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Description
The Committee reviewed Ordinance 24.101.20 that increases the requirement that Contractors throughout the project strive to increase to 25% utilization of Minority and Women Labor hours.
B
B
Tonight
I
have
committee
members
present.
I
have
a
council
member
johnson,
also
a
council
member
flynn.
Here,
oh
no
councilmember,
conte
myself
as
committee
members
who
are
present
also
we
have
miss
andrea
richard,
for
who
is
the
compliance
coordinator
from
the
office
of
equal
employment
opportunity.
B
C
D
I'll
be
brief,
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here
today.
I
want
to
thank
the
staff.
When
we
looked
at
this,
we
looked
at
two
parts.
The
one
part
is
the
seven
point,
five
percent,
which
is
the
total
amount
of
dollars
going
to
contracts
of
for
women
in
minority
owned
business,
and
then
the
second
part
was
the
17.8
percent,
which
is
the
amount
of
labor.
D
D
So
I
am
glad
that
we've
got
a
good
team
who
looked
into
this
our
city,
you
know,
I'm
sorry.
Apparently
our
city
has
had
good
numbers,
so
this
is
if
this
is
a
reachable
goal,
it's
not
going
to
play
a
situation
where
we're
going
to
find
too
many
vendors
looking
to
request
vendors
request
waivers
from
this
provision,
and
that's
that's
why
we
we
we're
at
this
number.
We
want
it
to
be
a
a
a
goal
that
is
achievable.
D
We
want
it
to
be
a
goal
that
gets
achieved
and
then
we
can
look
at
make
it
even
you
know
greater
once
we
get
to
that
number
outside
of
that.
I
also
think
it's
important
as
our
demographics
is
changing
in
our
city.
I
think
it's
important
that
when
people
see
who's
working
on
these
contracts,
they
see
people
that
look
like
them,
that
they
see
an
opportunity
or
an
or
a
opening.
D
As
you
know,
maybe
they
can
get
an
a
position
in
these
companies,
and
it's
just
it
just
to
me
just
makes
sense
and
I'm
glad
we
have
a
strong
support
for
it,
and
I
know
that
there
was
a
request
for
an
amendment
to
have
it
start
january.
1St
2021,
as
long
as
the
other
prime
sponsors,
are
okay
with
that,
I'm
okay
with
having
that
start
january,
1st
2021.,
it's
not
that
far
away
and
if
it
makes
it
the
a
smoother
process
to
be
able
to
administrate.
E
B
F
You
know
it's
an
aggregate
figure,
so
there
there
were
some
contracts
that
were
below
that,
but
the
majority
did
achieve
it.
So
I
think
it's
a
great
idea
to
raise
the
goal.
I
recommended
in
my
annual
report
that
we
raised
the
subcontractor
participation
goal
because
that
one
was
really
handily
met.
You
know
we
were
really
surpassing
that
quite
a
bit,
so
that
was
the
one
that
I
specifically
mentioned
in
what
else
I
don't
know?
Yes,
I'm
in
favor
of
the
the
start
date
of
january
1st.
F
I
I
think
that
would
be
better
than
just
having
it
effective
immediately
gives
us
time
to.
You
know,
adjust
our
paperwork
and
to
notify
the
contractors.
That
would
be
affected,
and
so
I
think
it's
better
to
be
able
to
say
you
know
there's
this
date
in
the
future,
where
this
changes,
rather
than
just
it's
already
changed,.
G
F
G
Add
to
andrea's
notes,
just
in
terms
of
implementation,
that
there
are
many
multi-year
contracts
that
are
already
in
progress,
especially
some
of
the
big
public
works
projects
and
they
would,
in
their
contract,
is
written
the
old
goal.
So
we
would
make
this
effective
for
any
new
incoming
contract
or
any
adjustments
to
contract,
and
then
there
was
the
internal
policy.
So
this
is
about
the
labor
participation,
but
that
internal
policy,
where
we
had
a
7.5
participation
goal.
We
are
increasing
that
internal
goal
as
well
to
15
effective
january
first.
B
And
do
forgive
me,
anne
marie.
I
forgot
to
recognize
you,
the
deputy
of
administrative
services.
Thank
you.
No
problem,
okay,
so
I
do
have
just
a
point
of
clarification
for
individuals
who
may
not
know
the
difference.
Difference
between
the
mwbe
policy
are
the
and
then
the
mw
labor
laborization
utilization
plan.
