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City of Gem Take, Ramsey County, Minnesota Prevailing Wage Rate Ordinance No. 137 AN ORDINANCE DEFINING. PREVAILING. WAGE PURSUANT TO RAMSEY COUNTY BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT.OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY Section I. -City Policy. his in the.public interest that public buildings and other public works be constructed and maintained by the best means and highest.qual i ty of labor reasonably available and that persons working under contract on publicworks. be compensated according to the real value of the. services they perform. It is, therefore, the. poll icyof the City of Gem.Lake:.that wages of laborers,. workers,. and -mechanics: on contracted projects financeswhole by the City funds should be comparable to wages paid for similar work in the community as a whole.. Section .2. Definoins". 2.1. Terms. As used in -this Ordinance, tbwterms'defined in this -section shall have-the.meaning given them below, except where the -context indicates -otherwise.. 2.2. City Project. "City.. Project" means the erection, construction; remodeling, or repairing of a City building or.City park of other :City public. work or City public improvement, {except snow removal, streetmaintenance, including overlaying, milling and sealcoating) where all the following.conditions_eMist, a. The City Project is financed in whole by City Funds; b. The work under the City Project is to: beperformed by a contractor -and the City Project byelaw is required to be competitively bid under Minnesota Statute.§471.375; -c. The Cityis to let the: contract for the City..Prbject;' d. The estimated cost of the City. Project exceeds $ l 5.06 }.0d; e. The work is -to be. perfornied on real property or on Extures thereto..and not solely on personal. property. 2.3 PreysilingWage •Rate. "Prevailing Wage.Rate"means the same as defned:by Minnesota Statute §1:.77.42, Subd. d, and as. determined.pursuant thereto for the area of Ramsey County by Minnesota Department of labor and Industry from time to.time. 2.4 Contract Requirement for Paymeritof Prevailing -Wage Rath. The bid specifications.and the contract for*any Cit.YY; aject shall contain the following p toy4ions or lartgitag ° similar in substance. Section 3. Severahility: Should any section;. subdivision, clause or other.provision of this Ordinance :be held. to be invalid by any court -Of competent. jurisdiction, such decision shall notaffectthe.validity.of the Ordinance as'a whole, or of any part. thereof; other than the part held to be.. invalid. Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take.effect.and bein force from and aiier its passage and.publication: Dated: April 19, 2022 AP.PROVCD: Gretchen Attig-Swomley, Mayor ATTEST: 7� zamzew Melissa Lawrence, Acting•CityClerk