(BPRW) Vice Mayor Mike Gelin fights for Prosperity for All, Mayor Gomez Opposes | Press releases

(BPRW) Vice Mayor Mike Gelin fights for Prosperity for All, Mayor Gomez Opposes

TAMARAC, Fla. – The demographics of the City of Tamarac has adjusted radically in excess of the final 10 several years with equally the African American and Hispanic inhabitants almost doubling.  Vice Mayor Gelin wants to guarantee a area for all citizens aged and new.  He also wants to make certain fair and equitable getting procedures by the town.  On Wednesday, February 23rd, Vice Mayor Mike Gelin, proposed a disparity examine to determine if inequities exist in community procurement and contracting that adversely impact deprived organizations, minorities and/or women owned organizations. Centered on an inside analyze asked for by the Vice Mayor, the Town of Tamarac spends concerning $28-$33 million each year with all contractors.  Of that complete, .54% was expended with Black owned corporations in 2020 and 2% in 2021.  The numbers declined for Hispanic owned corporations going from 6% in 2020 to below 5% in 2021.  For girl owned firms the quantities declined as well, going from 9.3% in 2020 to 5.6% in 2021. 

Based mostly on this info and discussions with minority suppliers, Vice Mayor Gelin proposed a disparity review to discover existing disparities, take away obstacles to entry for minority and girl owned companies, in get to foster and motivate levels of competition thus decreasing tax bucks invested. 

Vice Mayor Gelin cited studies from top world-wide companies, these types of as Citibank and McKinsey, demonstrating that the full economy positive aspects when black organizations and other minority companies prosper.  According to Citibank, “If racial wealth gaps had been closed currently, $5 trillion could likely be added to the US GDP above the up coming 5 decades. 

Vice Mayor Gelin was unhappy that Mayor Michelle Gomez, Commissioner Debra Placko, and Commissioner Elvin Villalobos voted in opposition to a disparity review, which would have been the first of a lot of actions to increase the lives of minority small business house owners and the general overall economy.  The motion failed 2-3 with the only two black elected officers voting in favor of the examine with

Commissioner Marlon Bolton becoming a member of Vice Mayor Gelin.  Towns in Florida that have carried out disparity studies involve the Metropolis of Miramar, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Pensacola, Tallahassee, and other companies which includes the College Board of Broward County, Miami Dade General public School, and Palm Seashore County.

 

 

2021 Shell out
Black	$       624,222.39	2.17%
Hispanic	$     1,647,835.74	4.87%
Girl Owned	$     1,924,307.82	5.69%
Veteran	$       246,486.06	.73%
Asian	$       362,000.23	1.07%
Area	$         84,604.67	.25%
Overall Spend 2021	$   28,745,584.02	14.78%

 

2020 Commit
Black	$       182,692.65	.54%
Hispanic	$     2,056,042.60	6.08%
Female Owned	$     3,158,585.84	9.34%
Veteran	$         72,805.47	.22%
Asian	$     2,837,785.38	8.39%
Community	$         95,840.88	.28%
Full Invest 2020	$   33,825,276.30	24.84%

 

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