ADOPTED

This adopted resolution proposes amending the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to allow City Council to create, by ordinance, bid preferences for businesses located in or doing business in Philadelphia when the City awards public contracts. The proposed amendment would be submitted to Philadelphia voters on an election date set by ordinance.

Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to establish that a bid preference can be allowed in the awarding of public contracts to Philadelphia firms, and that the extent and nature of the bid preference shall be provided by ordinance.