Official:Amending Chapter 17-1600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Economic Opportunity Plans," by providing that Council may by resolution determine that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a participant, contractor, project developer, or applicant for or recipient of financial assistance has failed to comply with the provisions of that Chapter and should be subject to debarment, and upon adoption of such a resolution, the Finance Director shall, after notice and hearing, make a final determination as to whether there has been a violation of the Chapter and whether debarment should be imposed, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Goode
Introduced: June 18, 2009
Signed: October 8, 2009
: Committee on Commerce & Economic Development
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill gives Philadelphia City Council the power to temporarily ban companies from doing business with the city if they've broken economic opportunity plan rules.
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