Sec. 28-140(1). A contractor may not be eligible for an award of the city construction contract unless it has complied with the reporting requirements of this article.
Sec. 28-140(2). The hiring goals, if applicable, established by the division for each contract shall reflect the minority applicant pool available within Pima County for the specific services provided for under the contract.
Sec. 28-140(3). Goals and timetables: An affirmative action plan may set forth, as a minimum, a hiring and promotion plan for minorities and women in percentages which reflect the minority applicant pool available within Pima County for the specific services provided for under each contract. Minorities, for the purpose of this subsection, shall be those groups defined in sections 28-137(2) and (3) and women. Firms which demonstrate good-faith efforts to reach the stated percentage goals will be deemed to be in compliance with the city's affirmative action objectives, even though the firm has not met the staffing utilization goals on a particular contract. Notwithstanding the fact that a contractor has complied with the goal of women and/or minority utilization set forth above, the contractor may be required to continue to make a good-faith effort to hire, when the opportunity arises, women and minorities of those races and in those trades that are substantially under-represented in the contractor's work force.
Sec. 28-140(4). The city’s equal opportunity program division shall be responsible for administering the provisions of this article. This office may establish standards to be met by contractors in order to be eligible for award of contracts. Contractors may be requested to execute such further forms and submit documentation at such time and as may be required by the division. In monitoring the employment policies and practices of firms doing business with the city, the division is authorized to conduct “no notice”, on- site employee interviews and compliance reviews.
Sec. 28-140(5). All employees who are not specifically provided for in subsection (3) of this section shall be covered by this article but shall not be subject to the percentage goals and timetables established in subsection (3).
(Ord. No. 9913, § 1, 11-17-03; Ord. No. 11296, § 1, 8-5-15)