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imply~a diminution of oppOrtunity for other appli- cants.) 5. Layoff, recall and termination procedures should not, in practice, favor particular reli- gious groupings. (Each signatory to the MacBride Principles must make reasonable good faith efforts to ensure that layoff, recall and termination procedures do penalize a particular religious group disproportionately. Layoff and termination practices 'that involve seniority solely can result in discrimination against a particular religious group if the bulk of employees with greatest seniority are disproportionately drawn from anoth- er religious group.) 6. The abolition of job reservations, apprentice- ship. restrictions and differential employment criteria which discriminate on the basis of reli- gion or ethnic origin. (Signatories to the Mac- Bride Principles must make reasonable good faith efforts to abolish all differential employment criteria whose effect is discrimination on the basis of religion. For example, job reservations and apprenticeship regulations that favor rela- tives of current or former employees can, in practice, promote religious discrimination if the company's work force has historically been dispro- portionately drawn from another religious group.) 7. The development of training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current minority employees for skilled jobs, .including the expan- sion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade and improve the skills of minority employees. (This does not imply that such programs should not be open to all members of the work force equally.) 8. The establishment of procedures to assess, identify and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancement. (This section does not imply that such procedures should not apply to all employees equally.) 9. Thelappointment of a senior management staff member to oversee the company's affirmative action efforts and the setting up of timetables to carry out affirmative action principles. (In addition to the above, the signatory to the MacBride Prin- ciples is required to report annually to an inde- pendent monitoring agency on its progress in the implementation of these Principles.) WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has long-recognized the principles of fair and equal employment opportunities, and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has a tradition of using public monies for public purposes and in ways that are consistent with public policy objectives, and in a manner that promotes public welfare, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and for the usual daily operation of a municipal depart- ment as numerous contracts may be let in the weeks immediately fol- lowing passage by Council; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: