ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE ascertaining the PREVAILING RATE OF WAGES for Laborers, Workers and Mechanics Employed at Public Works in the City of Peoria, Illinois.
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BACKGROUND: State law requires that all persons working on Public Works contracts or the City be paid the prevailing wage for such work in the City. The law also requires the City to establish what those prevailing wages are annually. The City must conduct its own study or adopt the findings of the Department of Labor for Peoria County. The Attached Ordinance adopts the Department of Labor findings.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: All Public Works contracts for the City will be subject to the prevailing wage law.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: None
IMPACT IF APPROVED: All Public Works contracts for the City will be required to mandate the payment of prevailing wage.
IMPACT IF DENIED: Non-compliance with State Law.
ALTERNATIVES: N/A
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2017 - 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Financially Sound City
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WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Have an efficient government.
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DEPARTMENT: Legal