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Boundary lines across Florida shouldn t be a factor when a city orcounty considers construction contracts that involve state dollars,senators on the Community Affairs Committee said Monday. Despite objections in support of "buy local" efforts by the FloridaLeague of Cities, the committee voted to support SB 1460 , which would prohibit local communities from giving localcontractors preferential treatment when considering a project thatwould receive any amount of state money. Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, the sponsor of the bill,said local preference requirements have kept businesses fromcompeting for contracts, drive up costs and hinder free-marketcompetition. It is not government s role to create unfair advantages to localbusiness.
As a matter of fact, it s not their responsibility,it s not their right, Simmons said. Sens. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, and Ronda Storms, R-Brandon, bothobjected to the bill, equating the local ordinances to campaignsthat encourage people to "Buy American" products. Do you think it s OK to outsource call centers and things likethat to India just to save a buck and put all of our own people outof work? Storms said. Simmons said local-only ordinances discriminate against companiesthat could be located just beyond the county or city line.
In contracting, we are talking about local services, we re nottalking about services from India or China or something like that.We re talking about services from local people and we re usingarbitrary boundaries of cities, Simmons said. If you just happen to be right next door, within 1,000 feet,you re being discriminated against; that s a real problem. Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, compared cities and countiesimposing local preference ordinances to a Little League coachputting his own son on the mound when there are better options towinning the game.
When we re spending taxpayers dollars I d like to have thebest pitcher in there, Richter said. The bill was supported by Associated General Contractors andAssociated Builders and Contractors. Meanwhile, Stephen Hogge, a Tallahassee attorney representing theLeague of Cities, said the decision should be left to the localgovernments. I think one of the reasons you don t see local governments withone of these preferences is because they do recognize there arelimits and they are using them surgically to address needs in theircommunity, Hogge said.
We believe that local preferences are an important economicdevelopment tool in some communities. Local governments would still have the ability to impose localpreferences on projects that do not receive any state money. The House version, HB 673, received the backing of the Government Operations Subcommittee onJan. 18 and is scheduled to go before the Community and MilitaryAffairs Subcommittee on Tuesday. Reach Jim Turner at or at (772) 215-9889. I am an expert from Security & Protection, usually analyzes all kind of industries situation, such as mother's birthstone rings , mothers birthstone ring.
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