Section 1. 
Legislative intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that Suffolk County, by adopting Local Law No. 22-1974, elected to participate in a regional off-track betting corporation and authorized the establishment of the Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation (OTB), a public benefit corporation.
This Legislature further finds that the Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation, which is required to let contracts, procedurally, in the same manner as counties and, therefore, is subject to competitive bidding requirements, may find, from time to time, that it would be efficient to let contracts for services and purchases from services and purchase contracts awarded by the County.
Therefore, the purpose of this article is to permit the County of Suffolk to make its services and purchase contracts available for use by the Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to all contracts and services entered into on or after the effective date of this law.
Section 1. 
Legislative intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that it is essential to ensure public confidence in the integrity of government operations.
This Legislature further finds and determines that in order to foster that public confidence, it is necessary to prevent dealings with persons or companies that have a history of attempting to corrupt government officials.
This Legislature also finds and determines that County employees should be protected from individuals and companies which have been convicted of a charge of bribery or corruption.
Therefore, the purpose of this legislation is to strengthen existing County law by increasing the time period during which an individual or entity is barred and disqualified from bidding on county projects or contracts subsequent to a conviction for an act of corruption prohibited by this chapter and by adding representation requirements and penalties for violation of this law.
Section 5. 
Effective date.
This law shall take effect on the 90th day immediately subsequent to filing in the office of the Secretary of State.
Section 1. 
Legislative intent.
This Legislature finds that state law requires that contracts on public projects be awarded only to responsible bidders, and that Chapter 143 (now Chapter 189) of the Suffolk County Code enumerates the types of conduct which may lead to a determination that a bidder is nonresponsible.
This Legislature also finds that a proper factor in determining whether a contractor is a responsible bidder to is evaluate the contractor's history of compliance with wage and safety laws.
This Legislature also finds and determines that codified standards are needed to ensure that only contractors who comply with state and local wage and safety laws are awarded contracts for public projects.
Therefore, the purpose of this legislation is to amend Chapter 143 (now Chapter 189) of the Suffolk County Code to establish that a factor to be used in determining that a bidding contractor on a public project is a responsible bidder is to consider whether the contractor has complied with state and local wage and safety laws.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to any public project contract awarded on or after January 1, 2007.
Section 1. 
Legislative Intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that the County of Suffolk utilizes many outside agencies to provide services to veterans, seniors, young people, handicapped citizens and other segments of the population.
This Legislature further finds that the Suffolk County Attorney has developed a contract provision that requires outside agencies funded by the County to credit an individual elected official for their funding in its publications and advertising.
This Legislature further finds that while it is appropriate for the County of Suffolk to advise its residents that it is delivering services through contracts with outside agencies, it is inappropriate for any individual elected or appointed official, department, office or agency to claim credit for such funding. Further, it is inappropriate for any elected official to seek political benefit in such a manner.
This Legislature also determines that the County of Suffolk has imposed other onerous contractual terms requiring contract agencies to obtain County approval for their publications, advertising and media communications.
This Legislature finds that contract agencies should not be required to forfeit their right to communicate freely simply because they accept County funding.
Therefore, the purpose of this law is to bar contract provisions that require outside agencies to credit individual officials or agencies for their funding or to obtain prior County approval for their publications, advertising and media communications.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to all County contracts entered into with contract agencies on or after the effective date of this law.
Section 1. 
Legislative intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that Local Law No. 13-2007 established guidelines and requirements for County contracts with not-for-profit human service providers.
This Legislature further finds that Local Law No. 13-2007, now codified at Chapter 189, Article VIII, of the Suffolk County Code, established a minimum contract amount of $5,000 to avoid a proliferation of small contracts, to reduce unnecessary paperwork and to streamline the delivery of County services.
This Legislature further finds that the County's fiscal difficulties have led to a sharp reduction in County funding for contract agencies; funding for a number of contract agencies was reduced below $5,000 in the 2012 budget.
This legislature determines that the minimum $5,000 contract requirement must be suspended to allow funding to reach contract agencies that serve Suffolk County residents.
