Number
030721
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. PRATT
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the city residents preference program.
Sections
309-41 rp
355 cr
Analysis
Currently, the residents preference program only applies to construction contracts administered by the department of public works. This ordinance requires that all contracting departments ensure that 25% of the worker hours on most construction and services contracts, with the exception of professional services contracts, awarded by the city be performed by unemployed residents of the community development block grant area. Each contracting department shall be responsible for the implementation and enforcement of this program, and the appropriate level of participation is presumed to be 25%, unless the contracting department determines there is sufficient reason to impose a lesser requirement.
Body
Whereas, Between 1991 and 2000 in the city of Milwaukee, there was a 21.4% decline in the number of manufacturing jobs while the number of jobs in all sectors grew by only 0.4% over the same period; and
Whereas, Between 1995 and 2000, the number of jobs in the metropolitan area grew by 52,496 while the total number of jobs in the city of Milwaukee declined by 678, which indicates that all of the net job growth for the metropolitan area occurred outside of the city of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, The unemployment rates for the first 9 months of 2003 were 9.7% for the city of Milwaukee; 7.1% for Milwaukee county; 4.2% for the metropolitan area; 4.9% for the state of Wisconsin; and 6.1% for the U.S.; and
Whereas, The unemployment rate in 2000 for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) area was 14.7%, and 7 of the 17 designated Neighborhood Strategic Planning (NSP) areas which comprise the CDBG area had unemployment rates greater than 20%; and
Whereas, Based upon 2000 Census statistics, the city and county unemployment rates excluding the CDBG area woul...
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