HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FOLLOW THE FIRST SOURCE HIRING ORDINANCE MANDATES

This is a procedural resolution (not a bill with new law), urging the City of Providence to enforce its existing hiring ordinance. The ordinance requires businesses receiving public funds to hire from a local "First Source List" of Providence residents for jobs created with taxpayer money, and to face penalties like contract termination for non-compliance. The resolution states that businesses are not following these rules, and the city has failed to apply the outlined penalties, despite the ordinance's goal of reducing local unemployment and supporting community economic health.