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AA/EEO Requirements

City of Saint Paul Legislative Code Section 183.04 and the rules governing AA/EEO require the city to monitor affirmative action and equal employment opportunity efforts. AA/EEO regulations apply to all vendors, regardless of the nature and size of their business, whose total accumulated City of Saint Paul contract awards are equal to or exceed $50,000 within the preceding twelve-month period. This requirement applies whether one contract equals $50,000 or more, or several contracts within a one-year period total $50,000 or more. 

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Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)

When the $50,000 threshold is met, a vendor must submit the following:  
  1. Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) – to the City of Saint Paul via email at affirmativeaction@ci.stpaul.mn.us.
  2. Submit the $75 Affirmative Action Plan fee to the Department of Human Rights & Equal Economic Opportunity
    1. Acceptable forms of payment:  
      1. Company check
      2. Personal check
      3. Cashier/money order check
      4. check.com check
    2. Mail the $75 check made out to 'City of Saint Paul' to:  

City of Saint Paul
Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity
Attention: Affirmative Action
15 Kellogg Boulevard West, 280 City Hall
Saint Paul, MN 55102

Your AAP is certified for two years. You must renew your AAP before it expires.  

Reciprocity

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights and the City of Minneapolis Civil Rights Department also monitor affirmative action and equal employment opportunity efforts. If your company has an AAP certification with the City of Minneapolis or the State of Minnesota, submit the following:

  1. The first four pages of the City of Saint Paul Affirmative Action plan.
  2. Copies of the worksheets submitted to either the State of Minnesota or the City of Minneapolis that capture the vendor's workforce (i.e., Employment Data form, Utilization Analysis, Goals and Timetables, and Utilization Goals for People with Disabilities)
  3. Submit the $75 Affirmative Action Plan fee to the Department of Human Rights & Equal Economic Opportunity. 

Affirmative Action Plan Status

Individuals can now look up if a business has a current Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) registered with the City of Saint Paul.  
 

Check AAP Status

Affirmative Action Plan FAQ

Semi-Annual Reports

Companies with 20 or more employees within the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area are required to submit semi-annual reports.  

Semi-Annual Reports monitor a vendor's equal employment and affirmative action efforts. The reports contain information about a vendor's hiring, training, terminations or voluntary resignations, and promotion activity. Vendors must maintain records of all personnel activities and documentation of Good Faith Efforts to recruit and hire women, minorities, and people with disabilities.

Construction Projects

Subcontractors on city-owned and city-funded construction projects are required to comply with AA/EEO. Subcontractors with a contract amount of $50,000 or more will need to have an AAP certified as described above.  

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Workforce Goals

Construction contracts receiving city funding must comply with workforce utilization employment goals set by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Developers and/or general contractors must communicate to all subcontractors that workforce goals are expressed as a percentage of the total hours performed by female and minority construction workers used on the project.  

  • 32% Minority Total Project hours  
  • 20% Female Total Project hours  

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights raised the female participation goal on July 17, 2017. 

Last Edited: August 8, 2025