So
can
you
just
kind
of
give
the
difference
between
the
two.
F
Sure
so
the
mwbe
goal,
the
one
that's
currently
7.5
percent
that
has
to
do
with
subcontractors
on
these
projects.
So
currently
the
the
7.5
of
the
total
value
of
a
construction
project
needs
to
be
paid
out
to
mwbe,
minority
or
women-owned
businesses
for
subcontracts,
whereas
the
labor
goal
has
to
do
with
the
percentage
of
labor
hours
worked
on
these
projects.
F
You
know
so
again,
so
it's
currently
17.8
percent
of
the
total
labor
hours
worked
on
the
project.
You
know
it
needs
to
be
worked
by
minority
or
women
labor
now
all
of
the
subcontractors,
their
labor
force,
goes
into
those
numbers
as
well.
So
it's
not
just
the
prime
contractor,
but
it's
you
know
everyone.
That's
working
on
the
project.
B
F
So
they
they
need
to
submit
a
waiver
request.
You
know
they
need
to
show
explain.
You
know
in
detail
the
reasons
why
they
didn't
meet
the
goal
and
they
need
to
show
their
efforts
to
meet
it.
You
know
again,
I
mean
for
the
most
part,
people
do
manage
to
meet
it
or
they
come
very
close.
So
I
I
imagine,
with
the
the
the
goal
increasing
there's
going
to
be
a
period
of
adjustment
where
there
will
be
more.
You
know,
waiver
requests
submitted.
F
That's
my
that's
my
guess,
but
you
know
I
think
it's.
I
think
it's
right
to
raise
the
goal
and
just
always
be
working
towards.
You
know
better
participation
levels.
So
I
mean
I
sort
of
anticipate
having
you
know
having
more
waiver
requests,
but
you
know
they're
not
granted
lightly,
and
you
know
I
do
monitor
all
along
throughout
the
course
of
the
work.
So
I
have
lots
of
opportunities
to
say
to
the
contractors.
F
You
know
it
looks
like
you're
falling
short,
you
know
what
can
be
done
to
remedy
the
situation
and
and
if
there
is
a
contractor
who
who
does
come
up
short
in
the
end.
In
the
final
analysis,
when
the
project
is
completed,
you
know,
if
they,
if
they're
awarded
a
bid
in
the
future,
then
I
bring
that
up
with
them.
You
know
that
the
last
time
they
did
work
for
the
city.
They
fell
short
of
this
goal
so
that
that's
basically
the
procedure.
H
H
F
Correct
yeah,
it
depends
on
the
funding
source,
for
example,
a
lot
of
water
department
projects
have
efc
funding
environmental
facilities
corp,
and
it
depends.
You
know,
the
goals
are
there's
more
of
a
range
of
goals,
but
the
mwb
eagles
for
efc-funded
projects
are
anywhere
from
20
percent
to
30
percent
somewhere
in
there,
usually
more,
like
26.
F
In
terms
of
the
labor
goals
they
to
be
honest,
the
state
doesn't
follow
those
very
closely
they
ask
for
reporting,
but
they
don't
they
don't
monitor
it.
As
far
as
I
can
tell
they,
don't
they
don't
monitor
it
too
much.
So
I
really
you
know
when
it
comes
to
state-funded
projects.
You
know,
on
the
on
the
subcontractor
side,
I'm
really
working
to
get
our
contractors
to
adhere
to
the
requirements
of
the
state,
whereas
on
the
labor
side,
I'm
really
enforcing
the
city
goal.
H
D
D
Yeah,
so
I'm
very
excited
that
that's
getting
done
as
well,
because
that's
we're
addressing
both
issues:
the
contract
issue,
where
contracts
are
being
given
to
businesses,
but
also
we're
also
addressing
the
labor
issue,
where
the
people
who
are
working
on
the
projects.
Okay
and
the
the
efc
is
between
20
and
32
percent.
H
F
F
B
I
F
So,
to
my
knowledge,
I
I
don't
think
that
a
bidder
has
been
rejected
on
mwbe
grounds.
It's
more
a
question
for
corporation
council.
I
I
can't
be
certain
about
that.
Since
I've
been
in
this
position,
it
hasn't
happened
and
I
don't
think
that's
normally
how
it
goes.
I
think
they
just
normally
sort
of
get
pressured.
Essentially
by
me.
