(a) If the Mayor or his designee determines that use of a project labor agreement will serve the purposes of this Chapter 127, the Mayor or his designee, with the assistance of the Law Department, shall meet with the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, other appropriate trade union, or any other appropriate private contractor in connection with the public bidding and contract awarding process for every proposed municipal building and other municipal improvement project in which the engineering estimate for the project exceeds two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00), to evaluate whether a project labor agreement will advance the City's procurement interest in cost, efficiency and quality, promote labor-management stability and meet the applicable legal requirements governing safety and health, equal employment opportunity, and labor and employment standards. The failure of the Mayor, his designee, or the City to comply with this Chapter shall not cause a contract procured herein to be invalid and shall not create a private cause of action by any bidder against the City.
(b) If the Mayor or his designee determines that use of a project labor agreement will serve the purposes set forth in subsection (a) hereof, the Mayor, or his designee, shall negotiate a project labor agreement with the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, other appropriate trade unions, or any other appropriate private contractor.
(c) The bidding documents for each such municipal building or other improvement project shall contain a written provision requiring the successful bidder to comply with and adhere to all of the provisions of any project labor agreement negotiated by the Mayor or his designee for the project.
(d) The City shall not thereafter enter into any contract with the successful bidder for the construction of any such municipal building or other improvement unless the contract contains a provision requiring the successful bidder and all of his contractors and subcontractors to comply with and adhere to the provisions of the negotiated project labor agreement.
(Ord. 2012-65. Passed 12-18-12.)