City of Baltimore - File #: 20-0605

• File #: 20-0605
• Version: 0
• Name: Minority and Women’s Business Utilization - Emergencies
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed
• File created: 9/21/2020
• In control: Mayor
• Final action: 12/7/2020
• Title: Minority and Women’s Business Utilization - Emergencies For the purpose of clarifying and expanding the conditions for a City agency to obtain a waiver from the City’s minority business and women’s business contract utilization requirements; requiring that, if an agency receives a waiver for an emergency, the agency submit a report to the Board of Estimates and the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office; defining certain terms; and generally relating to greater transparency and utilization of minority and women’s business in City emergency contracting.
• Sponsors: Kristerfer Burnett, Mayor Brandon M. Scott, John T. Bullock, Zeke Cohen, Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green Middleton, Shannon Sneed, Bill Henry, Ryan Dorsey, Leon F. Pinkett, III
• Indexes: Emergency, Minority-Womens Business Program

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2020	0	City Council	Failed
11/2/2020	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
10/19/2020	0	City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
10/19/2020	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
10/15/2020	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
10/5/2020	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/24/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Office of Employee Development
9/24/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
9/24/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Minority and Women's Business Opportunity Office
9/24/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
9/24/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation
9/24/2020	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development
9/21/2020	0	City Council	Introduced
9/21/2020	0	City Council	Assigned

Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill

Introduced by: Councilmember Burnett
A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
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Minority and Women’s Business Utilization - Emergencies
For the purpose of clarifying and expanding the conditions for a City agency to obtain a waiver from the City’s minority business and women’s business contract utilization requirements; requiring that, if an agency receives a waiver for an emergency, the agency submit a report to the Board of Estimates and the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office; defining certain terms; and generally relating to greater transparency and utilization of minority and women’s business in City emergency contracting.
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By repealing and re-ordaining, with amendments
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section(s) 28-64
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

By adding
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section(s) 28-64.1
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

Baltimore City Code

Article 5. Finance, Property, and Procurement

Subtitle 28. Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises;
Small Local Business Enterprises

Part VI. Waivers

§ 28-64. Waiver by agency - Sole source.

[(a) In general.]

[A contracting agency may waive the utilization requirements for a specific contract as provided in this section.]

[(b) Sole source.]

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