01/09/12 Board of Pubilc Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 9 2012 9 WHEREAS, The Indiana Department of Labor administers a program for determination of the common wage for public construction; but requires that a public construction project have an estimated cost of more than $200,000 to qualify for a common wage determination hearing; and WHEREAS, The Saint Joseph Valley Building Trades Council has participated in many wage determination hearings for City of South Bend projects and has conducted surveys of the labor rates in South Bend and Saint Joseph County; and WHEREAS, the Common Wage Determination hearings held in Saint Joseph County in compliance with Indiana Code 5- 16 -17, as amended, have resulted in adoption of the St. Joseph Valley Building Trade Council's survey as the common wage for public works projects; and WHEREAS, The City of South Bend often desires to contract for "small" public work projects of less than $200,000 and wishes to maintain a high level of quality in completed projects; and, WHEREAS, The Saint Joseph Valley Building Trades Council comes before the South Bend Board of Public Works with a scale of wages in typical classifications based upon survey for both "Building" projects and "Heavy and Highway" projects. THEREFORE, The Board of Public: Works adopts the Building Trades' scale of wages as the common wage determination for "small" projects with an estimated cost of less than $200,000, as attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A and Exhibit B. So resolved this 9th day of January, 2()12. CITY OF SOUTH BEND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS s/ Gary Gilot s/ Donald Inks ATTEST: s /Linda Martin, Clerk APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS /CONTRACTS /PROPOSALS /ADDENDA The following Agreements /Contracts /Proposals /Addenda were submitted to the Board for approval: Type Business Description Amount Motion/ Petition to Correct Duplicate Tax Key No. N/A Second Inks / Gilot Release 018- 8024 -0985 Referenced on Accrued Tax Two Forms, to No. 018-8024 - and Remove 0974 Property from Tax Rolls Correction Amendment to Northern Repair of Hydroelectric Turbine Increase of Gilot /Inks Special Electric — Perform Locked Rotor Test for $1,500.00; Purchase Company I &M to Determine Electrical New Total Characteristics of Generator Set $43,500.00 that could not be acquired from (ARRA Manufacturer Grant) Maintenance Hernnan & One -Year HVAC Maintenance $10,400.00 Inks / Gilot Contract Goetz, Inc. Agreement Extension for Water (Water Extension Works Buildings: North Station, Works Edison Filter, Olive GAC, Operations) Pinhook Filter and South GAC