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From YouTube: Committee on Commerce and Economic Development 5-22-2018
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The Committee on Commerce & Economic Development of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 to hear testimony on the following item:
180133 An Ordinance amending Chapter 17-104 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Prerequisites to the Execution of City Contracts," by requiring contractors seeking to do business with the City to disclose certain demographic information regarding individuals serving as board members and executive officers; all under certain terms and conditions.
Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
Chair: Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. (4th District)
Vice Chair: Councilwoman Cherelle Parker (9th District)
A
This
is
a
hearing
being
fault
of
winner:
it's
a
public
hearing
on
City,
Council's
Committee
on
Commerce
and
economic
development.
The
purpose
of
this
public
hearing
is
to
hear
testimony
on
bill
number
one:
eight
zero
one.
Three
three
I
recognize
the
presence
of
a
quorum
with
Councilman
Heenan,
Councilwoman,
Reynolds
Brown
and
author
Parker
Berger.
B
Number
one:
eight
zero
one:
three
three:
an
ordinance
amending
chapter,
17
104
of
the
Philadelphia
Code,
entitled
prerequisites
to
the
execution
of
city
contracts
by
requiring
contractors
seeking
to
do
business
with
the
city
to
disclose
certain
demographic
information
regarding
individuals
serving
as
board
members
and
executive
officers,
all
under
certain
terms
and
conditions.
Thank.
A
C
C
Let
me
begin
first
by
saying
that
I
will
continue
to
be
an
unapologetic
advocate
for
a
platform
that
gives
women
and
minorities
a
seat,
literally
at
the
executive
table
on
February
22nd
2018
I
introduced
legislation
that
will
require
contractors
seeking
to
do
business
with
the
city
to
disclose
the
number
of
minorities
serving
on
their
boards
and
executive
team.
This
legislation
is
an
extension
of
the
women
on
boards
bill
that
I
introduced
and
successfully
passed
five
years
ago
in
2013.
C
Under
this
proposed
legislation,
bid
conditions,
request
for
proposals
and
all
others
specifications
for
contracts.
Those
seeking
to
do
business
with
the
city
must
a
disclose
the
current
percentage
of
minority
executive
officers
in
that
company,
the
company's
aspirational
goals,
the
inclusion
of
minorities
and
executive
positions
and
on
the
executive
and
full
boards,
and
the
intended
efforts
by
the
contractor
to
achieve
those
aspirational
goals.
The
significance
of
bill
number
one
eight
zero
one.
C
C
2014
5
boards,
where
that
percentage
drops
to
under
50%
of
boards
still
today,
women
of
color
make
up
less
than
one
percent
of
women
on
corporate
boards
in
closing
goals
are
vital
to
this
process,
but
they
only
represent
the
beginning,
simply
focusing
on
hiring
minorities.
Black
and
brown
people
and
women
is
simply
not
enough.
When
you
take
a
close
look
at
the
definition
of
diversity
and
inclusion,
you
cannot
have
one
without
the
other.
C
Other
diversity
must
be
present
not
only
in
the
workplace
but
clearly
apparent
on
the
boards
of
directors
and
in
executive
offices,
when
companies
bring
women
and
people
of
color
to
the
table
for
major
decisions.
Research
tells
us
that
the
conversation,
changes
and
research
suggests
further
that
companies
have
better
outcomes
different,
but
equally,
equally
valuable
issues
rise
to
the
surface
bottom
line.
Board.
Diversity
must
become
imperative
to
businesses
and
should
become
an
expectation
of
city
government.
Thank
you
again
to
my
staff,
chairman
Jones
members
of
the
administration
and
those
who
believe
that
diversity
and
inclusion
matters.
A
You
Councilwoman,
you've
long
been
a
proponent
of
breaking
glass
ceilings
and
holding
all
entities,
whether
public
or
private,
that
do
business
with
the
city
of
Philadelphia
accountable.
So
we
thank
you
for
your
consistency
and
laser
beam
focus.
To
quote
you
on
this
issue.
Miss
Williams.
Can
you
are
there
any
other
comments
from
members
of
the
committee?
Seeing
none
can
we
have
the
panel
to
testify
Yvonne.
A
D
The
purpose
of
Ohio's
review
is
to
share
data
pertaining
to
the
percentage
of
women
on
executive
boards
and
executive
staff,
as
well
as
the
percentage
of
contractors
was
with
aspirational
goals
to
increase
the
representation
of
women
on
boards
and
executive
staff.
A
summarization
of
the
data
is
shared
in
Ohio's
annual
report.
Oh
EO
supports
chapter
seventeen
1:04
of
the
Philadelphia
Code
to
expand
contractors,
disclosure
obligation
to
include
minorities
as
identified
in
Section
17,
one
six,
zero
eight
of
the
code.
D
Rose
leadership
believes
that
this
bill
will
help
to
increase
transparency
and
accountability
and
will
ultimately
make
the
Office
of
Economic
Opportunity
were
effective
both
in
terms
of
data
collection
as
well
as
oversight.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have
at
this
time.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
E
Three
three
will
amend
the
requirements
of
section
17
104
of
the
philadelphia
code
to
require
bidders
to
disclose
the
number
of
women
and
minorities
serving
as
board
members
and
executive
staff.
Presently,
bidders
seeking
to
respond
to
bids
issued
by
the
procurement
department
must
disclose
the
number
of
women
serving
as
board
members
and
executive
staff.
This
information
is
collected
by
procurement
and
reported
out
by
the
Office
of
Economic
Opportunity.
The
new
requirement
proposed
by
bill
number
one
eight
zero.
One.
Three
three
would
expand
this
disclosure
requirement
to
include
minorities
serving
in
these
roles.
E
The
procurement
department
can
implement
the
new
requirement
as
part
of
the
current
disclosure
form
submitted
by
bidders
and
supports
the
new
requirements
set
forth
by
bill
number
one:
eight:
zero
one:
three
three:
this
concludes
my
testimony.
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
from
the
committee.
Thank.
C
Willman
Brown,
yes
good
afternoon
administration,
you
say
that
presently,
bidders
seeking
to
respond
to
this
issue
by
the
procurement
department
must
disclose
a
number
of
women
serving
on
boards
and
in
the
executive
staff.
So
the
good
news
is
that
the
information
is
indeed
collected.
Who
is
watching
the
trend
of
those
businesses
that
are
doing
business
with
the
city
when
it
comes
to
this
particular
information?
Sure.
B
D
Findings
were
that
in
terms
of
Public
Works,
there
was
an
increase
in
the
number
of
women
on
boards
by
9%
for
public
works
between
16
and
17.
With
regard
to
service
equipment
and
supply.
There
was
a
2%
increase
on
women
on
boards
from
16
to
17,
and
what
category
did
you
say
that
was?
This
was
a
supply
service
and
equipment.
The
FY
16
was
42
percent
of
women
on
boards
for
FY
17.
It
was
44
percent.
Okay,.
C
C
E
A
In
another
life,
I've
dealt
with
the
minority
business
enterprise
counsel,
it
was
the
precursor
to
yo,
and
a
part
of
that
responsibility
was
certification
and
I
know
we
don't
directly
certify
anymore,
but
in
that
certification
process
there
was
a
a
standard
of
evaluation
called
ownership
and
then
control
ownership
was
defined
by
51%
or
more,
which
would
give
the
minority
and
or
female
classification,
and,
if
I
understand
this
legislation.
This
is
more
a
deeper
dive
into
the
composition
of
the
boards,
which
would
again
kind
of
ownership
and
control
would
still
apply
there.
A
D
C
E
So
currently
the
way
that
the
legislation
is
written,
there's
no
sort
of
ramification
for
not
submitting
the
the
form.
However,
you
know
it
does
impact
any
opportunity
that
we
put
out
as
as
best
value
or
you
know
another.
You
know
sort
of
opportunity
where
we
can
take
that
and
content
into
consideration.
I
can.
C
E
Essentially,
the
ability
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia
to
use
another
government
agency's
contract,
so
the
competitive
process
has
been
followed.
There's
really
four
criteria
that
you
know.
We
need
to
meet
one
that
there's
a
competitive
process
and
it's
followed
the
the
sort
of
legislation
under
that
entities.
C
C
E
C
E
E
If,
if
we
have
in
a
commodity
that
we're
looking
to
put
out
for
bid,
we
historically
have
low
competition
and
there's
another
government
contract.
That's
an
opportunity
for
the
city
to
look
at
a
cooperative
contract
and
say
you
know:
hey
here's,
here's
an
opportunity
for
us,
we've
historically
gotten
one
bitter
or
two
bidders.
So
we
would
look
at
that.
What's.
E
I
yeah
I
mean
I.
Think
that's
to
your
point.
There
there
there
are
disadvantages,
but
it's
also,
you
know
we
can.
We
can
bring
the
vendor
in
and
we
can
talk
with
them
and
say
this
is
our
priorities,
our
goals
and
we
would
like
you
to
you,
know,
increase
your
participation
or
explain
to
us
your
participation
on
your
contract
and
it's
more
of
a
dialogue.
E
C
E
C
E
C
C
E
C
C
C
D
With
regard
to
women
on
boards,
I
would
say
that,
in
terms
of
their
responsiveness
in
identifying
aspirations
they
are
responsive
and
the
trend
is
going
up
where
I
will
come
in
common
on
is
perhaps
when
asking
for
what
are
those
efforts
to
achieve
that
aspiration?