Therefore, the purpose of this law is to suspend the County's minimum contract amount requirement for the duration of 2012.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to all contracts entered into with contract agencies during fiscal year 2012.
Section 1. 
Legislative intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that the County of Suffolk enters into many contracts with vendors to acquire certain goods and services.
This Legislature also finds and determines that Article II of Chapter 189 of the Suffolk County Code sets forth the requirements for bidders on County contracts and disqualifies bidders who have been convicted of a number of crimes or in violation of state or local labor laws.
This Legislature further finds and determines that the County licenses a number of professions and contracts with many professionals who are subject to these laws.
This Legislature determines that bidders on County contracts who are subject to the County's licensing laws should affirm that they are in full compliance with such laws at the time their bid is submitted. Entities which are not in compliance with County licensing laws should be automatically disqualified as non-responsible bidders.
Therefore, the purpose of this law is to repeal Article II of Chapter 189 of the Suffolk County Code and enact a revised version to reorganize the existing requirements and ensure that bidders subject to the County's licensed professions' laws are in full compliance with same at the time of bid submission.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to all actions occurring on or after the effective date of this law.
Section 1. 
Legislative Intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that the County of Suffolk contracts with hundreds of not-for-profit contract agencies each year to deliver services to Suffolk County residents.
This Legislature further finds that in the current economic climate, the County of Suffolk must carefully scrutinize contract agencies to ensure they are using County tax dollars efficiently to deliver services.
This Legislature also finds that Local Law No. 9-2001 requires contract agencies to provide the Department of Audit and Control with financial information, including the compensation they pay their employees. The goal of Local Law No. 9-2001 is to alert County officials to instances where a disproportionate share of a contract agency's funding is being used to pay salaries and other administrative expenses.
This Legislature further determines that the Suffolk County Comptroller has advised this Legislature that Local Law No. 9-2001 has proven to be unworkable and ineffective.
This Legislature also finds that a new financial disclosure framework that allows County departments and elected officials to evaluate the performance of contract agencies in systematic and timely matter must be established.
Therefore, the purpose of this law is to repeal Local Law No. 9-2001 and replace it with a new financial disclosure regimen for contract agencies.
Section 4. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to actions occurring on or after January 1, 2013.
Section 1. 
Legislative Intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that Local Law No. 13-2007 established guidelines and requirements for County contracts with not-for-profit human service providers.
This Legislature further finds that Local Law No. 13-2007, now codified at Chapter 189, Article VIII, of the Suffolk County Code, established a minimum contract amount of $5,000 to avoid a proliferation of small contracts, to reduce unnecessary paperwork and to streamline the delivery of County services.
This Legislature determines that the minimum $5,000 contract requirement was suspended in 2012 to allow smaller funding amounts to reach contract agencies serving Suffolk County residents.
This Legislature also determines that while the $5,000 minimum contract requirement helps promote efficiency, some flexibility should be built into the law to allow this Legislature to deal with exceptional circumstances on a case-by-case basis.
Therefore, the purpose of this local law is to authorize the County of Suffolk to waive the minimum $5,000 contract requirement for not-for-profit agencies by the enactment of a resolution approved by a super-majority vote of the County Legislature.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to contracts entered into with contract agencies on or after the effective date of the law.
Section 1. 
Legislative intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that Suffolk County Government has been retrenching and downsizing since the national economic recession in 2008.
This Legislature also finds that since 2008 the County of Suffolk has been forced to lay off employees, sell assets and terminate and/or privatize services.
This Legislature further finds that notwithstanding the many difficult deficit mitigation actions taken to date, Suffolk County continues to face a large structural budget imbalance.
This Legislature also finds that under these difficult economic circumstances, Suffolk County must embrace performance measurements tools in order to deliver services more effectively and efficiently.
This Legislature finds that the County Executive recognized the vital importance of performance measurement and accountability in government when he created a performance management team within his office in 2012.
This Legislature determines that the County of Suffolk, to a very significant degree, relies on outside contract agencies to deliver vital services to seniors, veterans, young people, citizens with disabilities and other segments of the County's population.
