168.20 PREVAILING RATE OF WAGES.

   (a)   For any contract described in subsection (b) hereof, each laborer, workman or mechanic employed by the contractor for the work specified, by a subcontractor or by other persons upon such work, shall be paid at the minimum prevailing wage as determined by the State Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Building and Factory Inspection, or such high or lower rate as may be specified in the contract documents.

   (b)   Unless Council provides otherwise by ordinance, contracts to which subsection (a) hereof shall apply shall be any contract, the total project cost of which shall be fairly estimated to be the amount as determined pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4115.03(B)(1) or (B)(2), as adjusted biannually pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4115.034.

(Ord. 2003-59.  Passed 4-7-03.)