HomeMy WebLinkAbout1863 ORDINANCE NO. 1863
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 7.06.030 OF THE
PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE
PAYMENT OF PREVAILING WAGES FOR ALL PUBLIC
WORKS PROJECTS.
City Attorney Summary
This Ordinance relates to the City's policies for the payment of wages for
public project contracts. The current Code expressly exempted public
project contracts from paying prevailing wages under Labor Code section
1770 et seq., as permitted by the California Constitution and the City's
charter. Recently-enacted state law blocks state funding for construction
projects if charter cities do not pay prevailing wages. Accordingly, this
Ordinance requires the payment of prevailing wages for all public project
contracts.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.06.030 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended
to read:
7.06.030 Prevailing Wages and Benefits
(1) Contracts for public works projects, as defined in Section 1720 of the Labor
Code, shall be subject to prevailing wage law (Labor Code Section 1770 et seq., as may
be amended from time to time), except as specified in subsection (2) of this section.
Any notice inviting bids for such public projects shall include notification of this
subsection.
(2) Unless funded in part or whole by state or federal loans or grants conditioned on
the payment of prevailing wages, public works projects shall not be subject to prevailing
wage law as described in Subsection (1) of this Section if Labor Code Section 1782, as
added by Senate Bill 7 (2013), is held to be invalid or inapplicable to charter cities by
any court of competent jurisdiction, or is otherwise repealed.
SECTION 2. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be
published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this Ordinance shall take
effect at 6:00 pm on December 31, 2014.
Ordinance No. 1863
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS 19" DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2014.
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SSTEPH N P. POUGNET, AIIA YOR
ATTEST:
d"MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Ordinance No. 1863 is a full, true and correct copy, and was introduced at a regular
meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 5ch day of November, 2014, and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1Wh day of
November, 2014, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Lewin, Mayor Pro Tern Hutcheson,
and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: Councilmember Mills.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
)jofES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
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