IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
AN ORDINANCE repealing section 664. Jackson County Code, 1984 relating to minority- and women-owned business enterprise programs, and enacting, in lieu thereof, one new section relating to the same subject.
Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 5087, March 19, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Alfred Jordan, Crystal Williams, and Dan Tarwater III, County Legislators
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4636, dated June 30, 2014, the Legislature did authorize the adoption of an interim minority- and women-owned business enterprise (MBE/WBE) program; and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance 4636, as codified in section 664 of the Jackson County Code, directed that on or before the sunset date of December 31, 2017, reports be compiled and reviewed to determine whether the County has a compelling interest in continuing narrowly tailored remedies to redress discrimination against MBEs or WBEs so that the County will not function as a passive participant in a discriminatory marketplace; and,
WHEREAS, section 664 also directed that qualified experts be retained to prepare a disparity study regarding the existence and effects of any history of discrimination in contracting; and,
WHEREAS, on August 9, 2017, the County's retained expert, Colette Holt and Associates, presented its report to the County; and,
WHEREAS, by ordinance 5059, dated December 4, 2017 sunset date was extended to allow additional time to review these reports; and,
WHEREAS, an ad hoc committee was established to review the reported and recommend an additional extension to allow time for drafting and adopting a new permanent ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, said extension is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Section 664., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed, and one new section enacted in lieu thereof...
Click here for full text