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 Mino...
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