93-18 W.O. Resolution EEOC Compliance.pdf

93-18 March 27, 2018 RESOLUTION CERTIFYING COMPLIANCE WITH N.J.S.A. 40a:4-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L. 2017, C.183. WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-5, as amended by P.L. 2017, c. 183, requires the governing body of each municipality and county to certify that their local unit’s hiring practices comply with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s “Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964", as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., (April 25, 2012) before submitting its approved annual budget to the Division of Local Government Services in the New Jersey Department of Local Government Services in the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs; and; WHEREAS, the members of the governing body have familiarized themselves with the contents of the above-referenced enforcement guidance and with their local unit’s hiring practices as they pertain to the consideration of an individual’s criminal history, as evidenced by the group affidavit form of the governing body attached hereto; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT HEREBY IS RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, that it has complied with N.J.S.A. 40A:4-5, as amended by P.L. 2017, c. 183, by certifying that the local unit’s hiring practices comply with the above-referenced enforcement guidance and hereby directs the Clerk to cause to be maintained and available for inspection a certified copy of this resolution and the required affidavit to show evidence of said compliance. Karen J. Carnevale, R.M.C. Susan McCartney Municipal Clerk Council President Adopted: March 27, 2018