[Ord. No. 93-107 §§1 — 2, 12-15-1993]
A. All
business entities contracting with the City of Bridgeton for construction,
repairs, maintenance and service projects of the City funded with
tax revenues of the City of Bridgeton are encouraged and urged, to
the extent possible, to employ residents of the City of Bridgeton
and the Metropolitan St. Louis area to work on such projects, and
are further encouraged to urge their subcontractors to employ City
of Bridgeton and Metropolitan St. Louis area residents on such projects.
B. The
City of Bridgeton will encourage all contractor and subcontractors
on City funded projects to implement the policy recommendations of
the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship, United States Department
of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, and shall include
the following language in bid specifications issued by the City:
"The City seeks to ensure that the highest quality workmanship
will be performed on its projects and to do so, encourages bidders
to use workmen on the project who have satisfactorily completed apprenticeship
programs developed and operated in accordance with the policy recommendation,
dated January 28, 1992, of the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship,
United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration,
Office of Work-Based Learning, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training,
(the "Policy Recommendation"). All bidders are required to certify
in their bids the percentage of their workmen for the project which
have satisfactorily completed such a program for the type of work
they will be performing."