Chapter 3.65 APPRENTICESHIP UTILIZATION REQUIREMENTS

Chapter 3.65
APPRENTICESHIP UTILIZATION REQUIREMENTS

Sections:

3.65.010 Apprenticeship utilization requirements.

All public works contracts with an estimated cost in excess of $2,000,000 (herein referred to as “minimum construction cost”) shall require not less than 15 percent of the labor hours performed by workers subject to prevailing wages employed by the contractor or its subcontractors be performed by apprentices enrolled in an apprenticeship training program approved or recognized by the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council. Contractor prevailing wage documentation shall be supplemented to monitor compliance with this requirement throughout the contract. Unless otherwise waived or reduced pursuant to FWRC 3.65.020, any contractor or subcontractor failing to comply with the apprenticeship requirements of this section shall not be considered a responsible bidder on city public works projects for a period of two years from final acceptance of the contract in which noncompliance occurred. The “minimum construction cost,” which shall never be less than $2,000,000, shall be adjusted each calendar year by 100 percent of the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metropolitan Area for the U.S. City Average Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, all items (Revised Series) (CPI-W1982-84=100) prepared by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or a replacement index for the previous calendar year.

(Ord. No. 18-855, § 1, 11-6-18.)

3.65.020 Waivers or reductions.

The public works director may waive or reduce the FWRC 3.65.010 requirements as follows:

(1) The apprenticeship requirement conflicts with state or federal funding conditions, or the conditions of any other grant or funding program;

(2) An insufficient number of apprentices are available to meet the contract requirements;

(3) The project involves a high proportion of equipment and materials costs compared to the anticipated labor hours;

(4) The contractor has demonstrated a good faith effort to meet the established percentage requirement, but remains unable to fulfill the goal;

(5) In order to meet the requirement, the contractor will be forced to displace members of its workforce; or

(6) For other reasons deemed appropriate by the public works director.

(Ord. No. 18-855, § 1, 11-6-18.)