City of Baltimore - File #: 19-0169R

• File #: 19-0169R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/7/2019
• In control: Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee
• Final action: 1/13/2020
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office For the purpose of inviting the Chief of the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office to report to the City Council on the effectiveness of meeting Minority Business Enterprises and Women’s Business Enterprises participation goals.
• Sponsors: Bill Henry, Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, John T. Bullock, Zeke Cohen, Shannon Sneed, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Sharon Green Middleton, Danielle McCray, Robert Stokes, Sr., Mary Pat Clarke
• Indexes: Investigative Hearing, Minority and Women's Business Opportunity Office

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/13/2020	0	City Council	Adopted
12/19/2019	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
12/2/2019	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Retirement Savings Plan Board of Trustees
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Employees' and Elected Officials' Retirement Systems
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Office of the Comptroller
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Minority and Women's Business Opportunity Office
10/7/2019	0	City Council	Assigned
10/7/2019	0	City Council	Introduced

* 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 R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Henry


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office
For the purpose of inviting the Chief of the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office to report to the City Council on the effectiveness of meeting Minority Business Enterprises and Women’s Business Enterprises participation goals.
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Recitals

The Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office is responsible for certifying compliance with Article 5, Subtitle 28 of the City Code before contracts are submitted to the Board of Estimates for award, setting Minority Business Enterprises (“MBE”) and Women’s Business Enterprises (“WBE”) participation goals on contracts, and establishing certain annual goals for MBE and WBE participation, among other duties. In Article 5, Subtitle 28 of the Code, the City Council found that past discrimination in the City’s contracting process by prime contractors against MBEs and WBEs resulted in significant underutilization of MBEs and WBEs in contracts awarded by Baltimore City. The Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office (hereinafter “the Office”) was created to promote equal business opportunity in the City by encouraging full and equitable participation by MBEs and WBEs in the provision of goods and services to the City on a contractual basis. For each specific contract, the Office must establish MBE and WBE part...