06/22/09 Board of Public Works Regular Meeting

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I~E'G~~,~l~ 1~IEET'ING JUNE 22, 2449 214 ":t'l~srefors, 1~4r. Murphy rnade a motion that after review of the expenditures, the claims be app:rovsd as submitted. 1l~Ir. Inl~s seconded the motion, which carried. lal~I~TI~,:'EGE Cl~ TIgE ~I_,G~I'a lvlfr.. 1~I~~~~ray l~illsr, representing local lTnion 645, questioned whether tl~s I~sgal I4spar-tment had ~~ cli~ancF; to review tl~e law regarding the City awarding bids 'to Iocal contractors over out-off state contractors. Eoard .Attorney, Cheryl Grssns, stated she had reviewed and found that the law ~~ppliss to State projects, not local projects. I~/ls. Grssns noted she did not know if tl~ers is a similar local law and she was having her law clerk research the subject. She explained that the laws arc written specific to the state and specific to local goys nsnt. I~/lr. Gzlot added that even loc~~l 1a~~7ds diffsz~sntiats between first class, second class, and third class cities. South fiend is classifis~d as a second class city, so they woaald have to find a Iaw that is specific to second class cit~cs that applies. I~dr. I~illsr gaaestioned if they would recomrncnd the 1Jnion try to get a similar la~,v passed in Indiana, lips 1Vlichigan had, which requires the award of bids to favor local ~;oz~tractors over out-ol=state contractors. IVIs. Careens noted she is not his attorney and can`t rscornm~°nd anything, however the Iaw in Il~ichigan is relatively new, only about a year old, and when a poorly written law is new it usa.~ally gets challenged within the first year and ends up bcirlg reviewed. Sl~s suggested a better approach is sometimes not to draft an squally bad law that is open to challenge, but to raise issue and challenge an existing bad Iaw. 10iIr. Gilot stated in su~ri~maray, the question would be if ws give preference to local contractors. There is nothing right r~o~v In the lsgislat~.~rs, and before drafting anything, they would Head to determine what is local. if a core tractor is just across the border in liilichigan, would they bs considered local or out of ~',tatc. ~~I~.ICUI~TI~I]BNT 1i'hsrs being no further business to corns before the board, upon a motion made by IVIr. Gilot, seconded by l~r. I~~l~s and carried, the meeting adjourned at 14:55 a.m. BOA GF I'~TEEIC O S ~ j " .. _ t %'~ . ~ ~~% _ ~: Gary A. Gilot, I~rssidcnt ~ f ~ "~ i ~ -~ Ibnald E. " nlcs, 1Vlsinbsr J®I~~I-. I~lltirplly, lOilsrn~3 rm"'~.~~ ~~~ f~TTEST: I~incJa l~l. I~/Iar~tin, C1s~Ic ~ ~~