer cases to the PHRC. SCS explicitly suggested noting the rationale for mediation versus referral and acknowledged bandwidth could be a legitimate reason not to mediate. The commission did not adopt a finalized procedure at the meeting; members assigned follow-up (Moxi will contact Tamara and Darlene about setting a date for PHRC mediation training).