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REGULAR MEETING JULY 22, 2014 241 <br />ATTEST: <br />s /Linda M. Martin, Clerk <br />ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 31 -2014 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 21 -2014 TO CLARIFY THE <br />EFFECTIVE DATE FOR APPLICATION OF COMMON CONSTRUCTION WAGE RATES TO <br />PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS ESTIMATED TO COST LESS THAN S350,000 AND MORE <br />THAN $175,000 <br />Upon a motion made by Ms. Roos, seconded by Mr. Relos and carried, the following Resolution <br />was adopted by the Board of Public Works: <br />RESOLUTION NO 31 -2014 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 21-2014 TO CLARIFY THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR <br />APPLICATION OF COMMON CONSTRUCTION WAGE RATES TO PUBLIC WORKS <br />PROJECTS ESTIMATED TO COST LESS THAN $350,000 AND MORE THAN $175,000 <br />WHEREAS, the City of South Bend ( "City ") desires that workers on public work <br />contracts be compensated fairly for the application of their skills and training; and <br />WHEREAS, in accordance with Indiana Code §5- 16 -7 -1, et seq. the Indiana Department <br />of Labor administers a program for determination of Common Construction Wage Rates for public <br />construction on public works projects; and <br />WHEREAS, in accordance with Indiana Code §5- 16- 7 -1(m), the City is not required to pay <br />Common Construction Wage Rates on public works projects having an estimated cost of less than <br />$350,000; and <br />WHEREAS, the City, acting through its Board of Public Works ( "Board "), frequently <br />contracts for smaller public work projects estimated to cost more than $175,000, but estimated to <br />cost less than $350,000; and <br />WHEREAS, on July 8, 2014, the Board adopted its Resolution No. 21 -2104 providing for <br />application of Common Construction Wage Rates to smaller public work projects estimated to cost <br />more than $175,000, but estimated to cost less than $350,000; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board desires to clarify its intent as to the effective date for application of <br />Common Construction Wage Rates to smaller projects so that those persons or companies in the <br />Process of submitting bids or quotes in response to such projects would not be disadvantaged by <br />changes required by implementation of the new policy adopted on July 8, 2014; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board hereby states its intent in adopting Resolution No. 21 -2014 was to <br />ensure that Common Construction Wage Rates be applied to smaller public work projects estimated <br />to cost more than $175,000, but estimated to cost less than $350,000 for those projects being bid or <br />offered after July 8, 2014 through and including December 31, 2014, and that those projects which <br />had been advertised or offered prior to July 8, 2014 shall not be effected by the new policy. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of South Bend Board of Public <br />Works that: <br />The effective date for application of Common Construction Wage Rates to smaller <br />public works projects having an estimated cost of more than $175,000, but estimated to <br />cost less than $350,000 shall be July 8, 2014. <br />2. Public works projects which had been publically bid or offered in accordance with State <br />law prior to the adoption of Resolution No. 21 -2014 on July 8, 2014 shall not be affected <br />by the new policy. <br />ADOPTED at a meeting a the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana <br />held on July 22, 2014, at 1308 County -City Building, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, <br />Indiana 46601. <br />