Affirmative action steps include the following:
(A) To identify projected workforce needs for all phases of the program by occupation, trade, skill level, and number of positions, and to develop utilization goals for the employment of lower income project area residents for each;
(B) To attempt to recruit from within the county the requisite number of project area residents through local advertising media, posted signs and community organizations, and public and private institutions operating within or serving the project area;
(C) To identify eligible business concerns for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) assisted contracts through the Chamber of Commerce, Community Services, Vision 2000, local advertising media including public signage; project area committees, citizen advisory boards; lists available through CDBG program officials; regional planning agencies; and all other appropriate referral sources;
(D) To maintain a list of eligible business concerns for utilization in CDBG funded procurements, to ensure that all appropriate project area business concerns are notified of pending contractual opportunities, and to make available this list for general county procurement needs;
(E) To require bidders on contracts to submit a written Section 3 plan including utilization goals and the specific steps planned to accomplish these goals;
(F) To insure that contracts which are typically let on a negotiated rather than a bid basis in areas other than Section 3 covered project areas are also let on a negotiated basis, whenever feasible, when let in a Section 3 covered project area;
(G) To maintain records, including copies of correspondence, memoranda, and the like, which document that all of the above affirmative actions steps have been taken; and
(H) To appoint or recruit an executive official of the county as Equal Opportunity Officer to coordinate the implementation of this Section 3 plan.
(Prior Code, § 26.301) (Ord. 2000-16, passed 9-13-2000)