Opposing Senate Bill and House Bill Which Would Repeal the Common Construction Wage Law

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SUBSTITUTE BILL NO. 15-11 RESOLUTION NO. �1 2N J S A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, OPPOSING SENATE BILL 198 AND HOUSE BILL 1019 WHICH WOULD REPEAL THE COMMON CONSTRUCTION WAGE LAW C%C the State of Indiana's Common Construction Wage statute was first enacted in 1935; is commonly referred to as a prevailing wage law; and governs wage rates paid to construction workers on Indiana's public works projects; and wage rates are adopted by Common Construction Wage Committees in each project county in public hearings where a public works project is estimated to exceed $350,000 in construction costs which would be paid for by state or local funds and would be owned or leased with an option to purchase by the state or a political subdivision; and 6)%� currently Senate Bill 198 sponsored by State Senator Carlin Yoder and House Bill 1019 sponsored by State Representative Jerry Torr are pending in the Indiana General Assembly, with both bills proposed to repeal Indiana's Common Construction Wage law with an effective date of July 1, 2015; and 6%6m& SB 198 was one of 589 Bills filed and was referred to the Committee on Pensions and Labor on January 6, 2015 and it remains; House Bill 1019 was one of 669 Bills filed and was referred to the Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions; and now has eight (8) co- sponsors as of February 16, 2015; and dlh�e the November 23, 2014 "Fiscal Impact Statement" on HB 1019 reported similar information as that reported on SB 198; and (%C it has been reported that approximately 9.1% of the workforce in the State of Indiana currently belongs to a union; and NC,w4 the Indiana Department of Labor's website has information dedicated to the Common Construction Wage where "nearly all wage scales adopted from 2005 to the present are available; with the most recent entry for the City of South Bend being made on January 7, 2015 for project # IDOL 20140696 where wage rates were established by the Common Construction Wage Committee, who were appointed pursuant to Indiana Code § 5 -16 -7 et seq for many classifications listing the total hourly highest and lowest rates for skilled being $73.07 and $31.66; for semiskilled being $60.47 and $30.31; and unskilled $52.19 and $16.95; and projects for St. Joseph County in 2c01111 through 2015 totaling 68; and 9%Q X/ey6m &16mWoe,4, *dm ammasc �bri w0y'd6 "'�'90mvAWmd AAwia, wyWvag : Section I. The Common Council recognizes that for the past eighty (80) years, Indiana's Common Construction Wage codified at Indiana Code § 5- 16 -7 -1 et seq., has promoted "efficiency, quality, and safety by providing for a stable, well- trained labor force" on public works projects throughout the state.