§ 473.754 — Employees and Vendors
Plain-Language Summary
Sets hiring and contracting goals for the ballpark project. The Minnesota Ballpark Authority must make good faith and best efforts to employ women and minorities, including in management positions, and to use minority and female-owned businesses and vendors in Hennepin County. The authority must contract with an employment assistance firm to recruit, hire, and retain minorities, hold a job fair, recruit at named community organizations, and report its efforts to the attorney general.
473.754 EMPLOYEES AND VENDORS.
(a) The Minnesota Ballpark Authority shall make good faith efforts to have entry-level middle management and upper management staffed by minority and female employees. The authority shall also make best efforts to employ women and members of minority communities. The authority shall make good faith efforts to utilize minority and female-owned businesses in Hennepin County. Best efforts shall be made to use vendors of goods and services provided by minority and female-owned businesses from Hennepin County.
(b) The authority shall contract with an employment assistance firm, preferably minority owned, to create an employment program to recruit, hire, and retain minorities for the stadium facility. The authority shall hold a job fair and recruit and advertise at Minneapolis Urban League, Sabathani, American Indian OIC, Youthbuild organizations, and other such organizations.
(c) The authority shall report the efforts made in paragraphs (a) and (b) to the attorney general.
History:
History: History:
2006 c 257 s 9