Explanation
The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with RAMA Consulting Group, Inc. for professional consulting services to assist in program planning, design and implementation in support of workforce and economic development including diversity training, small business outreach, business process management, policy development, stakeholder engagement and marketing communications. Specific deliverables during this project include development and execution of a training and communications marketing plan for both internal and external stakeholders; creation of communications collateral for outreach events, newsletter articles, written reports and social media; business process analysis of department workflow to facilitate the shift to Small Business Enterprise program; diversity training/development; and tasks assigned in support of the Mayor's Small Business Conference.
The Department of Public Utilities provides quality water, wastewater, and electricity services to over 1 million people in Central Ohio and is proud of its diverse employees who strive to deliver excellence in service to the citizens of Columbus, Ohio. DPU currently supports its employees with a diversity and inclusion effort that includes a department-wide committee, tasked with promoting, educating and measuring diversity and inclusion. Our economic development activities include small business development (contract compliance, outreach and training) as well as community economic benefit programs such as our Blue Print Green Workforce training initiative that includes readying our workforce and small businesses to be competitive in the emerging green infrastructure construction market created by the department’s Blue Print Columbus EPA-mandated sewer overflow consent decree program. DPU is the lead planner for the annual Mayor’s Small Business Conference. Additionally, the City of Columbus is initiating ...
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