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Commissioners approve Muskegon County DBE program update after discussion of federal certification and local vendor availability
Summary
After a staff briefing on 49 CFR part 26 and how DBE goals are set, commissioners approved an update to the county Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program; a commissioner criticized the federal list of presumed disadvantaged groups as sounding "a little sexist and racist."
The Muskegon County Board of Commissioners approved a county Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program update after staff explained federal certification procedures and local limitations in certified vendors.
Staff (Jim Jones and Jim Kim) told the board that DBE certification is performed by a small number of agencies in Michigan — the Michigan Department of Transportation, Wayne County Airport, and the Detroit Department of Transportation — and that the…
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