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Orlando council defers small-and-local business preference ordinance after concerns
Summary
Councilors deferred Ordinance 2025‑47 — which would create a small and local business enterprise preference and suspend prior MWBE provisions — after Commissioners raised concerns about whether the change would guarantee opportunities for minority‑owned firms; mayor asked for more time to work out issues.
Councilors on April 6 deferred consideration of Ordinance 2025‑47, which would create a small and local business enterprise preference in procurement and suspend certain chapters related to minority and women business enterprise (MWBE) preferences.
Mayor Dyer said he would defer items D5 and 12A (the small and local business enterprise ordinance) to the next meeting to allow more time to address concerns raised by Commissioner Burns and others. Commissioner Burns said he wanted the policies and procedures refined to ensure local and small businesses — including minority‑owned firms — receive meaningful contracting opportunities.
The deferral means the council will revisit the ordinance at a later meeting after staff and council members have had an opportunity to work through the points of disagreement. No formal vote on the ordinance was taken at the April 6 meeting.
