Alderman Harry Osterman
4 8TH WARD
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OMBUDSMAN DAY
WHEREAS, The City of Chicago is committed to fostering a community that promotes equity, fairness, respect, adherence to the law, and effective resolution of disputes within a richly diverse population; and
WHEREAS, Disagreements, conflicts, complaints, confusion, and questions will inevitably arise in any government; and
WHEREAS, The fair and effective resolution of such issues is in the best interest of both the citizens involved, and the City of Chicago as it fulfills its mission; and
WHEREAS, The City of Chicago acknowledges the numerous benefits of providing informal and confidential channels for addressing issues such as bullying, bias, discrimination, sexual harassment, legal disputes, employment concerns, interpersonal conflict, and unethical behavior; and
WHEREAS, An Ombudsman Office is an independent, informal, confidential, and impartial resource whose purpose is to assist ali members of the community with a broad range of questions, disputes, complaints, and concerns; and
WHEREAS, Ombudsman Offices have been established at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and at the Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, gathered here this thirteenth day of November 2019, recognize October 10, 2019 as Ombudsman Day in honor of the essential services provided by ombudsmen offices.
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