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<br />~ <br />DISTRICT <br />~~ <br /> <br />Inside ImyeriaI Irrigation District <br /> <br /> <br />::: ~\c~~(e C:~f:::~:_. :l:: G~?:~"'.~~ ;;\.l.:i=.Bl~ <br /> <br />Representing our communi~- <br /> <br />Tr~s "~:eeK is ~2:ion2.1 Public Po\\-er \\-~ eek (October 1- 7) \,,~her: '.\"e re:nir:c 0;";':- <br />;:~stoffie=-s :hat \';e a:-e ~e:-e to se:-\:e a..Y1d represent you. Ou:- phi~osophy a: :he <br />Imperial Irrigation Dist:1CI is c=at we are a public po\ver utility; a community <br />orga...TJ.:zatiOI,- opera:ed by and for the people or Imperial a.,d Coac::ella valleys <br />,,,-ho a:e our eieC1rlC C:lstomers. <br /> <br />One ....'.-a)" \Ve !epresen~ all; custo:ners is through ou:- affirmative action progra111 to <br />e:lsu:-e eqllal opponu.nity lE all b.riI!g and pro:notion decisions at the District. <br />EmpioY!Le:;.~ ne:-e is based on obtai:1ing the best quaE5ed applicant \.'>ithout regan~ <br />to race, color, c:-eed, religion, national origin, sex, age 0:- disability. \Ve make <br />ever:.r e:ic;:: to reach and maintain a fair minority ra:io it: ~he various job catego- <br /> <br />:1es. <br /> <br />The Disu-ic: sr...-i\."es to inc:-ease the numbe: 0: e:nployees \\ith minority eL~jc <br />backgrouncs a.TJ.d, \vhere qualified, to ensure u~eir upward mobility into an levels <br />or District job classifications. \Ve do this through recruitment, training and tuition <br />reiInbursement orOQIarns which have helped ou: employees. including minorities. <br />..I. __ .... '" - _ . <br /> <br />rise L.ToU!!h the ra.TJ.ks :0 iobs of increasing resDonsibilit.... <br />_ J _.... '" <br /> <br />The District has ~een ili-:usuaIly successful in these efforts. Of our total of 1,:' 97 <br />Dismc! err:ployees, 717, or 59_9 percent, are rn.i."1ori!y employees. In 1972, only <br />21.8 pe:-ce~I, or 209 ora ~otai 959 Dis:..""ict eIT.ployees, were from illi..:.oriry oack- <br />grolliJ.ds. Ou: or 18 new hires in t.,e Erst six mont..,s oft.lUs year, 14, or 77.8 <br />pe!~e~l~ of u1.e :1e"~. empioyees \\~ere :ninorilies~ <br /> <br />A..:.,ou:"e:- goal ,ve set \",-as to increase the number of rr..inorities filling me 300 <br />llighest paying positions a! me District. In. this category 48.6 percent of those <br />Dosi.ions are held bv minorities. However- in the nrst six months of this vear. 18 <br />... -' ; ~ - <br /> <br />employees entered L.,e 300 lIigb.est paying positions. Of those 18 employees, 11 <br />are minorities. This is a ..-especlable 57.9 percent. <br /> <br />~mce : 972 :he District nas made significam strides. We \'\ill continue to make i <br />good faith efforts to rire and promote minorities at the Imperial Irrigation District. <br />As 'we at:emp~ to meet ell of our affirmative action goals, we are ultimately at- <br />teffipti:1g to bener se!\.'e you, t"e customers of ocr iocaEy-owned public utility <br />\.\i!h a 1..\-orK:orce :hat is t:Ul}. represent2.Iive of~ and :herefore Se:lSili've :0, the <br /> <br />;teeds of O:.l!" ~m:i;; of ~orrIUTuri:ies. <br /> <br />LV. Press <br />Sunday & \lon:iay, Oc:ober 1 & 2_ ! 995 <br />3 cniumn x 9.75 inches <br />