§ 66-222. Policy and purpose.

(a)

The policy of the city is to afford all businesses an opportunity for participation in the city's procurement system and to prohibit discrimination by the city or its providers of goods, services and construction.

(b)

The purpose of this article is to serve the public interest by spurring economic development through encouraging small businesses, including minority and women-owned businesses that meet the small business definition, to locate and remain in the county and, especially, the city. Accordingly, this article will afford opportunities and assistance to small businesses so that they may gain experience, knowledge, technical capacity and resources and may have obstacles to their success lessened. The city is committed to ensuring equitable participation by small businesses in the provision of goods, services and construction to the city.

(c)

The city will take all necessary, reasonable and legal action to prevent discrimination in its procurement process, to ensure that all businesses, including small businesses, are afforded the maximum opportunity to participate in the city's procurement process and to establish a recordkeeping system to monitor small business participation in procurement.

(d)

The city may encourage small business participation in private development on city-owned property.

(Ord. No. 4548-15, § 1, 2-2-2015)