The Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (ILCS Ch. 820, Act 130, §§ 0.01 et seq.) shall apply with respect to all public works contracts awarded by the city; provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of such Act, the following shall apply:
(A) The prevailing rate of wages to be paid by the city on public works projects, as mandated by such Act shall, in each year, be that prevailing rate of wages in DuPage County as ascertained and determined by the Illinois Department of Labor for that year, without investigation or further action by the city.
(B) The city 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 city.
(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 City Clerk, and shall be kept open for public inspection.
(D) Each contractor or subcontractor employed by a public works contract with the city must make, and keep for not less than three years, records of all laborers, mechanics, and other workers employed by them on the project, and must also submit a certified payroll to the city every month. The content of the report will be as specified by the Act. The city shall keep the payroll reports for not less than three years, and these documents are public records subject to disclosure under §§ 30.01 et seq. of this code. Each contractor or subcontractor employed by a public works contract with the city must make its records available to the Illinois Department of Labor and its agents upon two business days' notice.
(Ord. 97-31, passed 10-14-97; Am. Ord. 03-08, passed 6-24-03; Am. Ord. 05-40, passed 1-24-06; Am. Ord. 06-12, passed 8-8-06; Am. Ord. 06-20, passed 10-24-06)