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Chester County adopts 'responsible contractors' resolution after hours of public comment
Summary
After public comment from contractors and residents, Chester County commissioners approved Resolution BOC 4,025, a nonbinding county resolution that raises the public-works threshold to $350,000 and adds workforce and apprenticeship goals for bidders.
Chester County commissioners on July 23 approved Resolution BOC 4,025, a county resolution that updates the county’s guidance for bidders on public works projects valued at $350,000 or more.
Supporters framed the change as a goal-oriented tool to expand opportunities for Chester County residents and improve contractor accountability; opponents said the language effectively favors unionized contractors and would increase project costs. The vote followed more than an hour of public comment and a long debate among commissioners.
The resolution raises the county’s threshold on covered public works projects to $350,000 and asks bidding firms to certify “the firm participates in a Class A apprenticeship training program for each separate trade or classification in which it employs craft employees,” and to “ensure that at least 70% of the craft labor workers employed on the project shall be comprised of either journeyperson workers who have successfully…
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