City of Rochester
News Release
(Wednesday, March 7, 2018) -- Mayor Lovely A. Warren
introduced legislation to City Council that would increase MWBE (Minority and
Women Business Enterprise) participation goals to keep pace with demographic
and business trends. The new goals align with Mayor Warren’s efforts to
increase community wealth and close wage gaps.
“It was clearly time to update our MWBE and workforce
participation goals,” Mayor Warren said. “Ensuring that our residents have
access to good jobs, safe and vibrant neighborhoods and better educational
opportunities remains an important priority. This legislation will help us move
forward with these goals.”
The City’s legislation proposes setting a goal that MWBEs
receive 30 percent of the City’s total annual awards for City-funded public
works projects and professional services consulting contracts effective the
next fiscal year, which starts July 1, 2018.
MWBE goals would be set for City contracts covering goods and services
starting at 10 percent effective July 1, 2018, and increasing to 30 percent by
July 1, 2020. The legislation also
establishes that the City’s MWBE goals will mirror the MWBE goals set by New
York State’s MWBE program.
The legislation also establishes minority workforce
participation goals at 20 percent minority and 6.9 percent female for public
works and professional services consulting contracts.
The City has successfully incorporated minority workforce
participation goals into large public works projects covered by Project Labor
Agreements for the Port Project (Phases 1, 2), the Midtown Redevelopment
Project (Phases 1, 2, 3 and 4) and the Inner Loop project. In addition, the
Rochester School Modernization Program (RSMP) incorporates minority workforce
participation goals into all of its projects.
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