Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required.
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Amending Sec. 33.07(7)(b) of the Madison General Ordinances to directly incorporate the contract values that require Best Value Contracting.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance amends the definition of "Best Value Contract" in Section 33.07(7)(b)5. to specifically state the minimum contract value that invokes the Best Value Contract requirements of Subsection 33.07(7). In so doing, this ordinance eliminates the reference to Wis. Stat. Sec. 66.0903(5), and instead directly inserts the 2008 minimum contract values as determined by the Department of Workforce Development (Wis. Admin. Code DWD 190.155(1)), and sets forth the same indexing clause that the State applies to these provisions pursuant to Wis. Admin. Code DWD 190.15. This ordinance also directly provides the definition of "single-trade" and "multiple-trade" public works contracts to eliminate the State statute and administrative code cross references that presently exist. These changes are being made to address potential changes to the State statutes and regulations as proposed by the governor in his 2009-2011 budget. Under the governor’s proposal, which has not yet been addressed by the legislature, the prevailing wage levels would be reduced from the current amounts as set forth in Wis. Stat. Sec. 66.0903(5) to $2,000 for all projects. As the City’s Best Value Contracting requirements are tied directly to the State levels for prevailing wage projects, if the State were to reduce the prevailing wage levels to $2,000 for all projects as recommended by the governor, the City’s Best Value Contract requirements would reduce as well. If this occurred, there would be a significant increase in the contracts falling under the Best Value Contracting Ordinance, leaving the City unable to administer the program and imposing a significant burden upon contractors on smaller projects. This ordinance would have no bearing upon the City’s prevailing wage rate...
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