<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Forest Preserve District of Cook County - Meeting of Contract Compliance Committee on 6/5/2018 at 10:30 AM</title><link>https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=CalendarDetail&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=609815&amp;GUID=959DE7A2-84FD-4D9B-AC75-86597511747C</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?GUID=959DE7A2-84FD-4D9B-AC75-86597511747C&amp;ID=609815&amp;M=CalendarDetail" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>18-0284</title><link>https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3517823&amp;GUID=1838746B-89F8-4659-8DF1-19BEDDE8FC90</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1838746B-89F8-4659-8DF1-19BEDDE8FC90-2023-01-30-16-48-07</guid><description>File #: 18-0284&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Committee Minutes&lt;br /&gt;Title: COMMITTEE MINUTES

Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 03/08/2017&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for approval&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Committee Minutes</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:48:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>18-0195</title><link>https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3479767&amp;GUID=108CAF6E-A53F-4F4D-AAF3-E8C64E94FDB5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">108CAF6E-A53F-4F4D-AAF3-E8C64E94FDB5-2023-01-30-16-48-07</guid><description>File #: 18-0195&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Ordinance Amendment&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Title 1 - Administrative, Chapter 8 - District Finances, Section 5 - Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises, Subsection (a) Subdivision I - General Provisions of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:

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D.	Definitions. 
E.	Race- and Gender-Neutral Measures to Implement the Program. 
F.	Program Administration. 
G.	Contract Compliance Committee. 
H.	Program Goals. 
I.	Program Eligibility. 
J.	Utilization Plan; Commercially Useful Function. 
K.	Methods to Achieve Goals and Compliance. 
L.	Request for a Total or Partial Waiver of the Contract Specific Goals; Good Faith Efforts.
M.	Calculating M/WBEPCE Participation. 
N.	Review of Contract Performance.  
O.	Prompt Payment of Firms.
P.	Reporting and Review. 
Q.	Prohibited Provisions. 
R.	Sanctions and Penalties. 
S.	Established Business Participation in the Program.
T.	Review and Sunset.
Full text of this Ordinance Amendment for 1-8-5a: Subdivisio&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for approval&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Ordinance Amendment</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:48:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>18-0196</title><link>https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3479768&amp;GUID=89CE490D-537E-4B1C-B255-6BCC2CEE77BE</link><guid isPermaLink="false">89CE490D-537E-4B1C-B255-6BCC2CEE77BE-2023-01-30-16-48-07</guid><description>File #: 18-0196&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 2&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Ordinance Amendment&lt;br /&gt;Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Title I - Administrative, Chapter 8 - District Finances, Section 5- Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises, Subsection (b) Subdivision II - Construction Ordinance of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows: 

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E.	Definitions.

F.	Program Administration.

G.	Race- and Gender-Neutral Measures to Ensure Equal Opportunities for all Contractors and Subcontractors.
H.	Program Eligibility.

I.	Annual Aspirational Goals.

J. 	Project Specific Goals.

K.	Counting MBE and WBE Participation.

L. 	Contract Pre-Award Compliance Procedures.

M.	Contract Administration Procedures.

N.	Sanctions and Penalties.

O O.	Established Business Participation in the Program. 

P.	Program Review and Sunset. 

Full text of this Ordinance Amendment for 1-8-5b: Subdivision II - Construction Ordinance can be found here: &lt;https://tinyurl.com/y8lt8aup&gt;

Effective date:  This ordinance shall be in effect ninety (90) d&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for approval&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Ordinance Amendment</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:48:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>18-0244</title><link>https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=3499944&amp;GUID=61E86ED1-C8B4-4E3C-8D85-42E1BBB4E785</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61E86ED1-C8B4-4E3C-8D85-42E1BBB4E785-2023-01-30-16-48-07</guid><description>File #: 18-0244&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 1&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Report&lt;br /&gt;Title: REPORT

Department:  Finance and Administration  

Request:  Refer to Contract Compliance Committee 

Report Title:  Forest Preserve District of Cook County Annual Business Diversity Report FY 2017 

Report Period:  1/1/2017 - 12/31/2017 

Summary:  The Forest Preserve District of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) began publishing annual diversity reports in 2014 making this information available to the public. This report is the Forest Preserves’ fourth annual report, and the first using the Contract Compliance Reporting System.  This report details the Forest Preserves’ efforts ensuring minority and women-owned businesses have access to public contracting opportunities.  The report includes contract dollars awarded and contract payments by the Forest Preserves as reported by vendors.&lt;br /&gt;Action: recommend for approval&lt;br /&gt;Result: Pass</description><category>Report</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:48:07 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>