City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2009-1967

• File #: 2009-1967
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Veto was Sustained
• File created: 11/17/2009
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/31/2009
• Title: Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title I-Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161-Contracts, to require contractors who provide building service and food services to the City of Pittsburgh to pay prevailing wages to employees employed pursuant to such contracts, and to require that building service, food service, grocery, and hotel employees employed on projects receiving City subsidies be paid prevailing wages.
• Sponsors: Douglas Shields, Darlene M. Harris, Bruce A. Kraus, Tonya D. Payne, William Peduto, Theresa Kail-Smith, Reverend Ricky V. Burgess
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 01 - ADMINISTRATIVE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/31/2009	2	Mayor	Vetoed by the Mayor
12/31/2009	2	City Council	Overridden	Fail
12/21/2009	2	City Council	AMENDED	Pass
12/21/2009	2	City Council	Passed Finally, As Amended	Pass
12/16/2009	1	Committee on Finance and Law	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
12/10/2009	1	Committee on Hearings	Public Hearing Held
11/23/2009	1	Committee on Finance and Law	Held for Cablecast Post Agenda	Pass
11/23/2009	1	Committee on Finance and Law	Held for Cablecast Public Hearing	Pass
11/17/2009	1	City Council	Read and referred

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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title I-Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161-Contracts, to require contractors who provide building service and food services to the City of Pittsburgh to pay prevailing wages to employees employed pursuant to such contracts, and to require that building service, food service, grocery, and hotel employees employed on projects receiving City subsidies be paid prevailing wages.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title I-Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161-Contracts, is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

§ 161.05 SPECIFICATIONS

(a) Every contract shall comply with County of Allegheny and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania laws, ordinances, and regulations pertaining to the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act of August 15, 1961; P.L. 987, No. 442, as amended August 9, 1963, P.L. 653, No. 342, 43 P.S. §165-1 et seq. (West 1992 & Supp. 2004), and with the City of Pittsburgh Service Worker Prevailing Wage Ordinance, Title I, Article VII, Section 161.40.

§ 161.16 REQUIRED PROVISIONS IN CONTRACTS


(e) Every contract shall contain a provision stating the contractor and all of its subcontractors shall pay at least the applicable prevailing wages as shall have been determined by the City Controller pursuant to the City of Pittsburgh Service Worker Prevailing Wage Ordinance, Title I, Article VII, Section 161.40(I)(B), and as shall have been determined by the Secretary of Labor and Industry to the workers employed in the performance of any contract for public work subject to the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act approved August 15, 1961, P.L. 987, No. 442, as amended August 9, 1963, P.L. 653, No. 342, 43 P.S. § 165-1et seq. (West 1992 & Supp. 2004), and the regulations issued pursuant thereto. Every contract shall contain a provision stating there may be withheld from any sums due to the cont...