Submitted By
Cara Pavlicek, Village Manager
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
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An Ordinance Amending Chapter 13 ("Human Rights") of the Oak Park Village Code by Adding a new Article 7 ("Welcoming Village")
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Overview
Overview
The Village Board is being asked to discuss the addition of a new section in the Village's Human Rights Ordinance which would establish by Village Code, how each Village department, division, commission, committee, board, and body established by authority of an ordinance, or Village Board resolution should treat immigrant community members with respect and dignity. Per the Village Board direction, the Village Attorney has drafted the attached draft ordinance which is supported by local community groups who are in support of this action.
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Staff Recommendation
At the last Regular Meeting of January 16, 2017, the Village Board asked staff to conduct further research on this proposed ordinance and meet with local community groups to draft an ordinance for adoption at the next meeting.
Fiscal Impact
The addition of language in the Village Code to establish Oak Park as a Welcoming Village and it is not intended to change the current use of Village resources or create expenses for the Village. Staff has reviewed federal dollars received or pending by the Village of Oak Park which include Community Development Block Grant funding, Emergency Solutions Grants and indirect grants received for capital projects such as streets. While it is the position of the Village and other units of local city government that the Federal Government may not legally restrict Oak Park from receiving these funds upon adoption of the Welcoming Village ordinance, should federal direct and indirect funding be lost, the Village would not be in a position to replace funding with other sources of local revenue and therefore, we would defer certain capital expenditures and we would not be able to award CDBG and ESG funds to local service providers until...
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