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Authorizing use of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the Brewster Sanitary Lift Station Rehab Project, James Avenue Sanitary Lift Station Rehab Project, Red Rock North Sanitary Lift Station Rehab Project, and Generator Install and Sewer Maintenance Facility Repairs Project.
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WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council adopted a policy on the use of Project Labor Agreements (“PLA”) pursuant to Council File #09-584 for projects involving $250,000 or more of city money;
and WHEREAS, the Public Works Sewer Utility is undertaking lift station rehab, generator installation, and maintenance facility repair projects that include multiple crafts and total project budgets over $250,000;
WHEREAS, the Public Works Sewer Utility sent written “Notice and Request for Recommendation on the Use of a PLA” to interested parties on November 23, 2021 with only one response received from the Saint Paul Building and Construction Trades Council;
and WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Building and Construction Trades Council responded stating “safety and multi-craft project” as reasons they recommend a PLA for (4) projects identified herein; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby approves the use of a PLA on the Brewster Sanitary Lift Station Rehab Project, James Avenue Sanitary Lift Station Rehab Project, Red Rock North Sanitary Lift Station Rehab Project, and Generator Install and Sewer Maintenance Facility Repairs Project; and authorizes the appropriate city officials to draft and execute such documents as are necessary to implement this resolution.