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Resolution to Direct the City Administrator and City Attorney to Present a Report to City Council on the Potential Impacts of Requiring the Execution of CUB Agreements by Contractors and Subcontractors with the Washtenaw County Skilled Building Trades Council as a Condition of All City Construction Contracts
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Whereas, Section 1:320 of the Ann Arbor City Code provides that the City not enter into any contract, understanding or other arrangement for a public improvement for or on behalf of the City unless the contract provides that all craftsmen, mechanics and laborers employed directly on the site in connection with said improvements, including employees of any subcontractors, receive the prevailing wage for the corresponding classes of craftsmen, mechanics and laborers under U.S. Department of Labor statistics for the Ann Arbor area;
Whereas, Mandating as part of the City’s standard terms and conditions in construction contracts that contractors sign an agreement with the Construction Unity Board (“CUB Agreement”) is consistent with the provisions of Section 1:320 and a means to accomplish prompt and effective resolution of any disputes between the Union and any contractor or subcontractor over payment of wages and fringes;
Whereas, Such a provision would result in the execution of a standard project labor agreement between the Washtenaw County Skilled Building Trades Council (“SBTC”) and each contractor and subcontractor on the construction project would become signatory parties to the respective current collective bargaining agreement of the appropriate local union of the SBTC;
Whereas, As a condition of the CUB agreement, SBTC would agree there would be no work stoppages for any reason during the construction of the project;
Whereas, A CUB Agreement may favor the interests of the City; and
Whereas, It is appropriate for the City Administration and the City Attorney to provide City Council with proper analyses of any impact to the City if all Ci...
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