This Legislature also determines that this body has enacted legislation to increase the oversight and accountability of contract agencies; the adoption of performance measurement and reporting requirements can further enhance the efficiency and service delivery capability of contract agencies.
This Legislature further finds that access to important performance management data from contract agencies will allow County policymakers to make better informed budgeting and policy decisions when allocating resources.
Therefore, the purpose of this law is to make permanent performance measurement and reporting requirements applicable to County contract agencies and thereby make Suffolk County government more performance driven and accountable.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to actions after the effective date of this law.
Section 6. 
Effective date.
This law will take effect on January 1, 2015.
Section 1. 
Legislative intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that the County of Suffolk contracts with numerous vendors to acquire public works, goods and services.
This Legislature also finds that the County of Suffolk wishes to conduct business with law abiding persons and entities. Accordingly, the County has enacted a statute which disqualifies "non-responsible" bidders from seeking and obtaining County business.
This Legislature determines that persons and entities that commit certain enumerated crimes, or operate a business in Suffolk County without the required license or violate workers' safety laws are precluded from bidding on County contracts.
This Legislature also determines that the Suffolk County District Attorney is currently investigating the illegal dumping of tons of asbestos laden materials at the Roberto Clemente Town Park in Brentwood.
This Legislature further finds that unscrupulous individuals and businesses that commit environmental crimes in Suffolk County threaten the health and safety of County residents.
This Legislature concludes that the County of Suffolk should not conduct business with environmental polluters.
Therefore, the purpose of this law is to prohibit persons and entities convicted of environmental crimes from conducting business with the County of Suffolk.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to actions occurring on or after the effective date of this law.
Section 1. 
Legislative Intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that pursuant to the requirements of the SUFFOLK COUNTY CODE, County contracts with not-for-profit human service providers must be for an amount of at least $5,000. This requirement may only be waived by a resolution approved by a two-thirds vote of the County Legislature.
This Legislature also finds and determines that due to the County's continued fiscal challenges, funding for many contract agencies was reduced in the 2016 Operating Budget, and numerous contract agencies had their funding reduced below $5,000.
This Legislature finds that the $5,000 threshold contract requirement of Chapter 189 of the SUFFOLK COUNTY CODE should be suspended during Fiscal Year 2016.
Therefore, the purpose of this local law is to suspend the $5,000 threshold requirement for contract agencies during Fiscal Year 2016.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to contracts entered into by the County with contract agencies during Fiscal Year 2016.
Section 1. 
Legislative Intent.
This Legislature finds that the County of Suffolk has adopted guidelines and technical requirements, as well as financial filing and reporting requirements, for County contract agencies for the purpose of increasing oversight and accountability in the use of County funds by these agencies.
The Legislature further finds that these requirements provide that there be a separate resolution, passed by a two-thirds vote of the full membership of the Legislature, for approval of County funds to a contract agency that has administrative expenditures greater than twenty percent of its agency program expenses in a fiscal year.
The Legislature finds that in addition to these requirements, contract agencies must file annual disclosure forms with the Suffolk County Department of Audit and Control containing information regarding the contract agency's program revenues, direct program expenses, administrative expenses and top five employee salaries.
This Legislature further finds that in an effort to facilitate the filing of these disclosure forms, along with associated documents (audited financial statements or financial report; schedule of all employees and their salaries) and to allow for a more concise and expedient review, the Department of Audit and Control has developed a new online reporting tool.
This Legislature further finds that confusion persists in regard to which contract agencies are required to file, as well as what constitutes "administrative expenses" for both funding and filing purposes.
This Legislature finds and determines that in order to streamline the filing process, refine the technical requirements and support the Department of Audit and Control's objective of achieving contract agency filing compliance, Chapter 189 of the Suffolk County Code should be amended to provide greater clarity and precision regarding technical and filing requirements.
Therefore, the purpose of this local law is to amend Chapter 189 of the Suffolk County Code to clarify certain guidelines and requirements for contract agencies and to require online filing of contract agency disclosure forms and other financial documentation.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to all actions occurring on or after the effective date of this law.
Section 1. 
Legislative Intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that some individual and business entities have called for and are actively boycotting nations allied with the United States.
