NEW BUSINESS  10.

COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM

HISTORY:

At its January 16, 2019 meeting, the City Commission referred an item to the Finance and City-Wide Projects Committee (the “Committee”) for a discussion on the minimum wage requirements for City funded construction contracts.

ANALYSIS:

Minimum wages on City-funded construction projects are governed by Sections 31-27 through 31-31 of the City Code (Attachment A). Pursuant to the City Code requirements, the minimum wages required to be paid to contractor employees on any applicable project with a value greater than $1 million are listed in the most recent schedules, known as wage determinations, published by the United States Department of Labor in the Federal Register prior to the date of release of the competitive solicitation for the project.

The Department of Labor publishes wage determinations by geographic zone, and adjusts these periodically to account for economic conditions that impact wages. Detailed information on the Department of Labor wage determinations is available at www.wdol.gov.

CONCLUSION:

The Administration is providing the information for the Committee’s discussion purposes.