§ 3.45.040. Application process.

A.

Application. All businesses seeking to be certified as a local business under Chapter 3.45 hire El Paso First-Local Bid Preference must submit an application to the city as designated on the form provided by the city. The application shall contain the following:

1.

The address of the primary headquarters of the applicant's business.

2.

The amount of time the applicant's business has been physically present and operating in the incorporated city limits of El Paso, Texas.

3.

The number of the applicant's full time employees who reside within the incorporated city limits of El Paso, Texas.

4.

Information identifying whether the business owns or leases real property or owns or leases space located in the incorporated city limits of El Paso, Texas and whether the structure is a temporary construction trailer or temporary structure.

5.

Information identifying the business activities conducted on the property or space owned or leased located in the incorporated city limits of El Paso, Texas.

6.

Information identifying the economic development opportunities for the City of El Paso created by the business by the award of a city contract to the business.

7.

Information identifying subcontractors, if any, and the percent of the total value of the contract that is subcontracted to certified local businesses.

8.

A non-refundable application fee in the amount established by city council.

(Ord. No. 18169, § 1, 5-6-2014)