Number
031050
Version
SUBSTITUTE 7
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. D'AMATO, DAVIS, ZIELINSKI, BAUMAN AND HAMILTON
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the promotion and creation of benefits to the community as a result of development occurring in the city.
Sections
308-91 cr
Analysis
This ordinance creates a number of programs and requirements intended to increase the economic benefits, particularly job opportunities, accruing to Milwaukee residents as a result of industrial, commercial and mixed-use development in the Park East Redevelopment Plan area.
This ordinance requires the developer of any project in the subject area that receives $500,000 or more in direct financial assistance from the city to:
1. Pay its employes prevailing wage as defined in s. 66.0903, Wis. Stats.
2. Comply with the same residents preference requirements for all construction contracts that the city uses for its public works contracts.
3. Comply with the same requirements for use of emerging business enterprises in hiring contractors and subcontractors that the city applies to its own contracting.
4. Hire, at minimum, 2 apprentices per construction trade represented on the project.
5. Strive to fulfill a goal of targeted persons (women and members of minority groups) comprising 25% of employes working on the project.
6. Select a community-based organization in the construction industry to assist the developer in achieving the requirements set forth in this ordinance.
7. Establish, at minimum, one mentor protégé arrangement between an emerging business enterprise and a business that is not an emerging business enterprise.
This ordinance also requires the emerging business enterprise administration in the department of administration to:
1. Monitor compliance with the requirements of this ordinance and report annually to the common council on compliance and on the activities of the apprenticeship and first-source recruitment pr...
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