8.
City Council Work Session
- Meeting Date:
- 02/28/2017
- From:
- Elizabeth A. Burke, City Clerk
TITLE
Discussion of "Ban the Box" - Fair Chance for Workers With Records.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Council direction
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
On January 17, 2017, Mayor Evans placed an item under Future Agenda Item Requests (F.A.I.R.) to determine if others were interested in placing an item on a future agenda to discuss the "Ban the Box" efforts taking place around the country, which provides a Fair Chance for workers with records. Several others members of the City Council were interested in placing this item on an agenda.
INFORMATION:
The attached Fact Sheet has been included to provide some basic background on the efforts nationwide and provides links to additional information for those wishing to research it further.