The Mayor or his or her designee shall confer on a continuing basis with the Chief Procurement Officer and Executive Director of the Human Relations Commission to ascertain how best to assist certified female owned, certified minority owned, certified disabled owned, certified second chance supporting, and certified LGBT owned businesses in learning how to participate in the procurement process of the Metro Government. With the assistance of the Chief Procurement Officer and the Executive Director of the Human Relations Commission, the Mayor or his or her designee may:
(A) Produce brochures or other written materials designed to help female, minority, disabled, second chance supporting, and LGBT owned business enterprises to learn the procurement process of the Metro Government;
(B) Develop a list of certified female owned, certified disabled owned, certified minority owned, certified second chance supporting, and certified LGBT owned businesses which list may be utilized to solicit the participation of certified female owned, certified disabled owned, certified minority owned, certified second chance supporting, and certified LGBT owned businesses in procurements for which such businesses may be qualified;
(C) Initiate training sessions to assist female, minority, disabled, second chance supporting, and LGBT owned business enterprises in learning how to effectively participate in the procurement process of the Metro Government;
(D) Partner with organizations in the Louisville Metro community that focus organizational efforts to increase the procurement opportunities of minority owned, female owned, disabled, second chance supporting, and LGBT owned businesses; and
(E) Initiate such programs as may be beneficial to the purposes of this subchapter.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 37.69) (Lou. Ord. No. 140-1988, approved 5-20-1988; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 102-2007, approved 6-4-2007; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 31-2020, approved 3-9-2020; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 185-2022, approved 12-7-2022)