Resolution 12743CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.
12743
SUPPORTING PREVAILING WAGE LAWS
AND REAFFIRMING COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD
PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENTS ON CITY PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS
WHEREAS, the construction industry plays a vital and
important part in the economic well -being of the City of Alameda by
providing jobs and a steady stream of revenue in the community; and
WHEREAS, a dynamic and growing industry is dependent on
a workforce of highly trained and skilled construction workers; and
WHEREAS, the wages determined to prevail in local
communities are required to be paid to construction workers on
state and local agency public works projects and are responsible
for maintaining a stable and skilled work force, providing a living
wage to workers and their families, providing health and retirement
benefits to workers and their families, and helping to support
apprenticeship training programs; and
WHEREAS, the University of Utah recently completed an in-
depth study of the economic impacts resulting from the repeal of
prevailing wage legislation in nine states, which conclusively
shows that the wages of all construction workers, union and non-
union alike, were significantly reduced, that the states lost
substantial income and sales tax revenues which far exceeded any
savings realized on the cost of public works projects, that
construction workplace injuries skyrocketed because of the use of
unskilled workers, that apprenticeship training was reduced by
almost half, and that construction projects experienced an
increased number of cost overruns and change orders; and
WHEREAS, all available evidence conclusively proves that
California's prevailing wage requirements do not inflate the cost
of public works, but to the contrary, help maintain a highly
trained and stable work force who reside in the communities where
they are employed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Alameda that the Council recognizes the importance of
prevailing wage laws, declares the desire that these laws be
continued without change and reaffirms the Council's unwavering
commitment to uphold prevailing wage requirements on City public
works projects.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk transmit a
certified copy of this resolution to the Governor and to Dorothy
Vuksich, Chief, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, P.O. Box
420603, San Francisco, CA 94142.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council
of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 20th
day of February , 1996, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Arnerich, DeWitt, Lucas,
Mannix and President Appezzato - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSENTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 21st day of February , 1996.
Dia B. Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda