City of Milwaukee - File #: 071038

• File #: 071038
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/9/2007
• In control: COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 3/18/2008
• Title: Resolution appropriating $50,000 from the Economic Development Committee Fund for a study of disparate practices with respect to businesses which contract with the City.
• Sponsors: ALD. HAMILTON
• Indexes: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL CONCERNS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/27/2008	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/18/2008	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
3/3/2008	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearances by: Arlisia Henry, Legislative Assistant for Ald. Hamilton, 1st Aldermanic Dist. Cheryl Oliva, Purchasing Director, Dept. of Admin., Business Operations Div.	Pass	3:0
2/28/2008	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/28/2008	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/9/2007	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
071038
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. HAMILTON
Title
Resolution appropriating $50,000 from the Economic Development Committee Fund for a study of disparate practices with respect to businesses which contract with the City.
Analysis
This resolution appropriates $ 50,000 from the Economic Development Fund special purpose account to the Department of Administration - Business Operations Division for the services of a consultant to conduct a study of disparate practices with respect to businesses which contract with the City.
Body
Whereas, The 1989 United States Supreme Court decision City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. found that evidence of a pattern of discriminatory acts is required to enact race-based remedial programs; and

Whereas, In response to the Croson decision, Milwaukee County, the City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Public Schools commissioned a study which was completed in April, 1992, to determine whether specifically identified discriminatory practices in the Milwaukee construction, procurement and professional services marketplaces prevented minority business enterprises (MBEs) and women-owned business enterprises (WBEs) from successfully competing with non-minority businesses; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee has an interest in promoting equal opportunity in business through the awarding of contracts for construction, services and the purchase of contracts, and it is now necessary that a new disparity study be conducted to ensure equal opportunity; and

Whereas, Mason Tillman Associates, commissioned by the City of Milwaukee, issued a report entitled “Study to Determine the Effectiveness of the City’s Emerging Business Enterprise Program,” dated August 2007, found underutilization of emerging business enterprises in certain types of contracts, particularly an underutilization of African American emerging business enterprises on the City’s construction and goods and other services contracts when compared to the availab...