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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br /> ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA <br /> KESOLUTION NO. 96-21 <br /> <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br /> CITY OF PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA, REIATING <br /> TO MAINTAINING PREVAILING WAGES <br /> STANDARD IN CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the construction industry plays a vital and important part in <br /> the economic well-being of the City of Pleasanton by <br /> providing jobs and a steady stream of revenue into the <br /> community; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a dynamic and growing construction industry is dependent on <br /> a work force of highly trained and skilled construction <br /> workers; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the wages determined to prevail in local communities are <br /> required to be paid to consuuction workers on state and local <br /> agency public works projects and are responsible for <br /> maintaining a stable and skilled work force, providing a living <br /> wage to workers and their families, providing health and <br /> retirement benefits to workers and their families, and helping <br /> to support apprenticeship training programs; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the University of Utah recen~y completed an in-depth study <br /> of the economic impacts resulting from the repeal of <br /> prevailing wage legislation in nine states and which <br /> conclusively shows that the wages of all construction <br /> workers, union and non-union alike, were si,~nifican~y <br /> reduced, that the states lost substantial income and sales tax <br /> revenues which far exceeded any savings realized on the cost <br /> of public works projects, that construction workplace injuries <br /> skyrocketed because of the use of unsldlled workers, that <br /> apprenticeship training was reduced by almost half, and that <br /> construction projects experienced an increased number of cost <br /> overruns and change orders; and <br /> <br /> <br />