Bellevue Council will consider an amendment to the borough's personnel code that will incorporate the non-discrimination criteria already in effect in the Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh's hiring policies.

The change proposed by council member Mark Panichella will add ancestry, sexual orientation and color to the list of characteristics that will not be used to discriminate in the hiring and treatment of employees.

Panichella also proposed changing the word "sex" to "gender" in the personnel code.

A public hearing on the amendment will be held at 6:45 p.m., prior to the pre-council meeting, on July 13.