Title 07 Finance
Chapter 07.06 Procurement of Goods, Services and Works
Article X. Public Works Apprentice Program
Section 07.06.730 Waiver of Reduction of Goals
The City Administrator may, after notifying the City Council and the representatives of the affected worker representative(s) and contractor(s), waive or reduce the apprenticeship participation percentage on Public Works construction projects. The notice shall describe the facts and circumstances upon which the City Administrator’s decision to reduce the apprenticeship participation percentage is based. These factual findings must show that (1) there is a demonstrated lack of ability to obtain apprentices in a specific geographic area or field; (2) a disproportionately an unusually high ratio of material costs to labor hours on the particular projects does not make feasible the required minimum level of apprentice participation hours; (3) the reasonable and necessary requirements of the contract or subcontract render apprentice utilization infeasible at the required levels due to specialized training and safety requirements which are not available through the local available state-approved apprenticeship training programs; or (4) participating contractors or subcontractors cannot meet the utilization requirements despite demonstrated good faith efforts to comply with the requirements of this article, which efforts are described in the notice. Any notice(s) provided under this section shall be issued prior to the conclusion of the work to which the waiver notice applies.
Date Passed: Monday, December 6, 2021
Effective Date: Monday, December 6, 2021
ORD C36155 Section 3