F
I
F
I
I
B
J
J
F
So
I
mean
that
you
know:
there's
a
range
you
know
so
some
there
are
some
small
projects
that
happen
within
the
city.
You
know
like
acda
projects
where
you
know
they're
at
a
hundred
percent
I
mean
everybody
that
works
for
the
company
is
minority
or
or
woman
labor.
So
you
know
there's
cases
like
that.
Then
there's
cases
where
you
know,
I
don't
know
what
it's
an
electrical
contractor
and
you
know
they
have
one
minority
employee
and
you
know
they.
F
F
B
F
B
C
Good
evening,
I
just
would
like
to
follow
up
on
councilwoman
love's
question
the
answer
she
said
it
made
sense
and-
and
I
just
would
like
to
for
her
to
expand
on
why
it
made
sense.
If,
if,
if
she
could
explain
her
answer
because
I
didn't
follow
it
like
councilwoman
loved
it,
so
could
she
explain
why
it
made
sense
to
delay
raising
the
the
increases.
F
Well,
I
think
that
you
know
17.8
percent
up
to
say
30,
you
know
it's
a
big
increase
and
you're
going
to
get
a
lot
of
non-compliance,
probably
initially,
because
this
labor
goal
has
to
do
with
basically
the
workforce
that
a
contractor
has
employed.
I
mean
you're,
basically
asking
them
to
you,
know
change.
You
know
the
people
that
they
have
hired
or
that
they're
putting
on
the
city
contracts.
You
know
it's
not
something
that
can
be
done
instantly.
I
don't
know
to
me
to
me.
F
F
F
Then
I
think
if
that
happens,
a
lot,
then
the
contractors
start
to
think.
Oh,
you
know
this
doesn't
really
matter.
You
know
you
just
file
a
waiver
request,
so
I
think
it's
better
to
have
a
goal
that
they
are
meeting
or
that
they're
it's
attainable
to
them
very
soon.
You
know
if
they
make
some
adjustments
to
their
workforce
and
then
increase
it
again.
You
know
down
the
line
a
little
bit
I
just
for
me.
F
I
would
rather
see
that
than
have
a
lot
of
contractors
applying
for
waivers
and
there's
not
too
much.
You
know
for
me
to
do
other
than
to
just
grant
them
the
waiver
if
they
have
good
reasons,
because
you
know
they're
they're
on
the
job,
they're
doing
the
work
and
there's
a
lot
of
other
players
involved.
You
know
mwbe,
isn't
the
only
consideration
so
yeah
so
does
that
make
sense?
I
don't
know.
F
C
And
I
guess
the
reason
why
I
I'm
getting:
that
is
because
our
workforce
is
supposed
to
be
developed
continuously
through
the.
What
is
it
down
on
green
street,
the
wade
center
and
it's
supposed
to
be
creating
community
residents
that
could
apply
for
these
jobs
and
that
hasn't
been
happen
happening
for
years.
C
And
maybe
I
think,
if
we
put
pressure
on
the
the
contractors
to
to
be
able
to
meet
those
goals,
they
would
you
know
things
will
be
taken
a
little
bit
more
serious
and,
and
you
know
we
can
have
changes
and,
and
our
community
members
can
start
seeing
community
members
participating
in
these
jobs
and
not
people
coming
from
outside
of
their
community
continuously
getting
those
jobs.
So.
F
C
F
I
would
be
happy
to
connect
certain
individuals,
you
know
say
from
the
wage
center
with
the
contractors.
I
I
don't
know
the
legality
of
this.
Maybe
it's
a
question
for
law,
but
I
mean
I
would
be
happy
to
try
to
make
those
connections
so
that
maybe
they
stand
a
better
chance
of
getting
hired
by
contractors
for
the
city.
Maybe
something
like
that
could
could
be
arranged.
D
Yes,
I
just
want
to
echo
some
of
the
statements
have
already
been
made
when,
when
we
started
this
process
the
question
that
was
asked
it
was
can't
we
make
it
so
that
contractors
have
to
hire
more
people
from
the
city.
That
was
the
original
question,
and
what
corporate
council
explained
was
that
that's
against
the
law
that
you
can't
do
that?
That's
that's
not
how
you
can
write
up
rfps,
that's
not
how
you
can
write
up
bids
so
once
we
found
that
was
something
that
we
couldn't
do.
D
Then
we
looked
at
what
other
options
do
we
have
to
do
exactly
what
council
member
johnson
is
speaking
about
to
put
more
pressure
so
that
more
of
these
contracts
are
going
to
individuals
that
are
hiring
people?
