Present were: Chairman Councillor Juan A. Gomez

Councillor Konstantina B. Lukes

Councillor Timothy P. Murray

Also: Director of Human Rights Shirley Wright

Commission Member Noberto Soto

Leonard Johnson, AAO, Worcester Police

Fred Gowan, AAO, Worcester Fire

City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk

1. Petition of Jennifer O’Kere et al request a monument or statue be erected and unveiled in the downtown Worcester Common in honor of Marshall “Major” Taylor by February 1999.

#7CC January 27, 1998

In Committee April 9, 1998 – Held

In Committee December 10, 1998 – Held

In Committee March 18, 1999 – Held

Recommend Hold

2. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to Firefighter Entrance Exam – 5-9-98 Statistics.

#14B CM July 28, 1998

In Committee December 10, 1998 – Held

In Committee March 18, 1999 – Held

Recommend File

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with a statistical report on the 2001 Firefighter Entrance Exam.

3. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to plans to provide training for the City’s Affirmative Action Officers.

#14B CM January 5, 1999

In Committee March 18, 1999 – Held

In Committee September 28, 1999 – Held

Recommend File

Chairman’s Order Request the City Manager report to the City Council how an Affirmative Action Officer is designated in city departments, that a formal training system for these officers be devised, procedures for formal training be established as a result of meetings between various Affirmative Action Officers of city departments, Department Heads and the Administration.

Chairman’s Order request the City Manager provide the City Council

Within thirty days a date certain for the training of the city’s

Affirmative Action Officers.

4. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to Human Rights Commission Public Hearings Report 1999.

#14A CM September 28, 1999

In Committee April 3, 2000 – Held

In Committee May 2, 2000 - Held

In Committee October 2, 2000 – Held

Recommend File

5. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to Administrative Response to Human Rights Commission Report.

#30B CM March 14, 2000

In Committee April 3, 2000 - Held

In Committee May 2, 2000 - Held

In Committee October 2, 2000 - Held

Recommend File

6. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to Quarterly Report from the Human Rights Commission.

#15A CM October 17, 2000

Recommend File

7. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to Census 2000 Neighborhood Data Released To Date.

#18A CM April 24, 2001