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Meeting Agenda Templates | © 2019 by Vertex42.com | https://www.vertex42.com/WordTemplates/meeting-agenda.html <br />IV. Diversity Officer- Michael Patton (10 min) <br />• B2Gnow Contract Award and Payment Distribution Report <br />o Includes contracts awarded between 5/4/21 and 12/30/21 <br /> Contract Awards: <br /> Number of Firms- 17 <br /> Total Awards- $2,378,964 <br /> Average- $139,939 <br /> Contract Payments: <br /> Number of Firms- 14 <br /> Total Payments- $1,206,576 <br /> Average- $86,184 <br />o Hawk Enterprises, Inc. receiving the largest Award Percent (25.09%) <br /> Remainder awards are listed, with each percentage totaling <br />(tallying) to 100% <br />o Hawk Enterprises, Inc. receiving the largest Contract Payment Percent <br />(47.15%) <br /> Remainder payments are listed, with each percentage totaling <br />(tallying) to 100% <br />Relevant Discussion: <br />• Concerns expressed regarding data from this report that shows less than half of the <br />money being awarded/paid out is going to subcontractors in St. Joseph County <br />o Possibly create incentives for local contractors who have a certain <br />percentage of minorities in their workforce <br /> Evaluate the economic benefits are for our city to contract with those <br />outside of the county <br /> Response: Must consider the purpose of providing disadvantaged <br />business to opportunity to do business with the City of South Bend <br />and the benefits of their services <br />o Mentorship program and additional incentives that are being implemented in <br />ODI will help with the growth & further sophistication of MWBE small <br />businesses <br /> <br />V. Board of Public Works- Kara Boyles (5 min) <br />• Continuing comments regarding B2Gnow Contracts and Awards Report <br /> <br />o These are not awarded contracts by the City; these are sub-contractors <br />engaging in a project with Primes, thus the subcontractors are not <br />directly doing business with Public Works <br />