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laws, statues, and codes regarding minority, women and Section 3 employment requirements and <br />women and minority business enterprise contracting and subcontracting levels during the <br />contractual term. The Compliance Official shall also prepare a list of all minority business <br />enterprises in -the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, compliance guidelines for contractors <br />with the City for construction services, with said guidelines to include monitoring and reporting <br />procedures, and recommendation for actions to be taken should non-compliance occur and <br />procedural guidelines for City allocation of contracts to minority business enterprises as provided <br />by this ordinance. Said guidelines shall be subject to the approval of City Council. The <br />Compliance Official or designated Consulting Firm shall also perform such other duties relating <br />to the provisions of this Article as may be directed by the Mayor. <br />Sec. 14.5-11. Establishment of Goals. <br />(1) To achieve parity there is hereby established a goal of 15% (10% minority and 5% women) <br />of the City's annual monetary value of contracts and subcontracts for supplies, services and <br />construction to be awarded to minority business enterprises meeting contract specifications. <br />Calculation of the 15% monetary value shall not include the amounts for contracts for which no <br />minority business enterprise bid or contracts where no W/MBE meets the specifications. <br />(2) The goals for minority group employment levels and minority enterprise subcontract levels to <br />be achieved by contractors with the City for construction are hereby set at 18%. <br />(3) On an annual basis the City Council shall review the levels of minority business enterprise <br />participation for the City's contracting, subcontracting and work force participation, and shall in <br />addition annually review minority population totals and percentages for the St. Joseph County <br />area. After said reviews, the City Council may adjust the percent goals for contracts, <br />subcontracts and work force participation to reflect a more representative share of the minority <br />population or available market of minority business enterprises. <br />(4) In determining the MBE/WBE participation on a contract, the following facts will be taken <br />into consideration: <br />(a) On contracts where the estimated material portion of the contract exceeds thirty <br />percent (60%) of the project cost and the materials in question are not available to be <br />furnished through City certified MBE/WBE firms, the Diversity Compliance Officer or <br />his designee is authorized to effect reductions in the goals for the project to reflect the <br />unavailability of the materials. It is intended that this provision will only be utilized for <br />projects involving major equipment items such as pipe, equipment, fabrications, etc. <br />(b) The costs of materials which will be used in determining the MBE/WBE participation <br />at the time of bid shall be those estimates as compiled by the City of South `Bend. The <br />City's adjusted goal will be the official goal on any particular project subject only to other <br />provisions of this ordinance. <br />(5) In all instances, any MBE/WBE company performing under a contract with the City of South <br />`Bend may only claim, as part of his/her MBE/WBE participation, those materials which the <br />16 <br />