2015-05-18 - Ordinance 2015-025 - CONCERNING PREVAILING WAGES ORDINANCE O. 2015 - 25
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PREVAILING WAGES
WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of Illinois has enacted the Prevailing
Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/1 et seq. ("Act") and
WHEREAS, the Act requires that all Illinois governmental entities, including home rule
units of local government, either accept the prevailing wages deten-nined by the Illinois
Department of Labor or investigate and ascertain the prevailing rate of wages as defined in the
Act for workers employed to perform work on public works construction projects in the locality
in which the work is performed,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OFT VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE:
SECTION ONE: To the extent required by the Prevailing Wage Act, the general
prevailing rate of wages in this locality for laborers, mechanics and other workers engaged in
construction of public works coming under the jurisdiction of the Village is hereby ascertained to
be, except as provided in Section Two herein, the same as the prevailing rate of wages for
construction work in the Cook County and Lake County areas as determined by the Department
of Labor of the State of Illinois as of June, 2015, a copy of that determination being attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference. As required by the Act, any and all revisions of the
prevailing rate of wages by the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois shall supersede the
Department's June determination and apply to any and all public works construction undertaken
by the Village of Buffalo Grove ("Village"). The definition of any terms appearing in this
Ordinance which are also used in the Act shall bet e same as in the Act.
SECTION TWO- The definition of landscape laborer, landscape foremen, landscape
driver, and landscape operator for purposes of this Ordinance shall be one who performs work in
connection with the general maintenance of lawns and landscape such as lawn mowing and grass
cutting, tree and shrub pruning, the planting of annuals, the replacement of pre-existing shrubs
and trees, grass seeding and fertilizing and herbicide application, laying sod, and the planting of
tree and shrubs. The aforementioned work shall be considered landscape maintenance work. The
landscape maintenance work covered by this Ordinance shall not include landscape construction
work.
SECTION THREE: Landscape construction work is any and all work performed by a
landscape laborer, landscape foreman, landscape driver, and landscape operator in connection
with contracts for: (1) the original installation of any landscaping materials on any new
construction projects; (2) landscaping done in connection with any road, boulevard, street,
highway, bridge, park, sewer or underground utility construction project; (3) lawn and landscape
restoration where there has been new utility construction or installation involving trenches and
manholes, pipes, cables, and conduits; (4) the preparation and landscaping of approaches
associated with construction involving shafts, tunnels, subways, and sewers; (5) the landscaping
of the old and new site where underpinning, lagging, bracing, propping, and shoring has
occurred; and (6) landscaping associated with construction involving general excavation and
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grading and the general landscaping of wrecked structures. Landscape construction work is
covered by the prevailing wage schedule promulgated by the Illinois Department of Labor,
attached to this Ordinance. Landscaping work of all types performed by Village employees is
excluded from coverage.
SECTION FOUR: Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be construed to apply the
general prevailing rate of wages to any work or employment except public works construction of
the Village to the extent required by the Act.
SECTION FIVE: The Village Clerk shall publicly post or keep available for inspection,
by any interested party in the main office of the Village, this determination or any revisions of
such prevailing rate of wage. A copy of this determination or of the current revised
detennination of prevailing rate of wages then in effect shall be attached to or referenced in all
contract specifications.
SECTION SIX: The Village Clerk shall mail a copy of this determination to any
employer, and to any association of employers and to any person or association of employees
who have filed their names and addresses, requesting copies of any determination stating the
particular rates and the particular class of workers whose wages will be affected by such rates.
SECTION SEVEN: The Village Clerk shall promptly file a certified copy of this
Ordinance with the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois.
SECTION EIGHT: The Village Clerk shall cause to be published in a newspaper of
general circulation within the area, a copy of this Ordinance, and such publication shall
constitute notice that the determination is effective and that this is the determination of the
Village.
AYES: 5 —Berman, Trilling, Stein, Ottenheimer, Weidenfeld
NAYS: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
PASSED: May 18, 2015,
APPROVED: May 18, 2015.
Village Presi nt
ATTEST:
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Village'Clerk
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