Despite the election of a black president and a seemingly endless string of stories about minority business fraud, Chicago's construction set-aside ordinance must continue, City Hall has concluded.Question: Do we still need set-asides for minority contractors in the City of Chicago?
At Tuesday's City Council meeting, Mayor Daley is expected to introduce an ordinance setting the stage for Chicago to renew a five-year-old program that has earmarked 24 percent of construction contracts for companies owned by minorities and four percent for firms controlled by women.
In 1996, the Builders Association of Greater Chicago filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the city's landmark minority set-aside program.
It didn't work. A federal judge provided a road map to salvage the ordinance and City Hall followed it to the letter. Chicago's set-aside program was saved, bucking a national trend.
But, there's a catch. The revised ordinance included a five-year sunset provision, with an expiration date of Dec. 31, 2009.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Daley to introduce ordinance to renew city's set-aside program
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