[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Collinsville as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-16-1990 by Ord. No. 264]
The City of Collinsville, Texas, having studied the new Local Government Code, more specially § 252.021, § 252.022 and § 252.044, as said sections apply to a general law town and having determined that the City Council of the City of Collinsville desire to further protect the citizens of Collinsville, Texas by requiring that any contractor, bidder, vendor, or supplier of material, equipment and labor to the City of Collinsville, Texas shall show evidence of having workers' compensation insurance, general liability insurance in the amount of $150,000, and other financial responsibility before any contract or bid is accepted for delivery of material, equipment, work, or commencement of a general construction project for the City of Collinsville, Texas.
That after the execution of this article, any person, company or corporation submitting a bid, furnishing labor, material, equipment, or submitting a bid upon a general construction project or acceptance of bid for a general construction project, and in addition to § 252.021, § 252.022, and § 252.044 of the Local Government Code of the Texas Code Annotated, that said individual, company, corporation, or other legal entity shall additionally furnish to the City of Collinsville, evidence of having workers' compensation insurance, general liability insurance in the amount of $150,000, and other financial responsibility before any contract or bid is accepted for delivery of material, equipment, work, or commencement of a general construction project for the City of Collinsville, Texas covered by this article shall be executed.
The City Council, having determined that it would be for the financial responsibility and general welfare of the City of Collinsville, Texas, an emergency is hereby declared. This article shall be in full force and effect upon passage.
[Adopted 1-11-1994 by Ord. No. 298; amended in its entirety 3-13-2000 by Ord. No. 355]
The City of Collinsville agrees to implement the following specific affirmative action steps directed at increasing the utilization of business concerns located within the Section 3 covered area or owned by Section 3 area residents:
A. 
To identify eligible business concerns for TCDP-assisted contracts through the Chamber of Commerce, the Urban League, local advertising, including public signage, project area committees, citizen advisory boards, lists available through the local HUD program official, regional planning agencies, and all other appropriate referral sources;
B. 
To maintain a list of eligible business concerns for utilization in TCDP-funded procurements, to ensure that all appropriate project area business concerns are notified of pending contractual opportunities, and to make available this list for general City procurement needs;
C. 
To require all bidders on contracts to submit a written Section 3 plan including utilization goals and the specific steps planned to accomplish these goals;
D. 
To ensure that contracts which are typically let on a negotiated rather than a bid basis in areas other than Section 3 covered project areas, are also let on a negotiated basis, where feasible, when let in a Section 3 covered project area;