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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 M/W/DBE Program.
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WHEREAS, the then Board of Allegheny County Commissioners enacted an ordinance in 1981 creating 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, at the request of the Chief Executive and the County’s M/W/DBE Advisory Committee, the County’s Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (M/W/DBE) Department has conducted a review of the County M/W/DBE Program Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the County’s M/W/DBE Department, with the concurrence of the County’s M/W/DBE Advisory Committee, has recommended to the Chief Executive that the existing M/W/DBE Program Ordinance should be amended to improve operations of the County’s M/W/DBE Program; and
WHEREAS, the Chief Executive concurs in the recommendation of the County’s M/W/DBE Department that the County’s M/W/DBE Program will be improved by the substitution of an improved County M/W/DBE Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, County Council is of the considered opinion that substituting an improved M/W/DBE Program Ordinance as recommended by the County’s M/W/DBE Department 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.
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