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Record #: R2021-1077   
Type: Resolution Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 10/14/2021 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity
Final action: 5/24/2023
Title: Call for establishment of Latino advisory council "Hispanic Inclusion Plan"
Sponsors: Villegas, Gilbert, Tabares, Silvana, Vasquez, Jr., Andre, Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Rodriguez, Michael D., Sigcho-Lopez, Byron, Maldonado, Roberto, Reboyras, Ariel, Cardona, Jr., Felix , La Spata, Daniel
Topic: CITY COUNCIL - Miscellaneous
Attachments: 1. R2021-1077.pdf
Related files: R2023-766

Committee on Contracting Oversight & Equity

Chicago City Council October 14,2021

 

 

RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE CITY OF CHICAGO TO CREATE THE HISPANIC INCLUSION PLAN ("HIP")

 

WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council Latino Caucus ("Latino Caucus") is committed to the furtherance of economic opportunity and upward mobility for all Chicago Latinos; and

 

WHEREAS, The Latino Caucus relies on external economic reportings of the Chicago Latino community because they lack reliable tracking operations at the City of Chicago ("City"); and

 

WHEREAS, The 2020 U.S. Census revealed that Latinos are the second-largest racial or ethnic group in Chicago, contributing to approximately 31% of Chicago's total population; and

 

WHEREAS, On September 29, 2021, during the 2022 Budget Hearings, the City's Department of Procurement Services stated that only 13% of the City's contracting opportunities were awarded to Latinos in 2020; and

 

WHEREAS, The City's contracting opportunities awarded to Latinos in 2020 not only fail to reflect the total Latino population in Chicago, it reveals that Latinos were the least equitably awarded group to contract with the City in 2020; and

 

WHEREAS, The State of Illinois released a "Hispanic/Latinx FY2020 Employment Plan Report" ("Hispanic; Report") finding that: (1) women make up more than half of the Hispanic/Latinx new hires; (2) the total Hispanic/Latinx employees increased slightly from 6.5% in 2019 to about 7% in 2020; and (3) there is a strong need for more connections and partnerships with Hispanic/Latinx advocacy and career development groups throughout the state about awareness, creation, and building relationships with jobs; and

 

WHEREAS, Such findings aforementioned collectively support the need for the City to hold greater priority on parity, equity, and accountability for the Chicago Latino community; and

 

WHEREAS, The Latino Caucus believes that parity and equity within the Latino community can be achieved through actualized initiatives developed by the City that track local economic progress, barriers, and allow for transparency; and

 

WHEREAS, On the 53rd anniversary of Hispanic Heritage Month, the City has an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to Latinos' future success through the creation of a dedicated Latino advisory council called the "Hispanic Inclusion Plan" ("HIP"); and

 

WHEREAS, The HIP will provide the necessary accountability tools to support the Chicago Latino community by doing the following: (1) an annual survey and reporting of business diversity, capacity building, and contractual opportunities provided to both the Mayor and the City Council; (2) development of partnerships and professional career efforts,' including strengthening the trade employment pipeline and/or trade contracts with the City; and (3) an

 

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Committee on Contracting Oversight & Equity

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annual report of dollars spent with Latino run and serving non-governmental organizations that contract with the City; and

 

BE IT RESOLVED, That, we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, assembled on this fourteenth day of October, 2021, do hereby call on the City to commit to the furtherance of economic opportunity and upward mobility this Hispanic Heritage Month for all Chicago Latinos through the creation of a dedicated Latino advisory council called the "Hispanic Inclusion Plan" ("HIP").

 

GILBERT VILLEGAS

36TH WARD ALDERMAN LATINO CAUCUS, CHAIR

SILVANATABARES

23RD WARD ALDERMAN LATINO CAUCUS, VICE CHAIR

SUSAN SADLOWSKI-GARZA

10TH.WARD ALDERMAN LATINO CAUCUS, MEMBER

 

LATINO CAUCUS, TREASURER

 

 

 

 

MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ

22ND WARD ALDERMAN LATINO CAUCUS, MEMBER

BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ

25TH WARD ALDERMAN LATINO CAUCUS, MEMBER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ROBERTO MALDONADO

26TH WARD ALDERMAN LATINO CAUCUS, MEMBER

FELIX CARDONA

31 ST WARD ALDERMAN LATINO CAUCUS, MEMBER

 

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ARIEL REBOYRAS

30TH WARD ALDERMAN LATINO CAUCUS, MEMBER

 

CITY OF CHICAGO
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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ANNA M. VALENCIA

 

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