Title
Ordinance establishing prevailing wage rates for laborers, workers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of public works contracts in Lake County (County).
Staff Summary
* Pursuant to Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (Act), the Illinois Department of Labor establishes and mandates prevailing wage rates for laborers, workers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of public works contracts in Counties.
* The County establishes, by ordinance, prevailing wage rates in compliance with the Act for prevailing wage rates for laborers, workers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of County public works contracts.
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ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois has enacted the Prevailing Wage Act regulating wages of laborers, mechanics and other workers employed in any public works by the state, county, city or any public body or any political subdivision or by anyone under contract for public works, approved June 26, 1941, codified as amended, 820 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (1993) formerly ILL. Rev. Stat., CH. 48, par.39s-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Act requires that public bodies, during June of each year, to investigate and ascertain the prevailing rate of wages for each craft and type of worker and to file their determination of wage rates with the State of Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) no later than July 15; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Act was amended on June 16, 2017 to provide that the IDOL shall publish on its official website a prevailing wage schedule for each county in the State, no later than August 15 of each year. Nothing prohibits IDOL from publishing prevailing wage rates more than once per year; and
WHEREAS, the current prevailing wage rates for Lake County as published on the IDOL official website are for September 2017; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, as follows:
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