Official:Amending Section 17-109 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Local Bidding Preferences,” to amend reporting requirements to require the establishment of local business usage goals and reporting on reaching such goals as a way to assist community businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Thomas
Introduced: June 4, 2020
Signed: November 19, 2020
: Committee on Commerce & Economic Development
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill amends the city's bidding preferences to require reporting on local business usage goals and progress in reaching these goals. The goal is to help community businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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