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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2-26 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE TO EXEMPT CERTAIN CITY SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS FROM CITY PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENTS.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1: That Chapter 2, Article IV, Section 2-26, paragraph (g) of the Duluth City Code is amended as follows:
Sec. 2-26. Wage rates and hours for city projects.
(a) Any covered project shall contain a stipulation that no laborer, mechanic or apprentice-trainee employed directly upon the project work site by the contractor or any subcontractor shall be permitted or required to work at a rate of pay less than the prevailing wage rate; nor shall any such employee be permitted or required to work more than eight hours in any work day or 40 hours in any work week unless he is paid at a rate of at least 1-1/2 times the basic hourly rate for all hours in excess of eight per day or 40 per week and unless he receives fringe benefits that are at least equal to those in the prevailing wage rate; provided that whenever employer and employee organizations employing and representing a majority of a class of workers in a particular industry within the city jointly certify that the maximum number of hours that such persons may work under existing labor agreements before overtime wages must be paid differs from the hours specified in this paragraph, the maximum number of hours specified in such labor agreements shall be substituted for those specified above in applying the provisions of this paragraph to such workers;
(b) All contracts for covered projects shall have applicable schedules of prevailing wage rates set forth in the contract. Schedules of applicable prevailing wage rates shall be present on all project job sites and shall either be posted on the site or be on the person of any supervisor in charge of the job site;
(c) Employees on covered projects shall be paid at least weekly. Fringe benefits shall be paid either in cash or...
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