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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	10/12/2015
Subject: July-December 2013 Semi-Annual Small Business Enterprise and Outreach Report
Submitted For:	David Twa
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	IOC 15/1
Referral Name:	SBE/Outreach Program Oversight
Presenter:	Vicky Mead, County Administrator's Office	Contact:

Information

Referral History:

On December 13, 1999, the Board of Supervisors approved the Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program for the purpose of providing small businesses a fair share of County business. The Outreach Program had previously been adopted by the Board of Supervisors in August 1998 to promote broad outreach to all businesses, including minority-owned, women-owned, small, and local businesses. The IOC has provided policy oversight on these programs since inception, including surveying County departments on the implementation of the SBE and Outreach Programs. In December 2004, the Internal Operations Committee directed the Affirmative Action Officer to make status reports to the Committee on a semi-annual basis.

The IOC received the last report in August 2014, which covered the period July - December 2013. In August, the IOC directed CAO staff to continue working towards getting all departments to use the new reporting format and rules so that the data is complete, consistent and reliable.

Referral Update:

Attached for the Committee’s review and approval is a report concerning SBE program awards made during calendar year 2014. During 2014 and 2015, new data collection procedures were recommended by CAO -- and have been implemented by most departments -- to increase efficiency of data collection and program administration. The current report is the first SBE Report to review the status of the new data collection procedures. The Outreach Program is not addressed in the attached report.

Senior Management Analyst Vicky Mead and Affirmative Action Officer Antoine Wilson will be present to discuss the report and respond to questions.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

ACCEPT report covering the period January - December 2014 and CONSIDER staff recommendations on the Small Business Enterprise Program.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

Increasing the participation of small businesses, especially local businesses, in contracting opportunities may directly stimulate local economic activity and therefore potentially increase County tax revenues.

Attachments
Staff Report on Small Business Enterprise Program_October 2015