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Mounds View City Council October 23, 2000 Regular Meeting Page 6 the curbstop to the main. For the first hearing and reading of this he believes it is fine but would like to see what resident input is on the matter at the public hearing. Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. Council Member Marty was not present for the vote. B. Consideration of Revised 2000 Affirmative Action Plan Assistant to the Administrator Reed told Council that at the September 11, 2000 meeting of the City Council the City’s Affirmative Action plan was approved for submission to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. The Department of Human Rights has reviewed the plan and has requested some changes. Most of the changes suggested were minor. The Human Rights Department did recommend the City complete a Weighted Small Company Availability Analysis rather than the regular Small Company Availability Analysis that was submitted in September. The regular Small Company Availability Analysis indicated the City is underutilizing women by 13 and people of color by three. The State expressed serious reluctance to certify an organization as small as Mounds View that is underutilizing women to such a high degree. In an effort to more accurately reflect the City’s underutilization of women and people of color Ms. Reed conducted a Weighted Small Company Availability Analysis which calculates the number of women and people of color the City should employ given the size of each of the job groups and availability for each job group. The Weighted Small Company Availability Analysis (p.18) shows the City is underutilizing women by six and people of color by one. Mayor Coughlin inquired as to whether there were any other analyses that could be used other than the one recommended by the Department of Human Rights. Assistant to the Administrator Reed indicated she spoke to the City Administrator regarding using the Weighted Small Company Availability Analysis because when you get the packet from the state with instructions for the process the Weighted Small Company Availability Analysis is not an option the State gives to the City. This is something the State knows about and accepts but does not provide information on. She also indicated there are other analyses like this one cities can use. She indicated the City has looked at three different analyses so far and the one presented is the fourth analysis. Mayor Coughlin noted the City would not be required to hire right away to correct the underutilization of people in the noted people groups but aspire to reflect diversity in hiring in the future. Assistant to the Administrator Reed indicated the City may be required to expand recruiting efforts to use forms of media used by women and people of color to draw a more diversified candidate pool.