Each time the City solicits bids or enters into a contract the total overall purchase cost of which is estimated to be more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the construction of a public improvement or to contract for the same by the direct employment of labor or any institution supported in whole or in part by public funds, the provisions of Ohio R.C. Chapter 4115 are applicable and the following certification must be completed by the bidder or contractor and must accompany a bid and become part of the contract. Failure of the bidder to complete the certification shall be deemed unresponsive and the bid shall be void.
State of Ohio
Prevailing Wage Provisions
Explanation and Procedure
In order to facilitate the administration of Ohio R.C. Chapter 4115 and to achieve the purpose of such Chapter, the City of Westlake is requiring that all bidders/contractors comply with the provisions of Ohio R.C. Chapter 4115.
Each time the City of Westlake enters into a contract the total overall project cost of which is estimated to be more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) construction of a public improvement or to construct the same by the direct employment of labor or any institution supported in whole or in part by public funds, the provisions of Ohio R.C. Chapter 4115 are applicable.
The following contractor's certification must be completed or the bid/contract will be deemed nonresponsive and void.
This certification becomes part of the resultant contract.
State of Ohio
Prevailing Wage Provisions
Contractor's Certification
The bidder/contractor agrees to comply in all respects with the provisions of Ohio R.C. Chapter 4115.
Wage rates and fringe benefit payments contained in the attached schedule (see original Resolution 1977-158, passed September 15, 1977) shall be the minimum to be paid under a contract regulated by Ohio R.C. Chapter 4115.
Mechanics and laborers shall be paid a prevailing rate of wages as required in Ohio R.C. 4115.06.
The bidder/contractor is advised that the prevailing hourly rate of wages is subject to change by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations during the term of contract and such change shall not be the basis of any claim by the contractor against the City of Westlake.
The contractor shall post in a prominent and accessible place at the contract site a legible statement of the schedule of wage rates specified in the contract for the various classifications of laborers, workers and mechanics employed, such statement to remain posted during the term of such contract. See Ohio R.C. 4115.07.
Each contractor and/or subcontractor must submit a certified copy of the complete payroll within two weeks after the initial pay date and supplemental reports for each month thereafter which shall exhibit, for each employee paid any wages, the employee's name, current address and social security number, the number of hours worked each day of the pay periods covered, the total hours for each week, the hourly rate of pay, the job classification, fringe benefit payments and deductions from wages. The same shall be submitted to the City of Westlake, 27216 Hilliard Boulevard, Westlake, Ohio, 44145, Attention: Prevailing Wage Coordinator. If the life of the contract is expected to be not more than four months from the beginning of performance by the contractor or subcontractor, each supplemental report shall be filed each week after the initial report. The certification of each payroll shall recite that the payroll is correct and complete and that the wage rates shown are not less than those required by contract. See Ohio R.C. 4115.071.
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(Res. 1977-158. Passed 9-15-77.)