City Council B Session

City of San Antonio

Meeting Minutes

City Council B Session

State of Texas

County of Bexar

City Hall Complex

105 Main Plaza

San Antonio, Texas 78205

FINAL

2:00 PM Municipal Plaza BuildingWednesday, February 28, 2018

The City Council of San Antonio convened in the “B” Room of the Municipal Plaza Building. City

Clerk Leticia Vacek took the Roll Call noting the following Councilmembers present:

11 - Mayor Nirenberg, Treviño, Shaw, Viagran, Saldaña, Gonzales,

Brockhouse, Sandoval, Pelaez, Courage, and Perry

PRESENT:

Briefing on the City's Procurement Programs. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer]1.

Mrs. Sculley stated that contractual Preference Programs were bound by multiple levels of

law. She noted that statistical evidence was required to prove disparity and resulting

programs had to be narrowly tailored. She recommended that the City Council remove the

requirement for a Labor Peace Agreement (LPA) in the Airport Concessions Request For

Proposals (RFP) and issue an addendum to that effect.

Troy Elliott provided an overview of laws governing procurement including State Statutes,

Supreme Court Decisions, and City Ordinances. He stated that the Finance Department was

responsible for procurement of Goods, Non-Professional Services, Professional Services,

and Revenue or Concession Contracts. He noted that Transportation and Capital

Improvements (TCI) oversaw procurement of Construction Services, Architectural

Professional Services, Landscape Architectural Services, Engineering Services, and Land

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Surveying. He stated that Finance administered the Local Preference Program and Veteran

Owned Small Business Preference (VOSBP) Program and the Economic Development

Department administered the Small Business Economic Development Advocacy (SBEDA)

Program. He noted that use of cooperatives excluded the use of Preference Programs so

reducing usage of same would increase the opportunity for Local and Small Business

participation. He noted that the High Profile Contracting Program was implemented to

promote transparency and City Council policy input during procurement.

Mr. Elliott stated that the city utilized Non-Discretionary and Discretionary Procurements.

He noted that Non-Discretionary Procurements were awarded to the lowest responsive

bidder and involved Requests for Price Quotes, Invitations for Bids, and Requests for Offers

to acquire goods, Non-Professional Services, and Construction Services. He stated that