JOBS
for ROCKY RIVER
RESIDENTS
How?
By A
Rocky River City Charter Addition:
(Shown Below)
What? Guarantee jobs for Rocky River Residents for government
contract work - that takes place in the City of
Rocky River.
City
Government will require contractors who work within the city -
to hire Rocky River residents for 20% of jobs while 7% of those
jobs are for unemployed Rocky River residents to be hired - on
projects by city or other government jurisdictions - in which
the contract is $100,000 and above.
The
Director of Safety-Service shall monitor and report to council
that Rocky River residents are being properly hired, work and
paid.
Who? Residents
who want a job and are willing to work - will have a job in
Rocky River.
Rocky River residents
currently out of work - will also have a pre-determined amount
of positions available for them as well. So they too, can work
where they and their families live - in Rocky River.
ROCKY RIVER
CHARTER - ARTICLE 10 - GENERAL
TO ADD:
SECTION 9.
MUNICIPAL
CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS - MANDATORY RESIDENT JOBS.
(A)
MANDATORY RESIDENT JOBS
(1) Where not otherwise prohibited by
federal, state or local law or the terms of federal or state grants,
all Construction Contracts of $100,000 or more, shall contain a
provision that requires that Residents of the City perform twenty
percent (20%) of the total Construction Worker Hours ("Resident
Construction Worker Hours") and council shall contain a provision
detailing the penalties for failure to do so. Additionally, where
not otherwise prohibited by federal, state or local law or the terms
of federal or state grants, all Construction Contracts shall contain
a provision that requires the Contractor to use significant effort,
and requires all Subcontractors to use significant effort, to ensure
that no less than seven percent (7%) of the Resident Construction
Worker Hours are performed by persons who qualify as unemployed.
(2) The percentage levels set forth
in Sub-Section one (1) are intended as minimum requirements for use
of Residents of the City of Rocky River under Construction Contracts
and shall not be construed as limiting or deferring the full use of
Residents of the City beyond this numerical level.
(B)
REPORTING BY CONTRACTOR: MONITORING BY DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR
REPORTING TO COUNCIL.
(1) Prior to the commencement of
work, each Contractor and Subcontractor shall complete and submit to
the Director of Safety-Service a work force report. This document
shall identify the estimated work force requirements for the
duration of the job, broken down by trade and month. This report
will also require a list of names of all residents working for said
Contractor and/or said Subcontractor. This document shall be
revised as required, but not less than once a month.
(2) The Director shall separately
monitor the use of Residents of the City on all applicable projects
and shall report his findings in writing to the Clerk of City
Council and the President of City Council, on a bimonthly basis.
(3) The Director may acquire
affidavits and other supporting documentation from the Contractor
and/or Subcontractor(s) to verify or clarify that an employee is a
Resident when doubt or lack of clarity has arisen.
(C)
EFFECTIVE DATE
This chapter shall be
effective and be in force upon its passage and approval as of
January 1 of the next year.
(D)
DEFINITIONS
(1.) "City"
means the City of Rocky River, Ohio and of the County of Cuyahoga.
(2.) "Construction
Contract"
means all agreements whereby the City either grants a privilege or
is committed to expend or does expend its funds or other resources,
or federal grant opportunities, including without limitation,
Community Development Block Grants, Urban Development Action Grants
and Economic Development Administration Grants, in an amount of
$100,000 or more, for the erection, rehabilitation, improvement,
alteration, conversion, extension, demolition or repair of
improvements to real property, including facilities providing
utility service and includes the supervision, inspection, and other
on-site functions incidental to construction, but does not include
professional services. 'Construction Contract' also includes all
contracts that are entered into by a person or entity that receives
a grant, loan, privilege, credit, or resources from the City, from
its funds or from federal grant opportunities for the poor,
minorities and/or unemployed in an amount of $100,000 or more, for
the purpose of erecting, improving, rehabilitating, altering,
converting, extending, demolishing, or repairing real property or
improvements to real property.
(3.)
"Construction Worker Hours"
means the total hours worked on a Construction Contract by Skilled
and Unskilled Workers, whether those workers are employed by the
Contractor and/or by the Subcontractor.
(4.) "Contractor" means all persons and/or companies
receiving a Construction Contract from the City of Rocky River, a
subdivision of the City, or an individual legally authorized to bind
the City pursuant to said contract.
(5.) "Director"
means the Director of Safety-Service for the City of Rocky River,
Ohio.
(6.) "Resident"
or "Resident of the City" shall mean a person domiciled
within the boundaries of The City of Rocky River. The domicile is
an individual's one and only true, fixed and permanent home and
principal establishment.
(7.) "Subcontractor"
means a person or company that assumes by secondary contract part
and/or all of the obligation(s) of the original Contractor(s). |
