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Section 4.20.180 -Local Business Preference
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It is the recommendation of the Support Services Director that the City Council adopt
Ordinance No. 2452, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Redding amending
Redding Municipal Code Title 4-Revenue and Finance,Chapter 4.20-Purchasing System,
by adding Section 4.20.180-Local Business Preference,to allow the lowest local bidder that
submits a bid within five percent of the lowest bid received, the ability to match the lowest
bid if such bid is submitted from a non-Redding bidder.
03/02/2010
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ORDINANCE NO. 2452
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDDING AMENDING TITLE 4 (REVENUE AND
FINANCE), CHAPTER 4.20 (PURCHASING SYSTEM), BY ADDING SECTION 4.20.180
(LOCAL BUSINESS PREFERENCE)
WHEREAS, recessionary influences at the federal, state and local levels have caused deleterious impacts on the
residents of the City of Redding; and
WHEREAS, the local economy traditionally lags behind the national and state economy with regard to recovery
from economic crises; and
WHEREAS, unemployment within the City of Redding is typically higher than the federal and state averages;
and.
WHEREAS, City Council has directed staff to review the City's purchasing ordinances and policies in order to
determine if more could be done to expand opportunities for local businesses to compete when the City solicits
bids for the purchase of taxable goods; and
WHEREAS, making allowances for minimal, good faith preference to local business will have the positive
impact of keeping the circulation of money within the City of Redding thereby encouraging employee retention
and an increase in the retail tax base; and
WHEREAS, City Council finds that the public interest is best served by encouraging businesses to locate and
remain in the City of Redding and that a bidding preference favorable to businesses located within the City of
Redding rationally serves that purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Title 4 (Revenue and Finance), Chapter 4.20 (Purchasing System) is amended by adding
Section 4.20.180 (Local Business Preference) as follows:
Section 4.20.180 (Local Business Preference)
A. Local Business Defined. For purposes of this Section, a "local business" means a business enterprise
including, but not limited to, a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation which has the
following:
I. A valid business license issued from the City of Redding; and
2. Has a place of business with a physical address located within the jurisdictional limits of the
City of Redding.
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Where competitive bidding is utilized for the purchase of taxable goods pursuant to Sections
4.20.120.A and 4.20. I 30.A, and the lowest responsible bidder is not a local business, the purchasing
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officer shall provi.he lowest responsible local business .der, should one exist and its bid is
within five percent (5%) of the lowest responsible bidder, with notice and an opportunity to reduce
its bid to match that of the lowest responsible bidder.
C. Upon notice being provided pursuant to Section 4.20. I 80.B., the local business shall have two (2) full
business days to provide written notice to the Purchasing Officer of its desire to match the lowest bid.
In the event the local business elects to match, the contract will be awarded to the local business. In
the event, the local business provided the opportunity to match does not opt to match the lowest
responsible bid, the award of the contract shall be given to the lowest responsible bidder.
D. In instances where a local business and a non-local business submit equivalent lowest, responsible
bids, the Purchasing Officer shall give preference to the local business.
E. All notices required under this Section may be made orally, in writing or electronically.
F. This Section shall repeal on the second (2nd) anniversary of its adoption into the Redding Municipal
Code without further action of the City Council being necessary to effect the repeal.
Section 2. The provisions of this ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of
any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the
application thereof to any person or circumstance shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance,
or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. The passage of this ordinance is not a "project" according to the definition in the California
Environmental Quality Act, and is therefore not subject to the provisions requiring environmental review.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption, and the City Clerk
shall certify to the adoption thereof and cause its publication according to law.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and read by the City Council at a regular
meeting on the 16th day of February, 2010; and was duly read and adopted at a regular meeting on the 2nd day
of March, 2010, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bosetti, Dickerson, McArthur, Stegall, and Jones
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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RICHARD A. DUVERNAYtCity Attorney
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