Earlier this year, Governor Bill Lee signed the ‘Dismantling DEI Departments Act’ and ‘Dismantling DEI in Employment Act’, respectively. The city asked legal counsel to research these new laws and were informed that they do not allow the city government to legally maintain ECE.
The city’s Department of Community Development will absorb staff from community health, engagement, safety and gun violence prevention under a new ordinance passed Tuesday by the City Council on first reading.
The city staff re-organization also includes dissolving the Department of Equity and Community Engagement (ECE) and moving staff over to the Office of Constituent Services…