Systemic Racism Review Committee

Ordinance 2023-20(b) An Ordinance Amending the Duties of the Systemic Racism Review Committee

The Committee is charged with the following: 

(1) Developing criteria to advise whether legislation, policies, or procedures likely include systemic racism implications. The Committee must present proposed review criteria to the Assembly before substantively reviewing policies, procedures, or legislation.
(2) Reviewing legislation, selected at the discretion of the Committee to advise whether the ordinance likely includes a systemic racism policy or implication.
(3) Reviewing current policies, selected at the discretion of the Committee, to advise whether the policies likely perpetuate systemic racism.
(4) Reviewing current procedures, selected at the discretion of the Committee, to advise whether the procedures likely perpetuate systemic racism.
(5) Presenting options for curing the potential or likely systemic racism or implications.
(6) Presenting the Committee’s analysis and conclusions timely to the Assembly in a short statement for each item of legislation.
(7) Meeting with the Assembly in a joint meeting at least once a calendar year.