Explanation
The City of Columbus Equal Business Opportunity Commission Office will develop and implement the Responsible Contracting Outreach Project, an initiative to assist Columbus-based small business owners and minority, female, and veteran business entities (M/F/VBEs) in meeting and exceeding the standards established for responsible contracting in Ordinance 2813-2012. Council deems this an appropriate use of $50,000.00 in general fund monies from the Jobs Growth Fund.
Title
To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $50,000.00 from the Jobs Growth Fund to implement the Responsible Contracting Outreach Project; to authorize and direct the Executive Director of the Equal Business Opportunity Commission Office (EBOCO) to develop and implement the Responsible Contracting Outreach Project; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2813-2012 modernized city construction contracting code and will go into effect January 2014; and
WHEREAS, Through that Ordinance, this Council authorized and directed the Executive Director of the Equal Business Opportunity Commission Office (EBOCO) to develop and implement a Responsible Contracting Outreach Project to assist Columbus-based small business owners and M/F/VBEs in meeting and exceeding the standards established in new Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959; and
WHEREAS, This Council further authorized and directed that such Project should give specific attention to providing information regarding access to health insurance, retirement plans, licensing, bonding, and employee training; and
WHEREAS, To the extent practicable, the Project should also link such business entities with direct providers of the aforementioned services; and
WHEREAS, Recognizing the need to support these efforts, Council President Andrew J. Ginther set aside funding for the Project in the Jobs Growth Fund; and
WHEREAS, No later than August 1, 2013, and from time to time thereafter, the Executive Dire...
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