Friday, August 13, 1999
County prodded on hiring minorities on stadium
BY LUCY MAY
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The National Black Chamber of Commerce is pressuring Hamilton County to improve its record of minority participation in the Bengals football stadium construction.
Harry Alford, president and chief executive of the chamber, said he's coming to Cincinnati later this month to meet with county officials and discuss ways to improve the county's efforts.
Primarily, Mr. Alford questions whether the county is complying with a federal law that prohibits discrimination against a business because of race.
“It is my fear and belief that the county commission of Hamilton County is not documenting as it should, and we're losing some opportunities,” Mr. Alford said.
Stadium project spokeswoman Brooke Hill said the county has not discriminated against firms on the basis of race in building the Bengals' Paul Brown Stadium.
But Stan Williams Jr., the county's director of small, minority and female-owned business, said he's not certain the county has completed all the paperwork necessary to show compliance with the federal law.
“Certainly, I take his allegations seriously,” Mr. Williams said.
Mr. Williams said the county is working to improve its minority participation in the Bengals project, the new Reds ballpark, riverfront parking garages and all county projects.
The latest county figures show it has awarded 11 percent of the stadium construction contracts to firms owned by minorities or women, and 18 percent of the construction work is being done by minorities.
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