Item 2H: Ratifiaction of Unanimous IGR Actions

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Ms. Ortiz asked if the bill had accountability for past practices and whether it had accountability for practices from its enactment forward. Mr. Klope replied that if it went into effect, the record would begin to be established. He said one way the bill could be interpreted would indicate that if a contractor had not met the diversity goal, the contractor would not even be allowed to make a bid. In response to a question from Ms. Ortiz, Ms. Wilson said the Legislature would set the goals. Ms. Ortiz felt that the bill, in concept, was aligned with the City Council Goals and the City should be supportive of it. She did not want to be neutral on the bill. Ms. Ortiz moved to adopt a Priority 3 Support position on HB 3143. Ms. Piercy agreed with Ms. Ortiz in concept but she was not certain she agreed with the legislation. She felt hesitant to support legislation if she was not certain what exactly it was that they were supporting. She thought the first bill, which would initiate a study, was worthy of support. Ms. Wilson explained that HB 3142 would instigate a study by ODOT on past infrastructure projects and whether or not any changes would alter the “level playing field.” She said ODOT would be required to report back to the Legislature in 2016 on its findings and what best practices they could adopt to improve the diversity in the contracts. Mr. Klope noted that ODOT typically shared information that it found through such projects. He thought it could possibly benefit other public agencies. Ms. Taylor ascertained that there was no second and the motion died. Mr. Poling moved to monitor the bill, pending the specification of the diversity goals. Mike Penwell, Facilities Division Manager, had interpreted the contract as putting the onus on the City to evaluate a contractor based on the workforce diversity goals of other locations. He thought they would have to make the administrative effort to research other agencies’ workforce diversity goals and to find out if the contractors were conforming to them. Ms. Ortiz provided a second. The vote was 2:1; Ms. Taylor voting in opposition. Ms. Wilson ascertained from the committee that the staff recommendation on HB 3142 would stand. HB 3023 Ms. Ortiz said she wanted to change her vote to concur with the staff recommendation, which was supported by the majority of the CCIGR. She did not believe it needed to go before the council and did not think the bill was going anywhere. Ms. Wilson noted that HB 3023 would require insurance coverage past the current age and staff had recommended adopting an oppose position on it. She suggested that Ms. Ortiz make a second motion. Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Poling, moved to uphold the staff recommended position to oppose HB 3023. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. SB 556 MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations April 8, 2009 Page 3