Butler City Council is expected to vote on a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance at their meeting in October.
The ordinance that will be up for vote is the same one that failed to pass council in 2011, with minor updates made by Parents, Friends, and Family of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).
It reads: “To ensure that all persons regardless of actual or perceived race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, age, mental or physical disability, use of guide or support animals and/or mechanical aids, enjoy the full benefits of citizenship and are afforded equal opportunities for employment, housing and the use of public accommodations, and to have equal access to post-secondary educational institutions, it is necessary that appropriate legislation be enacted.”
“I don’t have a problem next month putting it on the table and us going for the vote,” Councilwoman Kathy Kline said at Thursday night’s city council meeting.
Councilwoman Kline committed to placing the ordinance on next month’s budget in response to four people who addressed council with the request that a vote be held.
Kline said she delayed her motion to vote on the ordinance by a month to give new Councilmember Kenny Bonus time to get up to speed.
“I had contemplated on having the motion put on the table this month (September); however, the reason that I did not is that because as you know, we have a new councilperson and I thought it only fair that we give him adequate time to do whatever research or ask questions that he needed to,” she said.
Kline also said that she would be open to considering a resolution as proposed recently by opponents of the ordinance or a revised version of the ordinance if it does not pass in October.
Written By: Ryan Saeler
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