This Legislature finds that Governor Cuomo has signed an Executive Order which disqualifies persons and businesses that boycott Israel from doing business with the State.
This Legislature supports Governor Cuomo's position on this issue and concludes that the County of Suffolk should amend its procurement law to reflect New York's policy.
Therefore, the purpose of this local law is to disqualify purchasing and contract bids submitted to the County by persons and businesses that boycott Israel.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to all actions occurring on or after the effective date of this law.
Section 6. 
Effective Date.
This law shall take effect on January 1, 2017.
Section 1. 
Legislative Intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that the State of New York enacted the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Act in 2014 to promote and encourage the development of businesses owned by service-disabled veterans and to facilitate their participation in the State contracting process.
This Legislature further finds that Suffolk County is home to a huge population of men and women who faithfully served our nation as members of the military and National Guard, some of whom became disabled during their service.
This Legislature determines that it is in the best interest of Suffolk County to follow the lead set by the State of New York and to enact a law to promote the continuing development of businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
Therefore, the purpose of this local law is to honor the service and sacrifices of our disabled veterans by establishing protocols that will ensure that businesses owned by service-disabled veterans have a fair and sufficient opportunity to contract and do business with the County of Suffolk.
Section 4. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to actions occurring on or after the effective date of this law.
Section 7. 
Effective Date.
This law shall take effect on the 120th day immediately subsequent to its filing in the Office of the Secretary of State.
Section 1. 
Legislative Intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that pursuant to the requirements of the Suffolk County Code, County contracts with not-for-profit human service providers must be for an amount of at least $5,000. This requirement may only be waived by a resolution approved by a two-thirds vote of the County Legislature.
This Legislature also finds and determines that due to the County's continued fiscal challenges, funding for many contract agencies was reduced in the 2019 Operating Budget, and numerous contract agencies had their funding reduced below $5,000.
This Legislature finds that the $5,000 threshold contract requirement of Chapter 189 of the Suffolk County Code should be suspended during Fiscal Year 2019.
Therefore, the purpose of this local law is to suspend the $5,000 threshold requirement for contract agencies during Fiscal Year 2019.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to contracts entered into by the County with contract agencies during Fiscal Year 2019.
Section 1. 
Legislative Intent.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that pursuant to the requirements of the Suffolk County Code, County contracts with not-for-profit human service providers must be for an amount of at least $5,000.
This Legislature finds that the $5,000 threshold contract requirement of Chapter 189 of the Suffolk County Code should be suspended during Fiscal Year 2021 Therefore, the purpose of this local law is to suspend the $5,000 threshold requirement for contract agencies during Fiscal Year 2021.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to contracts entered into by the County with contract agencies during Fiscal Year 2021.
Section 1. 
Legislative Intent.
This Legislature finds that General Municipal Law § 103 now provides local governments greater flexibility in awarding contracts by authorizing the award of purchase contracts, including contracts for service work (but excluding any purchase contracts necessary for the completion of public works contract pursuant to Article 8 of the Labor Law) on the basis of best value.
This Legislature further finds that "Best Value" is defined as the basis for awarding contracts for products and/or services to the vendor, which optimizes quality, cost and efficiency, among responsive and responsible vendors.
This Legislature further finds that evaluations utilizing Best Value shall be based upon objective and quantifiable factors and shall not be based solely on cost. Whenever possible and applicable, factors including, but not limited to, quality, reliability, maintenance, useful lifespan and performance shall be evaluated.
Therefore, the intent of this Law is to authorize the use of best value criteria when awarding purchase and service contracts consistent with § 103 of the New York State General Municipal Law and § 163 of the New York State Finance Law. Use of best value criteria is intended to provide the County greater flexibility in awarding contracts and ensure that the County obtains the highest quality goods and services at a low cost. Awarding contracts on the basis of best value standards is further intended to promote competition, foster fairness among vendors and competitors, expedite contract awards, optimize quality, control costs and enhance efficiency among responsive and responsible vendors.
Section 3. 
Applicability.
This law shall apply to all new competitively bid contracts that utilize Best Value evaluations on or after the effective date of this law.