ORD 680

§ 32.156  PREVAILING WAGE.
(A) To the extent and as required by the Prevailing Wage Act (ILCS Ch. 820, Act 130) regulating wages of laborers, mechanics and other workers employed in any public works by state, county, city or any public body or any political subdivision or by any one under contract for public works. The general prevailing rate of wages in this locality for laborers, mechanics and other workers engaged in construction of public works coming under the jurisdiction of the City of Farmer City is hereby ascertained to be the same as the prevailing rate of wages for construction work in DeWitt County areas as determined by the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois as of June 1, 2012, a copy of that determination being attached to the ordinance codified herein as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference. As required by the Act, any and all revisions of the prevailing rate of wages by the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois shall supersede previously Labor Department wage determinations and apply to any and all public works construction undertaken by the City of Farmer City. The definition of any terms appearing in this section that are also used in the prevailing wage law shall be the same as in the Act.
(B) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply the general prevailing rate of wages are as herein ascertained to any work or employment except public works construction of the City of Farmer City to the extent required by the aforesaid act.
(C) The City Clerk shall publicly post or keep available for inspection by any interested party in the main office of the City of Farmer City this determination or any revisions of such prevailing rate of wage. A copy of this determination or of the current revised determination of prevailing rate of wages then in effect shall be attached to all contract specifications.
(D) The City Clerk shall mail a copy of this determination to any employer, and to any association of employers and to any person or association of employees who have filed their names and addresses, requesting copies of any determination stating the particular rates and the particular class of workers whose wages will be affected by such rates.
(E) The City Clerk shall promptly file a certified copy of this ordinance with both the Secretary of State Index Division and the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois.
(F) The City Clerk shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Farmer City notice of passage of this ordinance, and such publication shall constitute notice that the determination is effective and that this is the determination of this public body.
(Ord. 680, passed 6-2-97; Am. Ord. 694, passed 6-1-98; Am. Ord. 717, passed 6-7-99; Am. Ord. 845, passed 2-19-08; Am. Ord. 859, passed 6-15-09; Am. Ord. 876, passed 6-21-10; Am. Ord. 893, passed 9-19-11; Am. Ord. 903A, passed 6-18-12)