06-05-2025
Sioux City City Council votes on changes to DEI policies
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandates and how they could impact Sioux City funding was a hot topic at the city council meeting Monday night.
The city council was presented three resolutions to alter current city language bringing it into compliance with a federal directive.
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After discussion on public comment, council members voted 3-2 in favor of staff recommendations. Those included the following:
Reclassifying the position of diversity and inclusion coordinator to human resources specialist
Dissolving the inclusive Sioux City Advisory Committee
Rescinding an inclusive language notice for the city
The city said a week before that they were looking at the possible steps to comply with the federal DEI mandates. It came as the directive from the U.S. DOT required anyone who receives grants from the department to 'discontinue programs or polices that rely on classifications prohibited under federal law, including certain diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.'
There will be more of this story tonight at 10 p.m.
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