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RESOLUTION # 94-6
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN;
SETTING FORTH POLICIES; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; DEFINING
AN ACTION PLAN.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Okeechobee desires
to establish a policy supporting small and minority
businesses, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Okeechobee
recognizes an opportunity to affirmatively support small and
minority business in those programs directly funded by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Okeechobee desires
to bring the percentage of minorities employed by the City
more closely in line with its percentage of minorities who
live in,the City, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Okeechobee
recognizes the need to adopt an action plan to implement such
goals;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, THE FOLLOWING POLICY:
POLICY RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF SMALL
AND MINORITY BUSINESSES
It shall be the policy of the City of Okeechobee to
require each department, agency, entity, or agent of the City
to promote and assist small and minority businesses in
gaining entry to do business with the City of Okeechobee. By
assisting small and minority businesses, the City will help
to expand and develop the small and minority business section
in and around the City of Okeechobee.
For projects assisted by programs providing direct
financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD), the City will include the Section
III clause of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
in all contracts for work connected with the projects. The
City will also comply with the Section III clause, which
requires:
1. To the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for
training and employment are given to low income
project area residents,
2. To the greatest extent feasible, contract for work
in connection with the project will be awarded to
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businesses located in, or owned in substantial part
by persons residing in the project area,
3. Certifying that parties to the contract are under no
obligation which would prevent them from complying,
4. Insuring that the contractor will send labor
organizations with which he has had a collective
bargaining agreement a notice stating his
commitments under this section and post this notice
in places available to employees,
5. Insuring that the contractor will include a "Section
III Clause" in every subcontract, and
6. Insuring that the contractor will not subcontract
with anyone that has previously violated Section III
requirements,
7. Obligate the contractor to provide a preliminary
statement of work force needs prior to signing the
contract;
8. Include Section III requirements in bid invitations
and contract specifications;
9. Cooperate with the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development in obtaining compliance from the
recipient's contractors;
10. Submit to compliance reviews by HUD when necessary;
and
11. Permit HUD access to all required records, accounts,
reports, books, etc.
POLICY RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF MINORITIES BY
THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
It shall be the policy of the City of Okeechobee to
attempt to increase the percentage of minority city employbes
at the rate of one percent (1%) of the cities total employee
base, per year until the percentage of minority city
employees is equal to that of the minority city population.
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The City will attempt to attain the goal by doing the
following:
1. Advertising every open position in a newspaper of
general circulation within the community prior to
filling the vacant position.
2. Stating in every advertisement that the City is an
equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate
in its hiring practice.
DEFINITIONS
1. SMALL BUSINESS - An independently owned and operated
business concern which employs twenty-five (25) or fewer
permanent full-time employees, and which has a net worth
of not more than one million dollars as applicable to
sole proprietorships; the one million dollar net worth
requirement shall include both personal and business
investments.
2. MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES - Any small business
concern which is organized to engage in commercial
transactions, which is at least fifty-one (51) percent
owned by minority persons and whose management and daily
operations are controlled by such persons. A minority
business enterprise may primarily involve the practice of
a profession.
3. CERTIFIED MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE - A business
enterprise which has been certified by the State of
Florida Department of General Services as a minority
business enterprise in accordance with the provision of
the Small and Minority Business Assistance Act of 1985.
4. MINORITY PERSON - A person whose race is Black, American
Indian, Alaskan Native, Asian, Pacific Islander, or
Hispanic.
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ACTION PLAN
In that the City of Okeechobee will continuously seek to
administer programs funded in part or in total by allocations
directly or indirectly from the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development, the City will be bound by the
provisions of Section III of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1986, the Equal Opportunity Act, Executive
Order 11246, and the City's desire to enhance the
opportunities for small and minority businesses and local
businesses to participate in contracts with the City.
To accomplish this objective, the City Council
establishes and implements the following steps to insure the
deployment of affirmative action in expenditures for
contractural services, commodities, and construction
contracts:
1. To utilize the news media, Chamber of Commerce,
State Department of General Services, local
advertising services, citizen advisory boards,
regional planning councils, listings by federal
agencies, and other appropriate sources to identify
small and minority business concerns for possible
involvement with the City contracts.
2. To maintain and update the listing of small and
minority business concerns and notify them of
contracting opportunities with the City.
3.. To maintain records (copies of memoranda, general
correspondence, etc.) to document that all steps in
the action plan have been followed.
4. To establish or utilize an existing position to
function as the equal opportunity officer to
coordinate the implementation of the Affirmative
Action Plan with operators of City administered or
City funded projects and programs.
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THIS RESOLUTION passed this 15thday of February , 19 94
CITY O OKEECHOBEE, LORIDA
Oes Kirk, Mayor
`.ATTEST:
Bennie S. Thomas, CMC, City Clerk
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