City of Milwaukee - File #: 011712

• File #: 011712
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/26/2002
• In control: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 8/1/2002
• Effective date: 8/20/2002
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to disadvantaged business enterprises.
• Sponsors: ALD. HENNINGSEN, ALD. HINES JR., ALD. PRATT
• Indexes: EMERGING BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/19/2002	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
8/8/2002	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
8/1/2002	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	14:0
8/1/2002	1	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Add Pratt as co-sponsor.	Pass	5:0
7/25/2002	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
7/25/2002	0	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/25/2002		ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO; Minutes note: Request for legal opinion.
3/26/2002	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
011712

Version
SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. HENNINGSEN, HINES AND PRATT

Title
A substitute ordinance relating to disadvantaged business enterprises.

Sections
360-0 am
360-01 rc
360-02 am
360-03 am
360-05 am
360-06 rc
360-07 am
360-08 am
360-09 am

Analysis
This ordinance renames the city's disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program as the emerging business enterprise (EBE) program. It defines an "emerging" business as one owned, operated and controlled by one or more individuals who are "at a disadvantage" with respect to certain categories, using current categories of "disadvantage" for this purpose.
This ordinance also deletes an obsolete provision of the code relating to the DBE training/credits program.

Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 360-0 of the code is amended to read:

[[EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES – DISADVANTAGED]] >>EMERGING<< BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM

Part 2. Section 360-01 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
360-01. Definitions. In this chapter:
1. AT A DISADVANTAGE WITH RESPECT TO EDUCATION means failure to attain a high school degree or its equivalent for good reason or attendance in schools which have repeatedly achieved ratings below national, state and community averages in educational standards, educational standardized test scores and student grade point averages.
2. AT A DISADVANTAGE WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYMENT means a pattern of nonachievement in hiring, promotion and other aspects of employment advancement due to factors beyond the individual's reasonable control, a lack of current knowledge and skills necessary for employment, career advancement or consistent earning of average annual income below the median income level of adults of comparable age in this city.
3. AT A DISADVANTAGE WITH RESPECT TO RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS LOCATION means location in an enterprise zone within the city...