City of Baltimore - File #: 05-0115R

• File #: 05-0115R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - City Purchasing Policy - Utilization of Small Business Vendors
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 12/8/2005
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/20/2006
• Title: Informational Hearing - City Purchasing Policy - Utilization of Small Business Vendors FOR the purpose of requesting the City Purchasing Agent to report to the City Council on the City's use of small businesses to fulfill local government contracts for the delivery of goods and services to enable the Council to assess if current policy is satisfactory to ensure that small businesses have ample opportunity to participate in the bid process and to determine if contracts are being awarded to bona fide small businesses actually located within the City limits.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, James B. Kraft, Kenneth Harris, Mary Pat Clarke, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Belinda Conaway, Paula Johnson Branch, Agnes Welch
• Indexes: Informational Hearing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/20/2006	0	City Council
11/20/2006	0	Economic Development and Public Financing Subcommittee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
1/10/2006	0	Economic Development and Public Financing Subcommittee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
12/12/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
12/12/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
12/12/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
12/12/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
12/8/2005	0	City Council	Introduced
12/8/2005	0	City Council	Assigned

* 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 Holton


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - City Purchasing Policy - Utilization of Small Business Vendors

FOR the purpose of requesting the City Purchasing Agent to report to the City Council on the City's use of small businesses to fulfill local government contracts for the delivery of goods and services to enable the Council to assess if current policy is satisfactory to ensure that small businesses have ample opportunity to participate in the bid process and to determine if contracts are being awarded to bona fide small businesses actually located within the City limits.
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The Office of Advocacy of the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) reports that in 2003, the gross domestic product continued to rise nationwide, while growth in employment remained slow to recover. Small businesses, however, were then and continue to be a source of economic strength nationally and in Maryland - 1/2 of the country's private non-farm output and employment stems from small firms with 500 or fewer employees.

In Maryland, businesses with fewer than 500 workers employ 52.2 % of the state's non-farm sector employees. Between 1999 and 2000, small businesses added a net total of 57,939 employees and represented 84% of net non-farm employment in the state. Non-farm proprietors' income - a partial measure of small business income - incre...