City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2004-0794

• File #: 2004-0794
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 11/1/2004
• In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
• Final action: 11/30/2004
• Enactment date: 11/30/2004
• Enactment #: 22
• Title: An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title VII: Business Licensing, Article VII, Service Businesses, by adding Chapter 769: Janitorial, Building Maintenance and Security Contractors (including stationary engineering and window washers), by adding certain requirements on City of Pittsburgh awarded contractors relative to janitorial, security, and building maintenance; providing for job security protections, enforcement, due process, penalties for non compliance, and remedies.
• Sponsors: Alan Hertzberg, Len Bodack, Twanda Carlisle, Jim Motznik, William Peduto, Luke Ravensthal, Gene Ricciardi, Douglas Shields, Sala Udin
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 08 - FIRE PREVENTION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/10/2004	1	Mayor	Returned Unsigned
11/30/2004	1	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
11/23/2004	1	Committee on Public Safety Services	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
11/18/2004	1	Committee on Hearings	Public Hearing Held
11/5/2004	1	Committee on Hearings	Public Hearing Scheduled
11/3/2004	1	Committee on Public Safety Services	Held for Cablecast Public Hearing	Pass
11/1/2004	1	City Council	Waived under Rule 8	Pass
11/1/2004	1	City Council	Read and referred	Pass
11/1/2004	1	City Council	Waived under Rule 8	Pass
11/1/2004	1	City Council	Read and referred	Pass

Presenter
Presented by Mr. Bodack

Title
An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title VII: Business Licensing, Article VII, Service Businesses, by adding Chapter 769: Janitorial, Building Maintenance and Security Contractors (including stationary engineering and window washers), by adding certain requirements on City of Pittsburgh awarded contractors relative to janitorial, security, and building maintenance; providing for job security protections, enforcement, due process, penalties for non compliance, and remedies.
Body

WHEREAS, in both public and private buildings in the City of Pittsburgh many services such as janitorial, security, and building maintenance are typically not performed by employees of the building owners, but are performed by contractors who have obtained that work through a competitive bidding process;

WHEREAS, when contractors change and a new contractor is awarded the service contract, employees of the old contractor are sometimes displaced;

WHEREAS, such displacement of employees creates a hardship for those employees and creates a burden on City services;

Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

Section 1. That the Pittsburgh Code is hereby amended by adding Chapter 769: Janitorial, Building Maintenance and Security Contractors, as follows:

CHAPTER 769: JANITORIAL, BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY CONTRACTORS

SECTION 769.01 - Title and Purpose

(a) Protection of Displaced Contract Workers - This Chapter shall be known as "The Protection of Displaced Contract Workers Ordinance."

(b) The purpose of this Ordinance is to require that all contractors awarded contracts for the performance of janitorial, security and/or building maintenance (including stationary engineers and window washers), within the City of Pittsburgh in Commercial Office or Residential Buildings, University Complexes, or other Complexes over 100,000 square feet retain certain non-supervisory employees...