9.
City Council Work Session
- Meeting Date:
- 09/26/2017
- From:
- Rick Tadder, Management Services Director
TITLE
Discussion related to possibly amending the Procurement Code Manual by setting standards for the types of businesses with which we prefer to conduct business.
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Council Direction
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
On April 4, 2017, Councilmember Putzova presented a Future Agenda Item Request (F.A.I.R.) to have a discussion related to amending the City's Procurement Code Manual, specifically setting some standards for the type of business partners we prefer conducting business with and those that meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance and accountability and transparency.
Councilmember Putzova will be seeking agreement from at least three additional Councilmembers to further the discussion on this request.
Councilmember Putzova will be seeking agreement from at least three additional Councilmembers to further the discussion on this request.
INFORMATION:
Council member Putzova provided staff with language she would like considered for inclusion in the Procurement Code Manual. This amendment is to Article 30 Suspension, Debarment, Section B-2. Below is the recommended language:
Current Language:
2. Conviction of any person or any subsidiary or affiliate of any person under any statute of the Federal Government, this State or any other state for embezzlement, theft, fraudulent schemes and artifices, fraudulent schemes and practices, bid rigging, perjury, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property or any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty which affects responsibility as a City contractor.
Additional language to consider:
, or violation of a relevant criminal statute, as evidenced by a public enforcement order or judgment, settlement with a relevant federal or state enforcement agency, imposition of fines or penalties, or other formal finding by the relevant enforcement agency with regulatory enforcement authority under the applicable consumer protection law.
Current Language:
2. Conviction of any person or any subsidiary or affiliate of any person under any statute of the Federal Government, this State or any other state for embezzlement, theft, fraudulent schemes and artifices, fraudulent schemes and practices, bid rigging, perjury, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property or any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty which affects responsibility as a City contractor.
Additional language to consider:
, or violation of a relevant criminal statute, as evidenced by a public enforcement order or judgment, settlement with a relevant federal or state enforcement agency, imposition of fines or penalties, or other formal finding by the relevant enforcement agency with regulatory enforcement authority under the applicable consumer protection law.