Title
An Act concerning Economic Development and Local Employment enhancing the County’s economic development by creating bidding preferences and participation requirements for County-based businesses and County-based small businesses on certain procurement contracts for goods and services with the County; establishing a First Source Hiring Program; requiring “best efforts” for meeting a certain local hiring percentage goal for positions on certain procurement projects funded by the County, requiring submission of quarterly audit reports, maintaining a first source registry, providing for penalties and exemptions to the program; authorizing the use of Community Benefit Agreements on County assisted developments that receive a public benefit of a value greater than $3,000,000 with certain exceptions; authorizing Labor Peace Agreements for developments receiving a public benefit of a value greater than $1,000,000 with certain exceptions; giving priority to County-based Minority Business Enterp
Background
The proposed legislation will enhance job creation in the County and put in place incentives over the long-term that would utilize County tax dollars as an economic engine for wealth creation. The legislation would create a local hiring preference, a first source hiring program, an apprenticeship program, require community benefit agreements, require County agency local hiring goals, and require County-based MBE goals for minority contracting and purchasing.
11/15/2011: CB-17-2011 (DR-3) was amended on the floor as follows:
1. On page 4, line 30 and page 10, line 22, after “credits” delete “or benefits”.
2. On page 19, line 21, after “funded” insert “or administered”
3. On page 29, line 27, delete “July 1, 2013” and insert “January 1, 2014”
4.On page 35, delete lines 25 through 28 and insert “SECTION 5. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that Sections 10-283, 10-284, 10-285, 10-286, 10A-101, and 10A-161 of this Act shall take effect on January 1, 2013, with the remainder of this Act taking effect on July 1, 2013, except for Sections 10A-159(a)(3), 10A-160(a) and (b), 10A-160(c)(4), 10A-164, and 10A-168, which shall take effect on January 1, 2014.”
CB-17-2011 (DR-4) was subsequently enacted.