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High Point committee hears update on city’s MWBE disparity study
Summary
City staff told the Tech Committee July 17 that Griffin & Strong are finishing data cleanup for High Point’s MWBE disparity study; the business survey remains open through Aug. 2 and two virtual public meetings are scheduled. Staff highlighted outreach, internal solicitation changes and gaps in subcontractor tracking.
High Point Mayor Pro Tem Michael Holmes presided over a July 17 meeting of the Tech Committee on Transparency, Engagement and Communication where staff provided an update on the city’s minority- and women-owned-business (MWBE) disparity study and related program work.
Cynthia, the city’s MWBE coordinator, told the committee the city contracted Griffin and Strong to conduct the study and that consultants are finishing data cleanup after a January–June data collection phase. “A disparity study is a tool and a mechanism … to analyze our utilization and our spend for a period of time,” Cynthia said, describing the study as a 5–7 year snapshot that examines race and gender utilization and potential barriers.
The consultant’s work includes legal analysis, department interviews and private-sector and anecdotal interviews; Cynthia said the steering committee has reviewed a draft chapter and that consultants will next perform market, utilization-threshold and regression analyses…
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