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RESIDENTS PREFERENCE PROGRAM REVIEW COMMISSION

Thursday, May 9, 2019 · 10:00 AM AM · Citiy Hall, Room 301-B

TL;DR

The Residents Preference Program (RPP) Review Commission met to discuss ways to improve local business participation and contractor accountability. The meeting focused on analyzing program data, exploring potential sanctions for non-compliance, and strategies to increase opportunities for small businesses.

Key Decisions

  • Review of RPP Program Data Analysis Presented
  • Potential Sanctions for RPP Requirements Violations Under Discussion
  • Extending Bid Preferences for Social Responsible Contractors Proposed
  • Improving Small Business Participation in RPP Under Exploration
  • Ensuring Timely Subcontractor Payments Discussion Initiated
Agenda PDF

Agenda

  1. Untitled item
  2. Roll call.
  3. Review and approval of the minutes from the February 27th meeting.
  4. Presentation by Bernadette Karanja, City Clerk's Office on the Analysis Report of 2016 Residents Preference Program Raw Data Sampling.
  5. Exploring options for sanctions/forefeitures for failing to meet RPP requirements (Dan Thomas)
  6. Improving putting people to work through the RPP Process (Nikki Purvis)
  7. Ensuring contractors pay subcontractors and in a timely manner (Nikki Purvis)
  8. Improving percentages of participating small businesses and RPPs (Ossie Kendrix and Nikki Purvis)
  9. Extending the current bid preference for Social Responsible Contractors to include them in the SBE/RPP numbers (Carla Cross)
  10. In the event that Common Council members who are not members of this committee attend this meeting, this meeting may also simultaneously constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any of the following committees: Community and Economic Development, Finance and Personnel, Judiciary and Legislation, Licenses, Public Safety and Health, Public Works, Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development, and/or Steering and Rules. Whether a simultaneous meeting is occurring depends on whether the presence of one or more of the Common Council member results in a quorum of the Common Council or any of the above committees, and, if there is a quorum of another committee, whether any agenda items listed above involve matters within that committee’s realm of authority. In the event that a simultaneous meeting is occurring, no action other than information gathering will be taken at the simultaneous meeting.
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