Allegheny County Council - File #: 2602-06

• File #: 2602-06
• Version: 1
• Name: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Part 2, Article 203 of the Administrative Code, by adding a new § 5-203.07 to provide for the explicit extension of the County's policies for participation by disadvantaged bu
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 6/6/2006
• In control: Special Committee on Government Reform
• Final action: 4/4/2007
• Title: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Part 2, Article 203 of the Administrative Code, by adding a new § 5-203.07 to provide for the explicit extension of the County's policies for participation by disadvantaged business enterprises to the County Authorities recognized in §5-203.01 of the Administrative Code.
• Sponsors: William Robinson, Jim Burn, Joan Cleary, Michael Finnerty, Rich Fitzgerald, Bob Macey, Dave Fawcett, Brenda Frazier

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/9/2007	1	Chief Executive	Signed by Chief Executive
4/4/2007	1	County Council	Passed for Chief Executive Signature	Pass
3/21/2007	1	Special Committee on Government Reform	Released from the Committee
6/6/2006	1	County Council	Referred

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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Part 2, Article 203 of the Administrative Code, by adding a new § 5-203.07 to provide for the explicit extension of the County's policies for participation by disadvantaged business enterprises to the County Authorities recognized in §5-203.01 of the Administrative Code.

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WHEREAS, Allegheny County has historically had policies in place, as required by § 5-911.03 of the Administrative Code, to provide equal opportunity for all persons and businesses, and to ensure participation in contracts awarded by the County for disadvantaged business enterprises; and

WHEREAS, County Council recognizes that this longstanding policy of equal access to contracting opportunities applies to and must be an integral part of every County agency's contracting practice; and

WHEREAS, the Administrative Code specifically recognizes eleven authorities as created singularly or jointly by Allegheny County for the performance of important governmental functions; and

WHEREAS, the Administrative Code makes no specific reference to these authorities' policies for ensuring the contracting opportunities for minority-owned, women-owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises, as defined by the Department of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises;

The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:

SECTION 1.

Article 203 of the Administrative Code is amended by adding a new §203.07 as follows:

§ 5-203.07. Policies and Objectives for Participation by Disadvantaged business Enterprises.
A. Each County Authority recognized in §5-203.01 of this Article shall develop policies to ensure the participation of minority-owned, women-owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises, as defined by the Department of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, in the contracting process, provided that:
1. The policy or policies developed by ...