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Union and residents urge DeKalb to tighten procurement rules, flag vendor with federal convictions
Summary
Union leaders and residents urged commissioners to redefine 'lowest responsible bidder' to reward apprenticeship programs and to block a proposed Watershed contract with the Renee Group, which public commenters say has a history of fraud convictions and performance problems.
Speakers at the Sept. 9 DeKalb County Board of Commissioners meeting pressed the county to revise procurement scoring to favor contractors that use registered apprenticeship programs and to apply stronger responsibility screening to vendors on major contracts.
Miguel Magana, representing International Union of Painters and Allied Trades DC 77, told commissioners that labor brokers are being used on water‑tank painting and related contracts. He said brokers frequently recruit out‑of‑state crews, pay cash, misclassify workers, and avoid workers' compensation and other protections while exposing workers to safety hazards on high scaffolds…
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