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Newark shifts $80,000 park grant to city funds after prevailing-wage finding raised costs
Summary
Deputy Parks Director Jeff Martindale told council that a new Department of Labor interpretation would have made an $80,000 ORPT grant uneconomical because prevailing-wage requirements would apply to nearly the whole project; council approved using cash-in-lieu park funds to replace the grant at 6-0.
The Newark City Council on May 12 approved a capital-budget amendment to replace $80,000 in Outdoor Recreation Parks and Trails (ORPT) grant funds with city cash-in-lieu parkland funds after a Department of Labor determination expanded prevailing-wage coverage for park projects.
Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation Jeff Martindale told council that a recent labor-agency determination altered how prevailing wages would apply to park projects statewide and would effectively impose more than $150,000 in additional labor costs if the city accepted the $80,000 ORPT grant for two ongoing park projects at…
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