Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2020-5161

• Record #: O2020-5161
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/7/2020
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity
• Final action: 12/16/2020
• Title: Temporary extension of minority-owned and women-owned business enterprise construction programs to September 30, 2021 to complete review of data collection and efficacy of program
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E. , Villegas, Gilbert
• Topic: CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Procurement Services, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 92 Dept. of Purchases, Contracts & Supplies

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/16/2020	24950	City Council	Passed	Pass
12/7/2020		Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
12/2/2020		Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity	Recommended to Pass
10/7/2020	21069	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR

October 7, 2020










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request ofthe Corporation Counsel and the Chief Procurement Officer, I transmit herewith an ordinance extending the minority-owned business enterprises and women-owned business enterprises construction programs to September 30, 2021.

Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.


Very truly yours.

ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City") is a home rule unit of local government as defined in Section 6(a), Article VII ofthe 1970 Constitution ofthe State of Illinois, and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City, through its Department of Procurement Services, (the "Department") is responsible for the contracting of goods and services for the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-92-650, etseq., (the "Ordinance") ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago ("Code"), the Department has established a Minority-and Women-owned business enterprise construction procurement program (the "M.B.E./W.B.E. program"); and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance, as amended, provides in pertinent part that the Ordinance "shall expire on December 31, 2020, unless the city finds that its remedial purposes have not been fully achieved and there is a compelling interest in continuing narrowly tailored remedies to redress discrimination against M.B.E.s or W.B.E.s so that the city will not function as a passive participant in a discriminatory marketplace"; and
WHEREAS, in order to determine whether it is appropriate to allow the Ordinance to expire or instead to continue the narrowly tailored remedies contained therein, a comprehensive review of the relevant data is warranted; and

WHEREAS, the City has retained the noted disparity study expert, Colette Holt, of Colette Holt & Associates ("Colette Holt"), to carry out suc...