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Committee considers contractor debarment language tied to wage-theft findings; may adopt county approach
Summary
Cleveland Heights committee reviewed recommendations from the Racial Justice Task Force to bar contractors accused of wage theft and discussed whether to adopt the county's debarment process or create a local procedure; staff will research enforcement, duration, and intergovernmental options for future meetings.
Cleveland Heights — The Housing and Building Committee on Jan. 14 spent part of its meeting reviewing a recommendation from the Racial Justice Task Force to bar contractors accused of wage theft from doing business with the city.
Committee members discussed three possible paths: (1) create a city-run debarment process, (2) defer to an existing county debarment process, or (3) draft local legislation that defers to findings already made by the county. Members said the county’s inspector general provided a model and noted the county’s list of debarred contractors (roughly 15–20 names observed on the county website during discussion).
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