Re: Old High School

[Ron Force <rforce@uidaho.edu>]

Perhaps this idea arises from the Davis-Bacon Act for projects funded by
Federal Funds.  It requires that labor be paid wages "at the prevailing
rate", ie, union scale, usually derived from the biggest city in the
region.

Steve Cooke wrote:
> 
> Lois,
>  I would defer to Gib Myer or Linda Pall or someone else from city gov't on
> the requirements for bids on city contracts that might make a project more
> expensive than a similar bid for a private contract.
> Steve Cooke
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Lois Melina [SMTP:lmelina@moscow.com]
> Sent:   Wednesday, July 08, 1998 11:18 AM
> To:     vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject:        Re: Old High School
> 
> At 10:55 AM 7/8/98 -0700, Dale Goble wrote:
> >>
> >This is another of my favorite bits of nonsense: I have never seen
> >anything that suggests that this is accurate.
> >
> >Dale Goble
> >Moscow
> >
> 
> When I questioned this, someone quite knowledgeable said it is true because
> there are certain requirements in public projects that are not there in
> privately funded projects. But I would be interested in learning more.
> Perhaps Steve Cooke knows.
> 
> Lois
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