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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	10/24/2016
Subject: 2015/16 Small Business Enterprise and Outreach Program Report
Submitted For:	David Twa
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	IOC 16/1
Referral Name:	SBE/Outreach Program Oversight
Presenter:	Allison Picard	Contact:	Allison Picard (925) 335-1096

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, and was later broadened to include disadvantaged and veteran-owned 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 October 2015, which covered calendar year 2014.

Referral Update:

Attached is the SBE and Outreach Program Report, reflecting departmental program data for the three semiannual periods of January 1-June 30, 2015, July 1-December 31, 2015, and January 1-June 30, 2016.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

ACCEPT the Small Business Enterprise and Outreach Report covering the period January - December 2015 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
Small Business Enterprise and Outreach Program Report_Jan 2015-Jun 2016