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CITY OF CLERMONT
RESOLUTION
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING AN
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN; SETTING FORTH POLICIES;
PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; DEFINING AN ACTION PLAN.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Clermont desires to establish a policy
supporting small and minority businesses, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Clermont recognizes an opportunity to
affirmatively support small and minority business in those programs directly funded by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Clermont desires to bring the percentage
of minorities employed by the City more closely in line with its percentage of minorities who
live in the City, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Clermont recognizes the need to adopt an
action plan to implement such goals;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA THE FOLLOWING POLICY:
POLICY RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF
SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESSES
It shall be the policy of the City of Clermont to require each department, agency,
entity, or agent of the City to promote and assist small and minority businesses in gaining
entry to do business with the City of Clermont. By assisting small and minority businesses,
the City will help to expand and develop the small and minority business section in and
around the City of Clermont.
For projects assisted by programs providing direct financial assistance from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City will include the Section III
clause of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 in all contracts for work
connected with the projects. The City will also comply with the Section III clause, which
reqUIres:
I. To the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for training and employment are given to
low income project area residents,
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2. To the greatest extent feasible, contract for work in connection with the project will
be awarded to CITY OF CLERMONT businesses located in, or owned in substantial
part by persons residing in the project area,
3. Certifying that parties to the contract are under no obligation which would prevent
them from complying,
4. Insuring that the contractor will send labor organizations with which he has had a
collective bargaining agreement a notice stating his commitments under this section
and post this notice in places available to employees,
5. Insuring that the contractor will include a "Section III Clause" in every subcontract,
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Insuring that the contractor will not subcontract with anyone that has previously
violated Section III requirements,
7. Obligate the contractor to provide a preliminary statement of work force needs prior
to signing the contract;
8. Include Section III requirements in bid invitations and contract specifications;
9. Cooperate with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in obtaining
compliance from the recipient's contractors;
10. Submit to compliance reviews by HUD when necessary; and
II. Permit HUD access to all required records, accounts, reports, books, etc.
POLICY RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF MINORITIES
BY THE CITY OF CLERMONT
It shall be the policy of the City of Clermont to attempt to increase the percentage of
minority city employees at the rate of one percent (I %) of the cities total employee base, per
year until the percentage of minority city employees is equal to that of the minority city
population.
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The City will attempt to attain the goal by doing the following:
I. Advertising every open position in a newspaper of general circulation within the
community prior to filling the vacant position.
2. Stating in every advertisement that the City is an equal opportunity employer and does
not discriminate in its hiring practice.
DEFINITIONS
1.
SMALL BUSINESS - An independently owned and operated business concern which
employs twenty-five (25) or fewer permanent full-time employees, and which has a
net worth of not more than one million dollars as applicable to sole proprietorships;
the one million dollar net worth requirement shall include both personal and business
investments.
2. MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES - Any small business concern which is
organized to engage in commercial transactions, which is at least fifty-one (51)
percent owned by minority persons and whose management and daily operations are
controlled by such persons. A minority business enterprise may primarily involve the
practice of a profession.
3. CERTIFIED MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE - A business enterprise which
has been certified by the State of Florida Department of General Services as a
minority business enterprise in accordance with the provision of the Small and
Minority Business Assistance Act of 1985.
4. MINORITY PERSON - A person whose race is Black, American Indian, Alaskan
Native, Asian, Pacific Islander, or Hispanic.
In that the City of Clermont will continuously seek to administer programs funded in
part or in total by allocations directly or indirectly from the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, the City will be bound by the provisions of Section III of the Housing
and Urban Development Act of 1986, the Equal Opportunity Act, Executive Order 11246,
and the City's desire to enhance the opportunities for small and minority businesses and local
businesses to participate in contracts with the City.
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Robert A. Pool, Mayor
CITY OF CLERMONT
DONE AND RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA THIS 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 1995.
4. To establish or utilize an existing position to function as the equal opportunity officer
to coordinate the implementation of the Affirmative Action Plan with operators of
City administered or City funded projects and programs.
To maintain records (copies of memoranda, general correspondence, etc.) to
document that all steps in the action plan have been followed.
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2. To maintain and update the listing of small and minority business concerns and notify
them of contracting opportunities with the City.
1. To utilize the news media, Chamber of Commerce, State Department of General
Services, local advertising services, citizen advisory boards, regional planning
councils, listings by federal agencies, and other appropriate sources to identify small
and minority business concerns for possible involvement with the City contracts.
To accomplish this objective, the City Council establishes and implements the
following steps to insure the deployment of affirmative action in expenditures for contractual
services, commodities, and construction contracts:
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