Sec. 21.302. - Powers and duties of Mayor.

(a) Privatization with respect to this Part 3 is defined as follows: (1) Privatization of a department is the transfer of all or substantially all of the appropriations and other funds and the transfer of all or substantially all of the essential public functions of a department to a private entity for the performance of the services and essential public functions of the department. (2) Privatization of a division is the transfer of all or substantially all of the appropriations and other funds and the transfer of all or substantially all of the essential public functions of a division to a private entity for the performance of the services and essential public functions of the division. (3) Privatization of an essential public function is the transfer of all or substantially all of the appropriations and other funds and the transfer of all or substantially all of that particular function to a private entity for the performance of those services. For purposes of this subsection 21.302 (a)(3), "all or substantially all of an essential public function" means when 20 percent or more of the budgeted employee positions, within any one division, are eliminated or vacated, on a cumulative basis within a fiscal year, due to a transfer of the function to a private agency. (b) The Mayor may, from time to time, determine that it is desirable to privatize a department, division, or essential public function. (c) If the Mayor proposes to privatize a department, division or essential public function, the Mayor must first submit a privatization plan to Council for its review and approval. (d) The limitations set forth in subsection (c), above, do not apply to any design or construction of projects involving capital improvement(s) as defined by Section 126.102 , Ordinance Code. (Ord. 1999-1005-E, § 1)