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Meriden committee authorizes project‑labor agreement to bolster CIF applications despite objections
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Meriden officials voted to sign and submit a project‑labor agreement as part of a CIF application for 165 Miller Street to increase competitiveness and local hiring; union representatives highlighted apprenticeship and resident‑hire targets while some councilors warned PLAs can reduce competition and raise costs.
Meriden — The Finance Committee on Thursday authorized the city manager to sign a project‑labor agreement (PLA) and submit it with the CIF application for the 165 Miller Street renovation, a move meant to increase the application’s statutory priority and local hiring benefits.
City Manager Brian Daniels told the committee that DECD awards can give statutory priority to projects that submit a signed PLA and that staff had confirmed a signed agreement is required with the application in some recent cases. "This is another box we can check,"…
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