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A A Administrator Says ~ ' .i — i Minority Contractors Work Pleases Airport Authority ll> <Ji»\k* IIIiimmi & - • l*oM Si.ill Writer In continuing our search into minority contractors working at Douglas Muni cipal Airport we lound that administrators working closely with the contract ors are satisfied with the w ork being done l'indy Templtn. alfirm alive action administrator lor Day and Zimmerman the company in charge ol managing construction at the airport, reported that 'work is being done compe tently Solar progress has Keen excellent" she "said. - adding. "we have had quite a lew minorities to parti cipate i in the work' We have had problems but any ' 'project -has-problems. Con... tractors are getting the work completed and stay ing within budget " • James K Polk is presi I- - "dent ol Management Man ■ power Associates. Inc . • * which has a subcontract to ’ _ assist w ith the implemen tation of the affirmative -; action program . •. The firm's job is to iden 1 • tify minority contractors •:who are capable and in *' lerested in doing work at the airport. * Polk's close association •;»ith the minority contract ors gives him an oppor ■ .tunity to observe the work. The project is going ex tremely well. It is coming in on time and on budget." • he told Both Day and Zimmer ' man and Management * Manpower Associates. Inc. used a Schedule A lorm to determine whether a com pany could be declared minority. I Schedule A is a form used - to gather vital information - concerning the ownership T ol a firm. Some questions ; asked are whether the or ganization is operating as ! an individual corporation, co-partnership or joint ven - ture effort. Also informa tion about race, sex and I percentage of business ■ owned must be provided. I Kace. sex and title of in j dividuals responsible for * day-to-day management and policy decision making must be determined. Copies of agreement of ownership options must be provided These and other major questions are used to determine whether or not a business can be qualified as minority-owned According to Polk, once this information is collect ed it then goes into a data bank If a prime contract or. the larger company responsible for the major construction projects, wants to use one of the 1 minority firms as a sub ‘ contractor the information * is then looked into more i closely. Polk says that N.C. has * the finest minority enter * prise record and • that „ Charlotte is the tirst city in the U.S. to set up a minor Loans Available For Fttture / Teachers High school seniors in North Carolina need not rule out colleges in the lair it money is the only pro blem .students with a good academic" record who plan to teach in a specific course shortage ami may apply tor a scholarship loan from tin slate Department of ITiliiie Instructions I’ros licence Teacher scholai slop Loan Fund I lie teaching shortage areas include math phy sics chemistry, agricul lure, lailili. bilingual. c.\ rept 11n 1111 children mcuUiL ly Handicapped, speech and "' tangling!"iltTfrjrn'Ii sprnar a.lining disabilities seriously emotionally ban -tin.,ipped. severely pro - imindly handicapped. gilT • ii .mil talented usually handle.ippeil. hearing mi p.ai 11; special edui.a uni and ctH'.iftonal education distributive education, m dust rial arts education oc cupational exploration health occupations. and Uadi and industrial edu calinii \)>)>lk,iln>ii loriii.' arc .iC.ul.ililclrm11 ih< uimmoii <>l Mandards .mil |»,. '.wlopilii ill M.,|, | H'|Ki| • liu lll ill 1‘uliln ln>inu ! •I .ducal mu I iilildi 11^1 |j., K-IHliM lMUl> slMHlIt! In received ^^-•m-itirc Alarcli i im ptiiiriK iI~ViiiiMdciai«ni Vvvarils wiii * iN .iiiniiunewhii«-.,i i\ \ia> James Polk Manpower president itv. women business enter pr+se program- -bv-eri-y- or dinance Si* to eight percent ol each dollar awarded by the city goes to minority con Jraator*. puLa Jot. ol dollars into black lolk s pocket Management Manpower Associates. Inc is only in volved with construction lirms at this time We are actively looking lor women and minorities to build ,rads and to do heavy Second in a series const ruction. he o\ plained I’oik started his busi ness in ItNitiund has worked lor private industry, state and government agencies doing management and su pervisory training Hut what about the charge that minority corn panics may not be what they say they are" Ms Tempi in talked about the company. Jones and Howland Jones and Howland submitted a -■Nt4H*dok*-A-iudicaiing..lJaiU._ it was owned by Sam Jones. "We talked to people who knew them and there was' no reason to question the '"rriTndatTVSrrOir the- tidied ule A As best we could tell they were legitimate." she told— Subsequent to that they w ere aw arded the contract Sam Jones was involved in daily operations, working with the employees, sign ing payroll checks. Until the (lay he ga vvus a copy of Ins resignation they were a legitimate lirm." However, when Jones re signed the firm no longer couhMie classified minor it y t he moment w e got Ins letter we weni to the city attorney s ollice The dec! sion as to w hat would hap pen to Jones and Rowland was leit to the city at torney she explained The attorney decided not to pursue the matter because the company's on gin.tl intent was to be legi innate, they just never con suminutcd' lfie deal, she” went on It was decided to let Rowland complete the work About SO percent ol .the—work was already finished 1 belore Jones resigned However, the company was removed Irom the ap proved list ol minority business enterprises. How will this aflect future chances loiminorily companies hopn% to join Hie program I don I know il it's gnin^ to make it any harder for them \\e do the best we can with the intormaliun provided. People can put a lot on paper hut how the> perform is what counts, she reported Polk says he hopes the recent rash ol puhhcitv wil make ptople aware ol the opportunities My hope is that on a punitive basis more minority and lemale eonlraelors now know that there are nppnrlunities lor them at the airport Be eause they tell that they didn't have the wherewith al money, equipment, ele they thounht (hat they enuldn't net involved.' he said Supefc Gloss Out Performs Any Wax Ultimate in a Gloss Finish and Protection For car, mirror or any hard surface Lucky MOM Distributor Marshall Smith (704) 399-6529 4417 Meridan Ave. u 0 ~ ^ ; •^wiat b i r',ik Load Buyiny Saves Vtm^unny .... Off*?- Limiteo Ol! N: .v For Free Estimate' £7ATEWf^E SC I’STk ilCTSON vr- •• q ,Ki M ** SbOO S »‘ Vi« . v-ustofin.-rs i . *_• ..■ B fi B ■SB |j ‘ V.. . ; ItjHjfl _ ■ i i|K|| 9 mg. mg mcotme av. per cigarette by FTC method.
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