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<br /> <br />alleged unlawful discrimination. <br />(4) For complaints alleging an unlawful discriminatory employment practice within the jurisdiction of the City, the Director or other designated professional staff are <br />authorized to undertake further action as detailed in Sec. 2- 437.1.(b). <br />(5) For inquiries alleging an unlawful discriminatory employment practice that falls outside the jurisdiction of the City, the Director or other designated professional staff shall dismiss the inquiry as non-jurisdictional and inform the aggrieved individual of the option to file with an appropriate state or federal agency. <br />(6) If the City of Charlottesville is the named respondent in an inquiry of employment discrimination received by Office of Human Rights, the Director or other designated professional staff shall dismiss the inquiry as non-jurisdictional and inform the aggrieved individual of the option to file with an appropriate state or federal agency. <br />(7) If a current or former City of Charlottesville Human Rights Commissioner is a party to an inquiry of employment discrimination received by the Office of Human Rights, and the case is jurisdictional, the Director may attempt to resolve the complaint through alternative dispute resolution. If the complaint cannot be resolved through alternative dispute resolution, the Director shall administratively <br />close the case and inform the aggrieved individual of the option to file with an appropriate state or federal agency. <br />(8) Upon the filing of a complaint of discrimination, the Director shall serve notice of the complaint on the complainant and each respondent named therein. Said notice <br />shall be served in a timely manner specifying the allegation, citing the evidence <br />that supports further action, advising all parties of the time limits and choice of forums under this ordinance, and indicating the action to be taken. <br />(b) Further action <br />(1) Further action for employment discrimination complaints, as authorized by this <br />ordinance, may include informal dialogue, mediation, and/or investigation of the <br />complaint. <br />(2) It shall be the responsibility of the aggrieved individual to provide current and updated contact information to the Office of Human Rights from the date of filing through the completion of any further action. <br />(3) If, during the process of informal dialogue, mediation, or investigation, the <br />complainant does not respond to communication or requests for information from the Investigator for a period of thirty (30) calendar days, the Director shall serve written notice on the complainant that the case will be administratively closed if the complainant does not respond within thirty (30) calendar days of the date <br />written notice is issued. <br />(4) The complainant may, following the administrative closure of the case, re-file the complaint at a future date, provided that the complaint is filed within one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days of the alleged discriminatory event detailed in the original complaint. <br />(5) If, during the process of informal dialogue, mediation, or investigation, the <br />respondent does not respond to communication or requests for information from the Investigator for a period of thirty (30) calendar days, the Director may serve written notice on the respondent that the investigation may proceed without the