(A) No less than four weeks prior to the commencement of construction on covered projects, the contractor shall meet with the Administrator and provide the number of job positions to be created by the project by trade and the qualifications by job title. The Administrator shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that adequate job training is available to the extent necessary to achieve the hiring goal and that screening and referral mechanisms are in place so that contractors can access qualified residents. Additionally, the Administrator shall designate a first-source referral program for the city.
(B) In the event a contractor or subcontractor cannot satisfy the hiring goal through its own employees and union hiring halls, the contractor or subcontractor shall next utilize the first source referral program in order to satisfy the hiring goal. The contractor or subcontractor must wait five business days after a request has been submitted before advertising the position elsewhere.
(C) Qualifications required shall be only those relevant to the job. In satisfying the hiring goal, the contractor and any subcontractor shall employ all qualified persons referred by the first source referral program. The contractor and any subcontractor must utilize the first source referral program whenever its hiring needs increase and they are unable to comply with the hiring goals.
(Ord. passed 2-21-2012; Ord. passed 5-11-2015)