I
think
they
are
not
as
responsive
as
they
could
be.
Okay,.
C
D
B
E
C
C
C
E
A
E
E
A
E
A
E
A
C
I'm
the
envious
of
your
days
in
in
that
role,
councilman
because
had
I
come
here
with
that
kind
of
expert
tee's
we'd
be
years
light-years
down
down
the
road.
Can
you
also
provide
you
the
chair,
then,
and
I
quote
commodities
with
low
competition
that
list
so
that
we
can
see
what
that
looks
like
shortly
and
I
didn't
hear
you
answer
the
question
and
give
the
answer
to
the
question:
how
would
you
articulate
the
mayor's
long-term
goals
for
MBE
WP
activity
and
your
role
as
procurement?
Commissioner?
What
are
the
trends
as
you
see
them
so.
E
I
would
say
that
you
know,
as
procurement
Commissioner
I
have
adopted,
the
administration's
you
know
focus
on
you
know,
sort
of
minority
and
women-owned
contracts
and
subcontractors.
You
know.
We
believe
that
this
is
important,
that
you
know.
There's
there
are
opportunities
out
there
we're
working
hand
in
hand
with
OEO
we
meet
with
them
every
two
weeks.
C
E
A
E
C
B
B
C
E
E
E
E
This
goal,
and
in
this
focus-
and
you
know,
I'm
finding
contracts
not
often
but
I'm,
finding
contracts
that
have
participation
and
I'm
like
well.
Did
this
go
over
200
and
it
didn't
have
you
know:
I
had
best
and
good
faith
efforts,
but
I'm
finding.
No,
it
didn't
well
I'm
like
well,
it
needs
to
like
that's
part
of
your
responsibility,
and
so
you
know
that
that
does
happen,
and
so
you
know
really
teaching
and
training
people
about
what
their
responsibility
is
in
contracting.
Well,.
C
E
A
You
from
time
to
time
do
price
check,
reviews
for
requirement
contracts
that
you
may
have
had
four
consecutive
years
and
then
say:
are
we
still
getting
value
pricing
quantity,
quality
wise?
So
if
we
bought
salt
from
the
same
vendor
for
four
years,
is
there
a
time
where
you
check
the
marketplace
say:
oh,
the
Ukraine
is
offering
a
sale
on
salt.
Maybe
we
should
freshen
up
this
requirement
contract
and
we
review
it.
How?
How
does
that
process
work?
For
you
sure.
E
E
It
really
depends
on
you
know,
sort
of
what
what
the
commodity
is.
You
know
if
we
take
salt,
for
instance,
I
think
we
actually
have
three
contracts
for
salt,
because
you
know
guaranteed.
We
will
go
through
a
season
where
there's
gonna
be
a
limited
number
of
supply
limit
of
limited
supply,
and
so
we
need
you
know,
sort
of
three
contracts
and
are
they
all
the
same
price?
No
and
are
the
department's
gonna?
You
know,
use
the
one:
that's
the
cheapest!
E
A
One
of
the
things
that
purchasers
and
people
who
do
procurement
and
people
who
do
contracting
do
they
get
comfortable
with
a
vendor.
This
vendor
fills
out
the
appropriate
paperwork
in
a
timely
fashion.
I
don't
have
to
do
a
lot
of
work
to
monitor
them.
They
know
what
we
need.
They
deliver
one
time
and
there's
a
comfort
that
settles
in
and
that's
right
when
the
time
people
start
jacking
up
price,
so
that
constant
red
flag
review
is
something
that
we
would
look
forward
to
you're
doing
it
out.
B
Gonna
speak
about
my
inner
council
Tolbert.
It's
really
just
a
comment.
This
is
important.
I
make
a
little
bit
of
them.
You
know
you
Maurice
it
here
a
lot,
but
I
really
want
to
thank
you
for
your
for
your
testimony
and,
more
importantly,
I
want
to
thank
councilmember
Reynolds
Brown
for
her
leadership
on
this.
This
is
an
important
issue,
because
many
times
many
people
make
a
lot
of
promises
and,
in
the
end,
ain't
nothing
there
and
I
think
this
is
going
to
bring
that
to
a
successful
freshen.
B
A
E
A
B
B
A
It's
been
moved
and
properly
second
seconded
and
this
building
move
committee,
all
those
in
favor
of
I
suppose
the
eyes
have
it,
and
the
motion
carries
bill
number
one:
eight
zero,
one.
Thirty
three
will
be
reported
from
this
committee
with
a
favorable
recommendation
and
with
a
request
that
the
rules
of
council
he's
suspended
to
permit
first
reading
at
our
next
session
of
council.
This
concludes
the
business
of
the
committee
on
commerce
and
economic
development.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
your
attendance.