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JEROME F. COLEMAN
CRY ATTORNEY
CIT' OF BURLINGAME
501 PRIMROSE ROAD
BURLING4ME, CkUF. S4O10
RESOLUTION NO. 8 -96
RELATING TO MAINTAINING DAVIS-BACON
PREVAILING WAGE STANDARD IN CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, the construction industry plays an important part in the economic well-
being of the City of Burlingame by providing jobs and revenue into the community; and
WHEREAS, the construction industry is dependent on a workforce of highly trained
and skilled construction workers; and
WHEREAS, the wages determined to prevail in local communities are required to be
paid to construction workers on state and local agency public works projects and which are
responsible for maintaining a stable and skilled work force, providing a living wage to workers
and their families providing health and retirement benefits to workers and their families, and
helping to support apprenticeship training programs; and
WHEREAS, the University of Utah recently completed a study of the economic
impacts resulting from the repeal of prevailing wage legislation in nine states and which shows
that the wages of all construction workers, union and non-union alike, were significantly
reduced, that the states lost substantial income and sales tax revenues which far exceeded any
savings realized on the cost of public works projects, that construction workplace injuries
skyrocketed because of the use of unskilled workers, that apprenticeship training was reduced
by almost half, and that construction project experienced an increased number of cost overruns
and change orders; and
WHEREAS, all available evidence shows that California's prevailing wage require-
ments do not inflate the cost of public works, and help maintain a highly trained and stable
work force who reside in the communities where they are employed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA, to recognize the importance of prevailing wage laws,
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JEROME F. COLEMAN
CITY AVORNET
CIT' OF BURLINGAME
601 PRIMROSE ROAD
BURLINGAME, CALIF 94010
and declare its desire that these laws be continued without change; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk transmit a copy of this resolution
to the Governor, the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, and appropriate
members of the State Legislature.
Mayor
I, Judith A. Malfatti, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
21st day of February , 1996, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARRISON, JANNEY, KNIGHT, 01MAHONY, SPINELLI
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ✓G ,.
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