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Council discussion seeks to clarify which wage survey city uses for contracts
Summary
Council members and staff debated whether to adopt AGC survey rates or Department of Labor (Davis‑Bacon) rates for city construction contracts after inconsistencies in a firehouse contract; staff said an ordinance to clarify and update wage tables will be prepared for the next meeting.
City staff and council members debated which prevailing‑wage survey the city should adopt for construction contracts after a review of a firehouse contract exposed conflicting rate references.
Staff described that earlier documents referenced a single Department of Labor (DOL) "electrician" classification while current procurement materials list multiple classifications — electrician laborer, apprentice, journeyman and master — and said that mismatch contributed to contractor and payroll confusion. "It should've been an ordinance," said Speaker 1, describing how the prior adoption was recorded as a resolution and was harder to find.
Council members and other participants said the Associated General Contractors (AGC) survey is more granular for local trades and therefore could reduce classification ambiguity. "The…
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