Title
Charlotte Business Inclusion Advisory Committee Term Length
Action
Action:
Approve the Jobs and Economic Development Committee’s recommendation to change the term length for appointments to the existing Charlotte Business Inclusion Advisory Committee from two-year terms to three-year terms.
Body
Council Committee Chair:
Malcom Graham, Jobs and Economic Development
Staff Resource(s):
Tracy Dodson, City Manager’s Office
Holly Eskridge, Economic Development
Steven Coker, Charlotte Business INClusion
Explanation
§ The Charlotte Business INClusion Advisory Committee (CBIAC) was established by City Council in 2017 to review, advise, and recommend policies to support the Charlotte Business INClusion (CBI) program.
§ The CBIAC is responsible for the following:
- Reviewing Minority-Owned Business Enterprise, Women-Owned Business Enterprise, and Small Business Enterprise (MWSBE) utilization and participation on city contracts
- Providing recommendations and advice to City Council on ways the city can enhance diversity and inclusion of MWSBEs in city contracting and procurement
- Providing a forum for CBI stakeholders to raise issues and have input into CBI recommendations
- Advising the city of business community conditions that may affect business-government relations
- Serving as advisors on any disparity study
§ The CBIAC consists of seventeen members appointed by the following:
- Three by Mayor,
§ At-large Charlotte Regional Business Alliance representative
§ At-large Prime Construction Company representative
§ At-large Professional Services representative
- Fourteen by City Council,
§ Carolinas Asian-American Chamber of Commerce representative
§ Carolinas Association of General Contractors representative
§ Carolinas LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce representative
§ Charlotte Mecklenburg Black Chamber of Commerce representative
§ Hispanic Contractors Association of the Carolinas representative
§ Latin American Chamber of Commerce representative
§ Metrolina Minority Contractors Association representative
§ Metrolina Native American Association representative
§ National Association of Women Business Owners representative
§ Three at-large representatives
§ Two at-large Prime Construction Company representatives
§ The CBIAC appointees currently serve two-year terms. The proposed change would be to update the term length to three years to be consistent with the city’s other advisory boards and commissions and would only apply to future appointments by the Mayor and Council.
Committee Discussion
§ At the May 6, 2024, the Jobs and Economic Development Committee voted unanimously to recommend to Council updating the term length of the CBIAC from a two-year term for appointees to a three-year term for all future appointments by the Mayor and Council.