Cincinnati |
Code of Ordinances |
Title III. FINANCIAL, PERSONNEL, PROCUREMENT AND REAL PROPERTY PROCEDURES |
Chapter 320. COMPLIANCE GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS ISSUED BY WATER WORKS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SEWERS |
§ 320-7. Pre-Apprenticeship Training Fund.
Contractors shall pay $.08 per hour per worker for the purpose of funding qualified pre-apprenticeship programs that will create a pipeline of opportunities from recruitment to placement to retention. This payment shall go into Water Works Fund 101 where the project is managed by water works. Failure of a contractor to make the payment required under this section shall constitute a material breach and may subject the contractor to all remedies available to the city at law, including, but not limited to, disqualification of the contractor from bidding on current or future contracts, suspension of payments to the contractor under the construction contract, and termination for cause. The payments required under this section shall not be taken from the fringe benefits of the contractor's employees. Notwithstanding any requirement to the contrary in CMC Chapter 321, any pre-apprenticeship program that receives funding through this section shall be selected through the competitive proposals process applicable to services contracts described in CMC Section 321-51.
To be designated as a qualified pre-apprenticeship training program, the program will:
(a)
Provide health and safety training that has received OSHA 10, CPR and First Aid certification;
(b)
Have a least five (5) defined partnerships with apprenticeship programs;
(c)
Ensure that a majority of its trainees are women, people of color, residents of low-income communities, ex-offenders, and/or veterans;
(d)
Offer mentoring, follow-up monitoring and case management support to ensure retention of participants in the program; and
(e)
Demonstrate that it graduates and places trainees from low-income or minority communities in construction careers; and
(f)
Provide documentation demonstrating that it has been recognized as a pre-apprenticeship training program by a registration entity; and
(g)
Have articulated credits through a community college or four-year program and show proof of such through an articulation agreement.
This Section 320-7 shall be effective beginning July 1, 2018.
(Ordained by Ord. No. 282-2012, § 1, eff. July 26, 2012; a. Ord. No. 114-2013, § 1, eff. June 1, 2013; Emer. Ord. No. 055-2018, § 3, eff. March 21, 2018)