Int 0461-2011
Establishing packaging reduction guidelines for contractors with city agencies.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Contractsintroduced 2011-01-18Local Law 2011/051
Enacted as Local Law 2011/051.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2011-01-18Passed: 2011-08-17Enacted: 2011-08-17
Committee on Contracts — Procurement Policy Board, review of City procurement policies and procedures, oversight over government contracts, Mayor's Office of Contract Services and collection agency contracts.
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Sponsors (27)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2011-01-18 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2011-01-18 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2011-02-28 · Committee on Contracts
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2011-02-28 · Committee on Contracts
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2011-07-26 · Committee on Contracts
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2011-07-26 · Committee on Contracts
ActionAmended by Committee
2011-07-26 · Committee on Contracts
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2011-07-26 · Committee on Contracts
AdvancedApproved by Council
2011-07-28 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2011-07-28 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2011-08-17 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2011-08-17 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2011-08-17 · City Council
Votes (5)
Aye (5)
Darlene MealyRobert JacksonLetitia JamesMelissa Mark-ViveritoMichael C. Nelson
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2011-07-28 · 1:30 PM · Emigrant Savings Bank - 49-51 Chambers Street
Committee on Contracts · 2011-07-26 · 11:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
Committee on Contracts · 2011-02-28 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
City Council · 2011-01-18 · 1:30 PM · Emigrant Savings Bank - 49-51 Chambers Street
Attachments (9)
- Int. No. 461 - 1/18/11
- Committee Report 2/28/11
- Hearing Transcript 2/28/11
- Committee Report 7/26/11
- Hearing Testimony 7/26/11
- Hearing Transcript 7/26/11
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 7-28-11
- Local Law 51
- Mayor's Letter
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 6 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subchapter 7 to read as follows:
Subchapter 7: Packaging Reduction
§ 6-317. Packaging reduction guidelines for city agencies. a. The director of citywide environmental purchasing, after consultation with the mayor’s office of long term planning and sustainability, shall establish packaging reduction guidelines for contracts entered into by city agencies for the purchase of goods.
b. Such guidelines shall include but not be limited to the following agency requests: (i) whenever practicable, elimination of packaging or use of the minimum amount necessary for product protection; (ii) whenever practicable, use of packaging that is recyclable or reusable; and (iii) contractor reuse of pallets and packaging materials whenever practicable.
c. The director of citywide environmental purchasing shall make such guidelines available to all city agencies and publish such guidelines on the city’s website.
d. All city agencies shall reference the guidelines established pursuant to this section in conjunction with any request for bids issued by such agency for the purchase of goods.
e. The director of citywide environmental purchasing, after consultation with the office of long-term planning and sustainability, shall establish a program through the city website, and any other relevant means of media or communication, to identify and recognize city agency contractors that consistently further the goals of the packaging reduction guidelines established pursuant to this section.
§ 2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after it shall become a law except that city agencies, officers and employees, including but not limited to the director of citywide environmental purchasing and the director of the office of long-term planning and sustainability, shall take such actions as are necessary for its implementation prior to such effective date.
JJH/LC/SKM
LS #1456
3/28/2011