You
know
that
look
more
like
the
city's
population
and
hopefully
are
also
living
in
the
city.
You
know,
I'm
a
big
believer
in
trying
to
you
know,
keep
us
maximize
as
much
of
your
resources
as
you
have
to
bring
it
and
to
keep
it
local
as
best
as
possible.
D
I
think
this
is
a
really
good
policy,
because
we
get
two
in
one.
We
get
the
7.5
going
up
to
15,
which
is
a
100
increase
in
in
in
that
number,
which
again
I
applaud
the
administration.
I
applaud
your
office
for
moving
forward
in
that
direction
and
I
thank
you
for
doing
that
and
we
also
get
roughly
a
little
less
than
30
increase
in
the
workforce
numbers
as
well.
So
it's
it's
significant.
It
puts
more
pressure
on
on
those
contractors.
A
Thank
you.
I
just
have
a
quick
question
about
the
waiver
process.
So
is
there
andrea?
Is
there
a
certain
set
of
guidelines
or
standards
that
you
follow
in
granting
those
waivers,
for
example,
I'm
sitting
here
and
I'm
thinking?
Okay,
if
it's
a
if
it's
a
one
to
two
man
shop
right
and
they
might
not
meet
the
requirement?
A
That
could
be
something
I
could.
I
could
you
know,
think
about
being
acceptable,
but
outside
of
like
some
of
those
standard
reasons
about
like
workforce
potentially
having
like
not
as
many
people,
I
can't
really
conjure
why
people
wouldn't
meet
the
requirement
because
we
do
have
such
a
diverse
population
here
in
albany.
So
I'm
just
wondering
if
there's
any
like
standard
standard
guidelines,
you
follow
to
grant
those
waivers
or
what
what
goes
into
that
process.
F
Well,
I
mean
yeah,
I
mean
they
really
they
the
waiver
process
is,
you
know
they
fill
out
a
form
and
then
they
submit
a
letter
of
explanation,
and
so
you
know
basically
it's
a
situation
where
you
know
I
try
to
get
that.
Looking
as
complete
as
possible.
You
know
I
ask
them
questions
and
I
hope
that
they,
you
know,
will
submit
something
as
detailed
as
as
I'd
like
you
know,
but
in
reality
you
know
they're
not
actually
going
to
lose
the
contract
over
it.
F
I
mean
you
know,
I
don't
want
to
say
that
to
them.
You
know
necessarily
I
mean
I,
but
so
the
fact
is
that
you
know
it's
all.
Just
it's
it's
pressure.
It's
like
it's
bringing
attention
to
the
issue
and
letting
them
know
that
you
know.
Other
people
see
the
statistics.
You
know
I
bring
up
the
common
council,
you
know,
for
example,
when
I'm
talking
to
contractors-
and
I
tell
them
that
you
know
I
report
to
the
common
council
and
you.
C
F
G
I
was
also
gonna
mention
that
we
can
remove
them
from
our
approved
mwbe
contractors
list
if
they
consistently
don't
meet
the
standards
and
I'm
not
gonna.
I
don't
know
everything
about
it,
but
I
believe
andrea.
You
have
removed
contractors
before
for
repeatedly
not
meeting
goals
and
taking
them
off
the
list.
So
there
is
that
mechanism
too.
G
C
F
Is
that
you
know
they
didn't
get?
You
know
they're,
not
getting
applicants.
You
know
that
that
they
can
hire.
You
know,
you
know,
that's
basically
what
they
say.
They
say
they're,
they
say
they're,
looking
they're
trying
to
diversify
their
workforce,
but
they
you
know
or
they
say
well,
we
we
have.
You
know
some
diversity
in
our
workforce,
but
those
people
are
currently
on
another
job.
You
know
so
you
know
they
have.
They
have
reasons,
but
I'm
not
gonna
say
that
you
know.
I
F
I
could
easily
find
that
you
know
that
there's
a
but,
but
so,
but
what
we're
talking
about
when
we
talk
about
the
labor
is
not
actually
the
certified
mwbes.
It's
it's
any
contractor
that
that
has
that
is
doing
a
project
for
the
city,
so
some
are
mwbes
and
some
aren't
the
ones
that
are
mwbes
they're.
They
usually
have
subcontracts
they're,
not
the
prime,
and
they
also
usually
have
more
minority
and
women
labor.