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RESOLUTION NO. 60-233 ASCERTAINING THE GENERAL <br />PREVAILING RATE OF PER DI~ WAGES IN THE LOCALITY <br />OF SANTA ANA, CALIFOrnIA, FOR THE CRAFTS AND <br />CLASSIFICATIONS NEEDED TO EXECUTE CITY CONTRACTS <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Division 2, Part 7 of the Labor Code~ the State of <br />California, requires that the City Council, in awarding any contract <br />for public work shall ascertain the general prevailing rate of per <br />diem wages in the locality for each craft, classification or type of <br />workman needed to execute the contract, and shall specify the same, <br />and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work, and <br />the City Council has determined that said prevailing wage rates are <br />fixed by the contracts entered into between the Unions and the Employ- <br />ers' Associations, and with few exceptions such rates so fixed are the <br />prevailing rates in the County of Orange, with an insignificant number <br />of employers paying less; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, such contracts so fixing wage rates to be paid are <br />renegotiated infrequently and remain level for long periods, but <br />that the City is continuously letting public work contracts; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Council hereafter proposes and will reexamine the <br />prevailing wage rates in the locality in each case prior to awarding <br />any contract for public work, but unless a change has occurred will <br />not readopt such rates or republish the same, in the belief that in <br />this way the highest prevailing wage rate will in each case be estab- <br />lished and specified, and a great saving in the expenditure of public <br />funds will be had. <br /> <br /> NOW, ~fHEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That after study of wage rates <br />established by collective bargaining agreements, and field checks and <br />inquiry with employers and Union organizations, the City Council of the <br />City of Santa Ana has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per <br />diem wages in the locality of Santa Ana, California, for each craft, <br />classification or type of wor]aman needed on Public Works contracts <br />to be let by the City to be as set forth in the schedules, wage scales, <br /> <br />-1- <br /> <br /> <br />