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D. Change in Preferences: The Local Business and County Business preferences established by this Chapter shall terminate on December 31, 2026. Commencing on January 1, 2027, to further promote business retention within the city and the economic health of the city and to encourage local participation in the procurement process, the purchasing agent, in determining the lowest responsible bidder for contracts for supplies, materials, equipment and specialized goods having a value of $30,000 or less, may take into consideration the one percent (1%) sales tax which would be returned to the city as a result of the bid award. For procurement where sales tax would not be generated as a result of the bid award and where the quality and price are equal to another bidder or bidders, the local vendor may be given the bid award. E. Recycled Goods: Whenever practicable, all City departments shall use recycled content products and recycled materials to meet their needs. This subsection is enacted to facilitate compliance with State requirements and to foster the development of new, improved markets for recycled products. 1. Definitions: For purposes of this subsection B, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them: POSTCONSUMER RECYCLED MATERIALS: A finished material or product that has served its intended use and would normally be disposed of as solid waste. Examples of postconsumer recovered materials include, but are not limited to, old newspaper, office paper, green waste (yard waste), steel, glass, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, oil, asphalt, concrete and tires. PRACTICABLE: Available within a reasonable time period; the recycled product shall be of equal or better quality or value at either no or minimal additional cost and subject to consideration of product durability as a criterion of the cost or value of the product. PRECONSUMER: Materials or byproducts generated after manufacturing of a product is completed, but before the product reaches the consumer. Examples of pre -consumer recovered materials include, but are not limited to, obsolete inventories of finished goods, rejected unused stock and paper wastes generated during printing, cutting and other conversion operations. RECYCLED MATERIAL: Waste material and byproducts that have been recovered or diverted from the solid waste stream and can be utilized in place of raw or virgin material in a product. Recycled content materials may consist of material derived from postconsumer waste, manufacturing waste, industrial scrap, agricultural waste and other items, all of which can be used in the manufacture of new products. 2. City Departments' Procurement Of Recycled Content Products: a. All departments shall use recycled content products whenever practicable. Special emphasis shall be placed on the purchase of products manufactured with postconsumer recycled materials. I:\Ordinances\Nos 2900-2999 in Wo t\2952 Local Preference.FinaLdoc 2