Human Resources and Human Rights Committee

This meeting is being held in accordance to Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order and other Federal and State Orders that impact in-person attendance at public meetings, if applicable orders expire or are revoked before November 18, 2020, this will be an in-person meeting in City Hall, please check our website and Facebook for updates. Please submit your public comment via email commoncouncil@albanyny.gov or on our website https://www.albanyny.gov/Government/CityOfficials/CommonCouncil.aspx by Wednesday, November 18, 2020 12pm. These comments will be shared with members and/ or read for the record at the meeting. The meeting will be held using Zoom and streamed through the Albany Common Council’s Facebook. To stream this video please visit: https://www.facebook.com/albany.commoncouncil. If we experience any technical difficulties on Facebook, the video will be streamed to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-rQHp1fBLPcdk_4N6J4XbQ COMMON COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING HUMAN RESOURCES AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE Jahmel Robinson, Chair DATE: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 TIME: 5:30 PM TOPIC OF DISCUSSION: ORDINANCE 24.101.20 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPH I OF SECTION 48-17 OF ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 48 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ALBANY INCREASING THE MINORITY AND WOMEN LABOR UTILIZATION PLAN FOR CONTRACTORS FROM 17.8% TO 25% PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: YES Council Member Balarin, Love & Robinson introduced the following: ORDINANCE 24.101.20 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPH I OF SECTION 48-17 OF ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 48 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ALBANY INCREASING THE MINORITY AND WOMEN LABOR UTILIZATION PLAN FOR CONTRACTORS FROM 17.8% TO 25% The City of Albany, in Common Council, convened, does hereby ordain and enact: Section 1. Paragraph I of Section 48-17 (Requirements of contractor throughout project.) of Article II (Minority-and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Program and Minority- and Women-Owned Labor Utilization Plan) of Chapter 48 (Equal Opportunity Protections) of Part I of the Code of the City of Albany is amended to read as follow: I. Strive to attain a minority and women labor utilization plan of 17.8% 25%. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately. APPROVED AS TO FORM THIS 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 ________________________________ Corporation Counsel To: Danielle Gillespie, City Clerk From: John-Raphael Pichardo, Esq., Research Counsel Re: Request for Common Council Legislation Supporting Memorandum Date: September 25, 2020 SPONSOR Council Member Balarin, Love & Robinson ORDINANCE 24.101.20 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPH I OF SECTION 48-17 OF ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 48 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ALBANY INCREASING THE MINORITY AND WOMEN LABOR UTILIZATION PLAN FOR CONTRACTORS FROM 17.8% TO 25% GENERAL PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION: This ordinance increases the requirement that Contractors throughout the project strive to increase to 25% utilization of Minority and Women Labor hours. NECESSITY FOR LEGISLATION AND CHANGES TO EXISTING LAW: According to the City of Albany Office of Equal Employment Opportunity 2019 report, the average amount of labor hours by Minority or Women was 25.83% for contracts that were completed in 2019. For Projects in progress but not completed in 2019, the average was 11.97%. The goal of this legislation is to strive to have contractors utilize 25% of the hours be by minorities or women. FISCAL IMPACT(S): None.