The Illinois prevailing wage act 1 , shall apply with respect to all public works contracts awarded by the village; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of such act, the following shall apply:
A. The prevailing rate of wages to be paid by the Village on public works projects, as mandated by the Act, shall, in each year, be that prevailing rate of wages in the County as ascertained and determined by the Village, or by the Illinois Department of Labor, for that year. If the determination is made by the Illinois Department of Labor and accepted by the Village, said determination shall be binding without further investigation or other action by the Village.
B. The Village need not publish the prevailing wage rates as ascertained and determined by the Illinois Department of Labor each year, nor request each year that the Illinois Department of Labor ascertain the rates and provide a listing of those rates to the Village.
C. Prevailing wage rate information, as received from time to time from the Illinois Department of Labor, shall be kept on file in the Office of the Village Clerk and shall be kept open for public inspection. (Ord. 2011-35, 9-12-2011)
D. Each contractor or subcontractor employed by a public works contract with the Village must make, and keep for not less than three (3) years from the date of the last payment on the public works contract or subcontract, records of all laborers, mechanics, and other workers employed by them on the project, and must also submit a certified payroll to the Village for the immediately preceding calendar month no later than the tenth day of the following month. The content of the certified payroll report will be as specified by the Act.
E. The Village shall keep the payroll reports for not less than three (3) years from the date of the last payment on the public works contract or subcontract, and these documents are public records subject to disclosure under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.
F. Each contractor or subcontractor employed by a public works contract with the Village must make its records available to the Illinois Department of Labor and its agents, and to Federal, State or local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors.
G. The Act provides that violations of its provisions are subject to prosecution as a Class A misdemeanor under 820 Illinois Compiled Statutes 130/6 et seq. (Ord. 2012-36, 7-23-2012)
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| 1 | 3. 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. |