TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 15, 2008
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Mr. Richard Lanyon, General Superintendent
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Adoption of Prevailing Wage Act Ordinance
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Dear Sir:
In accordance with the requirement of the State of Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, approved on June 26, 1941, as amended, 820 ILCS 130/0.01, et seq., the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District is required to pass an ordinance which establishes the prevailing rate of wages for laborers, mechanics and other workers to be employed on any Metropolitan Water Reclamation projects.
Accordingly, it is respectfully requested that the General Superintendent recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it adopt the attached Ordinance setting forth the prevailing rate of wages for construction work in Cook and Fulton Counties as determined by the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois, effective June 1, 2008.
Requested, Darlene A. LoCascio, Purchasing Agent, DAL:SEB:lc
Respectfully Submitted, Cynthia M. Santos, Chairman Committee on Labor & Industrial Relations
ORDERED passed by affirmative roll call vote of a majority of the Commissioners present this May 15, 2008. Approved, President Terrence J. O’Brien
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