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.

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 17-1600 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 17-1600. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PLANS.

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§17-1605. Enforcement.

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(3) Council may, by resolution adopted after a public hearing, determine that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a participant, contractor, project developer, applicant for or recipient of financial assistance has failed to comply with the provisions of this Chapter, and that if such failure is established, then debarment would be an appropriate remedy for such failure. A copy of any such adopted resolution shall be forwarded to the Finance Director, who shall without undue delay provide appropriate notice and opportunity for hearing, and after such hearing, make a final determination as to whether there has been a violation of this Chapter and whether debarment, as provided by

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17-1606(2)(c), should be imposed. Such debarment shall be in addition to any of the other remedies set forth in

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17-1606(2)(c) deemed applicable. The debarment procedure set forth in this subsection (3) shall be in addition to any procedure for debarment established pursuant to §17-1606(2).

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Explanation:

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