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County adopts new Small Business Enterprise thresholds after public feedback
Summary
After outreach and a low response rate to a gross‑receipts survey, Orange County commissioners voted 6–1 to adopt staff‑recommended SBE certification thresholds (construction $13.1M; professional/goods/services largely $7M) and directed staff to implement the new SBE policies.
The Board of County Commissioners on March 24 voted to adopt a new, race‑neutral Small Business Enterprise (SBE) program and certified thresholds following a series of public webinars, listening sessions and a county survey.
Staff presented three threshold options developed after outreach to more than 18,000 businesses and 46 stakeholders. Option 1 — the staff recommendation and the option ultimately adopted — sets the gross‑receipts caps for certification…
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