By james art 
By Zachery Schmidt | The associate of the central square
(Central Square) – Scottsdale Municipal Council voted last week to terminate its programs for diversity, justice and inclusion.
Five of the seven council members approved Ordinance No. 4662, which imposes city staff, “rented, evaluated and raised on the basis of merit.” This Ordinance also suspends the funding of DEI system programming and moves employees related to DEI to different positions.
The diversity and inclusion of the city in Arizona was established in 1998. The city allocated $ 716 356 for the fiscal year’s office 2024-2025.
Mayor Lisa Borovski said during the hearing that the city had developed “extremely much”.
She said Day was “alive and well” and “highly valued” in the city.
“As your mayor, I am committed to complying with and implementing all federal and state laws, which are true the principles set out in our US constitution,” Borovski said.
In January, President Donald Trump signed an enforcement order that terminated DEI programs in the federal government.
The mayor said the future of Scottsdale, which she envisages, is the one where all her inhabitants can “dream big and achieve their goals.”
“Scotsdale will continue to prioritize the hiring of merit, reviews of results and promotions that reward individual skills, labor ethics and productivity,” the mayor said.
Borovski voted in support of this ordinance.
Another supporter of the ordinance, Council member Adam Kwabman, said during the hearing that DEI is pursuing a policy through a lens of categories of identity.
“It actively prevents diversity from a point of view,” Kidman said. “He uses equal opportunities in favor of the outcome of artificial capital. He excludes those whose beliefs differ from close Orthodoxy.”
Quasman said the ordinance complies with the law on Americans with disabilities and did not eliminate the Regulation on the Anti -Discrimination in the City.
On the other hand, council member Solang Whitehead, who opposed the ordinance, said it did not serve. Whitehead said Scottsdale has always been a “city for renting a merit.”
She said this ordinance would not change the city’s policies.
During the hearing of the City Council, many people spoke against this regulation. Fifty -one people registered to speak during the public comment on this regulation. Only two people spoke in favor of this.
As he spoke against the ordinance, former city manager of the city of Scotsdale Jan Dolan said the city hired only merit.
“There is no hiring based on quotas or diversity,” she said.
Don Logan, the former director of Scottsdale for diversity and dialogue, stood until Dolan when he spoke.
Logan also talks as opposed to the ordinance, saying that this is personal for him.
When he worked for the city, Logan almost died in 2004 after opening a package that had a pipe bomb in it. He suffered serious injuries during the attack, which requires multiple surgery and skin grafts, according to Azentral.
Dennis Mahon, who was found guilty of this crime, received 40 years in prison in 2012.
Logan recalled the events of what happened 21 years ago.
“Every day, I remind me what happened that day,” he said.