Small Business Development

Contract Monitoring and Compliance Division

This division ensures compliance with adopted ordinances that increase the participation of small-owned businesses in county contracts.

Participation in the Small Business Enterprise programs allows certified businesses to compete for specific contracts or portions of designated contracts.  Once contract measures are established, this division is responsible for ensuring that efforts are made by contractors to achieve the established measures.

Contract Monitoring and Compliance also enforces compliance with the Responsible Wage ordinance which regulates wage rates and level of benefits paid to employees of private contractors and sub-contractors performing work on County-funded construction projects, including alteration and/or repair of public buildings and public works. This is done by reviewing certified payrolls upon submitting a requisition for payment, observations and as well as worker interviews on the job site. The ordinance governing this task applies to county funded contracts of $100,000 or more.

The Division also enforces compliance with the Living Wage ordinance. Similar to the Responsible Wage ordinance, this ordinance ensures that employees on service-oriented projects are paid a fair wage on contracts in excess of $100,000.