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Office of Equal Opportunity The Cleveland Resident Employment Law (Codified Ordinance 188) 10-Year Review Presentation to the Cleveland City Council October 18, 2016 1 Office of Equal Opportunity Department Mission, Self - Help, and
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OEO Mission: To advance equal economic benefit for Clevelanders by ensuring compliance with contractor goals & requirements, by providing development and support activity for target groups & by advocacy, with commitment to excellent public service. How? Effective administration, monitoring and enforcement of the City’s minority and female-owned business enterprise programs; the new programs for smaller, local businesses; and Fannie M. Lewis Cleveland Resident Employment Law programs.
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Certifies businesses as local small businesses, minority-owned businesses, and/or female-owned businesses, and provides
Evaluates Good Faith Effort
subcontracting goals on contracts prior to award.
Monitors contracts for compliance with MBE, FBE, and CSB subcontractor participation as well as Cleveland Residency and Cleveland Low Income workforce participation.
Evaluates final contract compliance at contract closeout, and assesses penalties where applicable.
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How? Promote entrepreneurial parity Inclusion Growth firms/sustainable growth Contract unbundling Wealth creation Reject bids that do not reflect acceptable participation levels What is OEO’s Role? Certification Compliance through Monitoring Evaluation & Analysis Site Visits
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OEO implements and enforces on three Codified Ordinances:
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Utilize Residents for 20% of all Construction Worker Hours; and Utilize Low Income Residents in 4% of that 20% requirement
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Year Assessments Number of Firms Penalty Hearings Amount Penalized & Upheld in Year Amount Collected 2012 12 6 3 $30,769.53 $30,769.53 2013 8 6 2 $89,459.30 $80,690.97 2014 34 22 9 $101,883.87 $67,634.00 2015 6 5 2 $16,016.34 $10,016.00
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Status Update
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Name of City Workforce Profile before Ordinance Workforce Goals Apprentice Participation before Ordinance Apprentice Goals Apprentice Outcomes after Ordinance Good Faith Effort Cleveland N/A 20% local residents, 4% low income workers N/A 30% apprentices For currently active projects 7% Mandatory San Francisco From 2003-2010, 24% local residents 25% local residents, 25% disadvantaged workers From 2003-2010, 18% apprentices 50% local residents, 25% disadvantaged workers In 2012, 56% apprentices are SF residents Mandatory Milwaukee In 2008, 30% local residents 40% local residents N/A No set asides N/A Good Faith Richmond N/A 20% local residents N/A N/A N/A Good Faith East Palo Alto N/A 30% local residents N/A N/A N/A Good Faith Oakland N/A 50% local residents, 50% new hires must be local residents N/A 15% apprentices In 2013, 11% apprentices Good Faith
Source: UCLA Labor Center * Not approved
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Item Task Responsible for Initiating Due Date Task Completed 1 Create 10-Year Review document template Melissa X 2 Write summary of debate regarding 5-year requirement of assignment of Low Income worker to one company DeAndrea X 3 Summarize individual interviews with OEO monitors/staff Andrew X 4 Develop questions for focus groups DeAndrea, Andrew, Melissa X 5 Dates of focus groups: Melissa & Ada X
request for participation discussed and sent to Councilwoman Cleveland for distribution Melissa 3/29/16 X
10/7/15 X
MKB & Ada 10/14/15 X
MKB ask Ada to reschedule for last week in October 10/7/15 X
10/29/15 X 6 Meeting with the Mayor Chief NWM 10/7/15 X 7 Update Councilwoman Cleveland on Workplan Chief NWM and Melissa 9/14/15 X 8 Research quotes for inclusion in review Andrew Fannie M. Lewis Cleveland Resident Employment Law Ten-Year Review Workplan
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9 Best Practice Phone Calls: Chief NWM 9/23/15 X
Chief NWM 9/23/15 X
Chief NWM 9/23/15 X
Chief NWM 10/9/15 X 10 Meet with WIB Director re. Low Income Application Process Melissa 10/26/15 X 11 Determine if trends exist within data Melissa 11/1/15 X 12 Request meeting with Director Nichols and Review Team to discuss Community Representatives Melissa 13 Visit Cuyahoga County Community College's Pre- Apprenticeship Program All 11/30/15 X 14 Visit Max Hayes High School Pre-Apprenticeship Program All 3/23/16 X 15 Phone Meetings:
Melissa 12/10/15 X
Melissa 12/10/15 X
Melissa 11/30/15 X 16 Create Glossary of Terms All On-going 17 Determine items for inclusion in Appendix All On-going
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18 10-Year Plan (Completion Dates)
All 5/27/2016 X
All 6/6/2016 X
All 6/9/2016 X
Councilwoman Cleveland 10/11/2016 X
All 10/18/2016 X
All 10/21/2016
All 10/24 - 10/28/2016
All 10/31 - 11/5/2016
All 11/16/2016
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If court rules in City’s favor, the State will file a notice of appeal IMPLICATION - OEO will continue to do business as usual!
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