Last week, my colleagues and I proposed the Jobs and Opportunity Act of 2016 (CB-74-2016), which would require

-At least 40% of any county contract opportunities above $500,000 in value be spent with small, minority, and woman-owned firms located in Prince George’s County ($500k and below only bid among small and minority local biz),

-Local-only bidding of county contracts in industries with significant numbers of local firms,

-‘Best value’ instead of low-bid contracting,

-Stronger ‘prompt payment’ law for county agencies and contractors,

-Stronger local hiring and compliance policies in county contracting, and much, much more.

The County buys over $300 million in services and products each year. Far too often and for far too long, our County has allowed our dollars to walk away to other jurisdictions. Instead, we must make sure our tax dollars are circulating locally and building shared prosperity here at home.

**Please sign this petition in support of this new Jobs and Opportunity legislation**

This legislation will be heard in the Council’s Public Safety & Fiscal Management Committee on Monday, October 3, at 1pm at the following address:

County Administration Building

14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Rm. 2027

Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

I encourage you to come and testify in favor of this important legislation for enhancing jobs and opportunity in our County!

Public version of CB-74-2016 (The Jobs & Opportunity Act of 2016): https://princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4682548&GUID=05C8F5D0-86E9-4F8C-B2A5-86150931D4EB