City of Baltimore - File #: 17-0008R

• File #: 17-0008R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Late Payments to Subcontractors on City Contracts
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 2/6/2017
• In control: Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee
• Final action: 12/7/2020
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Late Payments to Subcontractors on City Contracts For the purpose of calling on representatives from the Finance Department, the Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement, the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office, and the Departments of Public Works, General Services, and Transportation to appear before the City Council to discuss problems with late payments to subcontractors on City contracts, and what steps the City can take to ensure that these problems do not endanger the ability and willingness of subcontractors to work on City projects.
• Sponsors: Robert Stokes, Sr., Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green Middleton, President Young, Ryan Dorsey, Brandon M. Scott, Kristerfer Burnett, John T. Bullock, Bill Henry, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Eric T. Costello, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Zeke Cohen, Shannon Sneed, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: City, Contracts, Investigative Hearing, Payment Schedule, Subcontractors

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2020	0	City Council	Failed - End of Term
2/26/2018	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/20/2017	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Wage Commission
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of General Services
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Transportation
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Minority and Women's Business Oppertunity Office
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Housing and Community Development
2/6/2017	0	City Council	Assigned
2/6/2017	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 Stokes



A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Late Payments to Subcontractors on City Contracts
For the purpose of calling on representatives from the Finance Department, the Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement, the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office, and the Departments of Public Works, General Services, and Transportation to appear before the City Council to discuss problems with late payments to subcontractors on City contracts, and what steps the City can take to ensure that these problems do not endanger the ability and willingness of subcontractors to work on City projects.
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Recitals

Often City contracts are simply too large and complex to be handled by a single business out of its own resources alone. When this is the case, prime contractors must put together teams of subcontractors to assist them with bidding on, and ultimately implementing, City contracts.

Without a large pool of subcontractors willing and able to work on large City contracts it would be difficult, sometimes even impossible, for the City to meet many of its goals effectively and at a reasonable cost. Anything that serves to reduce the pool of available subcontractors for City jobs is therefore cause for serious concern.

Late payments to these subcontractors can be especially problematic. Businesses are unlikely to sign-on for jobs that they don’t believe the...