An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania setting forth a new Chapter 435 of the County Code of Ordinances in order to improve operations of the County’s MBE Program.
WHEREAS, the then Board of Allegheny County Commissioners established by ordinance in 1981 a County-wide Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program in order to eliminate impediments to and to increase the participation of minority and woman business enterprises (MBEs and WBEs) in the award of County contracts for supplies and services; and
WHEREAS, the County’s original MBE Program Ordinance, which is currently codified in Chapter 435 of the County Code of Ordinances, has only been amended twice since its enactment more than thirty years ago; and
WHEREAS, the County’s Department of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise has, at the request of the Chief Executive, conducted a review of the County MBE Program Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the County’s Department of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise has recommended that the existing MBE Program Ordinance should be amended to improve operations of the County’s MBE Program; and
WHEREAS, County Council is of the considered opinion that substituting an improved MBE Program Ordinance as recommended by the County’s Department of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and by the Chief Executive for the existing MBE Ordinance will improve and enhance the operations of the County’s MBE Program.
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
SECTION 1. Repeal of Existing Chapter 435 of the County Code of Ordinances and Replacement with a new Chapter 435.
Chapter 435 of the County’s Code of Ordinances is deleted in its entirety and the following is hereby substituted in its place:
Chapter 435. MINORITY, WOMEN AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
§ 435-1. Definitions.
As used in this Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterp...
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