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"Ordinance No. 575 On Human Rights and Job Discrimination" Page 7

Sec. 2-422. CITY CONTRACTS
The City of Des Moines and all of its contracting departments, divisions, boards, commissions, officials, agents and employees shall include in all public works contracts hereafter negotiated a provision obligating the public works contractor not to commit any of the unlawful employment practices set forth in Section 2-421, and shall require such contractor to include a similar provision in all sub-contracts.
Sec. 2-423. COMPLAINTS; INVESTIGATIONS; HEARINGS.
(a) A complaint charging that any person has engaged or is engaging in any unlawful employment practice may be made by the commission itself, by an aggrieved individual, or by an organization which has as one of its purposes the combating of discrimination or the promotion of equal employment opportunities. A complaint must be filed with the commission within sixty days after the alleged unlawful employment practice.
(b) The Commission shall make a prompt and full investigation of each complaint of an unlawful employment practice.
(c) If the Commission determines after investigation that probable cause exists for the allegations made in the complaint, it shall attempt to eliminate the unlawful employment practice charged in the complaint by means of conciliation and persuasion. The Commission shall not make public the details of any conciliation proceedings, but it may publish the terms of conciliation when a complaint has been satisfactorily adjusted without identification of the parties.
(d) In case of failure to eliminate the unlawful employment practice charged in the complaint by means of conciliation or persuasion, the commission shall hold a public hearing to determine whether or not an unlawful employment practice has been committed. The Commission shall serve upon the persons charged with having engaged in the unlawful employment practice, hereinafter referred to as the 
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Sec. 2-422. CITY CONTRACTS The City of Des Moines and all of its contracting departments, divisions, boards, commissions, officials, agents and employees shall include in all public works contracts hereafter negotiated a provision obligating the public works contractor not to commit any of the unlawful employment practices set forth in Section 2-421, and shall require such contractor to include a similar provision in all sub-contracts. Sec. 2-423. COMPLAINTS; INVESTIGATIONS; HEARINGS. (a) A complaint charging that any person has engaged or is engaging in any unlawful employment practice may be made by the commission itself, by an aggrieved individual, or by an organization which has as one of its purposes the combating of discrimination or the promotion of equal employment opportunities. A complaint must be filed with the commission within sixty days after the alleged unlawful employment practice. (b) The Commission shall make a prompt and full investigation of each complaint of an unlawful employment practice. (c) If the Commission determines after investigation that probable cause exists for the allegations made in the complaint, it shall attempt to eliminate the unlawful employment practice charged in the complaint by means of conciliation and persuasion. The Commission shall not make public the details of any conciliation proceedings, but it may publish the terms of conciliation when a complaint has been satisfactorily adjusted without identification of the parties. (d) In case of failure to eliminate the unlawful employment practice charged in the complaint by means of conciliation or persuasion, the commission shall hold a public hearing to determine whether or not an unlawful employment practice has been committed. The Commission shall serve upon the persons charged with having engaged in the unlawful employment practice, hereinafter referred to as the -7-