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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Minnesota law, as found in Minnesota Statutes, Section 177.41, describes
the public purpose for the use of a prevailing wage rate as follows:
It is in the public interest that public buildings and other public works be
constructed and maintained by the best means and highest quality of labor
reasonably available and that persons working on public works be compensated
according to the real value of the services they perform. It is therefore the policy
of this state that wages of laborers, workers, and mechanics on projects financed
in whole or part by state funds should be comparable to wages paid for similar
work in the community as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester is in the process of constructing Fire Station Number
Five and a First Street Pedestrian Plaza; and,
WHEREAS, although neither of these projects are financed in whole or in part by state
funds, the City of Rochester Common Council wishes to voluntarily adopt a prevailing wage
requirement for both projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that the City of Rochester does hereby adopt this resolution as a rule or regulation
establishing the prevailing wage rate, as defined in Minn. Stat. Section 177.42, as a minimum
standard for wages and which establish the hours and working conditions prevailing for the
largest number of workers engaged in the same class of labor within the area as a minimum
standard for a contractor's employees which must be agreed to by any contractor before the
contractor may be awarded any contract for the furnishing of any labor, material, supplies or
service.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this rule or regulation applies to the Fire Station
Number Five and First Street Pedestrian Plaza projects.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS OF YpCL , 2007.
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APPROVED THIS DAY OF ) 2007.
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