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Council committees approve project labor agreement for new public works complex

2544540 · March 11, 2025
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Following presentations from labor leaders and the mayor, joint Community Development and Finance committees approved a project labor agreement to be included in bids for the new Central Maintenance public works complex.

The Community Development and Finance committees voted to authorize a project labor agreement, or PLA, to be incorporated into bidding for the new Central Maintenance public works complex, a bond-funded construction project the mayor said will cost about $21 million.

City officials said the PLA aims to increase schedule and cost certainty and encourage use of local, skilled labor. Matthew Salasi, executive director of the Construction Trades of Ohio Foundation, told the committees that…

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