REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: WILLIAM C. HERR, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Construction Management Division
SUBJECT
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***BILL B-25 - (Intro'd July 20, 2023) (For adoption) - Amending Section 4-117 to the Fresno Municipal Code relating to National Targeted Hiring in contracts for any Public Work of Improvement not covered by a Project Labor Agreement and increasing median income levels for National Economically Disadvantaged Area (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Council amend Section 4-117 to the Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) relating to National Target Hiring in Contracts for any Public Work of Improvement not covered by a Project Labor Agreement
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On April 21, 2016, the Council adopted National Targeted Hiring (NTH) requirements into Section 4-117 of the Fresno Municipal Code. Recognizing that the City of Fresno awards numerous contracts to private firms to construct Public Works of Improvement, these changes to the FMC sought to advance the interests of the City by encouraging employment and training opportunities to create a trained workforce for safe construction of any Public Work of Improvement to mitigate the harms caused by geographically concentrated poverty, unemployment and underemployment in economically disadvantaged areas throughout the United States, including in the City of Fresno. By using provisions of this FMC section, it allowed the City to use local, state, and federal funds to promote hiring of workers in economically disadvantaged areas across the nation.
On September 29, 2021, the City entered into a Community Workforce Agreement with the Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare Counties Building and Construction Trades Council, also known as a Project Labor Agreement (PLA). The PLA covers work with an Engineer's Estimate for construction costs in excess of $1,000,000. The National Targeted Hirin...
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