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SUBSTITUTE - Amending Section 4.25(2) of the Madison General Ordinances to increase the threshold for the City’s sweatfree procurement requirements for items of apparel from $5,000 to $15,000, and amending Section 4.25(9)(b) of the Madison General Ordinances to change the description of the UW organization that recommends a member to the Committee on Sweatfree Purchases.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This ordinance raises the current threshold for the City’s sweatfree procurement requirements from $5,000 to $15,000. Sweatfree procurement is required when the City purchases $15,000 or more of a specific item (shirts, shoes, etc.) from a single contractor or $15,000 or more in apparel of the same brand name from a single contractor. The requirements also apply to recipients of City financial assistance if $15,000 or more will be used to purchase apparel. This ordinance also broadens the description of the University of Wisconsin-Madison organization that recommends a student member to the Committee on Sweatfree Purchases to allow for flexibility when the UW-designated organization changes or no longer exists.
This substitute changes the new threshold for sweatfree procurement requirements to $15,000 instead of $10,000.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (2) entitled “Applicability - Procurement of Apparel” of Section 4.25 entitled “Procurement of Items of Apparel” is amended as follows:
“(2) Applicability - Procurement of Apparel. This ordinance shall apply to all City procurement of apparel, as defined herein, when the circumstances in sub. (a) or (b) are met:
(a) $515,000 or more in apparel with the same brand name purchased from a single contractor. All articles of apparel with the same brand name purchased from that contractor during the term of the contract, or if there is...
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