§ 325-7. Requirements for Execution of City Contracts.

No contract shall be executed on behalf of the city or its boards and commissions unless at least one of the following requirements is met:

(a)

Reflection of labor pool demographics with a workforce of 15 or more employees. The contractor has demonstrated that the contractor's local workforce, if consisting of 15 or more employees, reflects the demographic characteristics of the available pool of labor skills normally utilized by the contractor, according to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) guidelines, as amended, for the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in which the contractor's workforce is based. If a contractor has a Cincinnati MSA workforce of 15 or more employees, the contractor shall meet this requirement if the contractor's Cincinnati MSA workforce reflects the demographic characteristics of the Cincinnati MSA.

(b)

The contractor has demonstrated good faith efforts to comply with the contractual requirement of this chapter. Such good faith is to be demonstrated by an existing Affirmative Action Program, including but not limited to training programs, advertising, recruitment efforts, goals, and timetables; to be approved by the contract compliance officer. An Affirmative Action Program shall be approved if it is pursuant to an order of a federal court with jurisdiction over the contractor's employment practices or if it meets the standard of the EEOC and OFCCP guidelines, as amended, provided that certification by the EEOC or OFCCP shall be accepted as fulfillment of this subsection only when issued within 30 days of the submission of the contractor's program to the city.

(c)

The contract has been determined to be an emergency procurement pursuant to Sec. 321-65 C.M.C., or to be available only through a sole source pursuant to § 321-89 C.M.C.

(d)

The contractor has fourteen or less employees.

(Ord. No. 331-1999, eff. Aug. 4, 1999)