[Adopted 4-25-2005 by L.L. No. 3-2005]
This article shall be entitled "Apprenticeship
Training Programs for Town Construction Contracts."
[Amended 9-8-2008 by L.L. No. 4-2008]
The legislative intent and purpose of this article
is to adopt a policy to promote apprenticeship training as authorized
by § 816-b of the New York State Labor Law by requiring
that all contractors and/or subcontractors to a construction contract
in which the Town of Wappinger is a direct or indirect party shall
be required to have apprenticeship training programs that have been
registered with and approved by the New York State Commissioner of
Labor prior to entering into such construction contract with the Town
of Wappinger. Contracts awarded for less than $500,000 shall exempt
a contractor or a subcontractor from the provisions of this article.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
Any contract awarded by the Town of Wappinger for $500,000
or more, to which the Town of Wappinger may be a direct or indirect
party, which involves the construction, reconstruction, improvement,
rehabilitation, maintenance, repair, furnishing, equipping of or otherwise
providing for any building, facility or physical structure of any
kind.
[Amended 9-8-2008 by L.L. No. 4-2008]
CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR
Subject to the provisions of this article, shall mean a contractor
or subcontractor which directly employs labor under a construction
contract for which an apprentice program has been approved by the
New York State Commissioner of Law in accordance with Article 23 of
the New York Labor Law.