City of Milwaukee - File #: 111326

• File #: 111326
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/18/2012
• In control: COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 5/22/2012
• Effective date: 6/12/2012
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to small business participation requirements in city development agreements.
• Sponsors: ALD. HAMILTON
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/11/2012	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
6/1/2012	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/22/2012	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	12:0
5/14/2012	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Individual appearing: Kathy Block, Assistant City Attorney	Pass	5:0
5/9/2012	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/3/2012	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
1/18/2012	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
111326
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. HAMILTON
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to small business participation requirements in city development agreements.
Sections
355-13-4 rc
355-17-2 am
Analysis
This ordinance requires that the developer of any project receiving direct financial assistance of $1 million or more from the city use small business enterprises for project expenditures in a total aggregate dollar amount equal to the following:
1. Construction: 25%.
2. The purchase of goods and services: 25%.
3. The purchase of professional services: 18%.
The ordinance establishes that these requirements shall be included in a written agreement and allows other types of certified businesses to be used in meeting these requirements in certain circumstances.
Body

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

Part 1. Section 355-13-4 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:

355-13. Other Requirements.
4. SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. a. The developer of any project receiving direct financial assistance from the city shall use small business enterprises as defined in s. 370-1-23 for project expenditures in a total aggregate dollar amount equal to the following:
1. Construction: 25%.
2. The purchase of goods and services: 25%.
3. The purchase of professional services: 18%.
b. The requirement to use small business enterprises shall be included in a written agreement between the city and the entity receiving the direct financial assistance.
c. A business that is certified with Milwaukee county, the state of Wisconsin or the U. S. federal government as a disadvantaged, emerging or small business enterprise, or some other program that in the discretion of the manager of the office of small business development is comparable to the city’s small business enterprise program, shall qualify as a small business enterprise for the purposes of this chapter, and shall be included when determin...