HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2015-C29RESOLUTION NO. 2015-C29
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF AZUSA TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING AZUSA
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2-517(h) RELATING TO THE
LENGTH OF TREE MAINTENANCE SERVICE CONTRACTS.
WHEREAS, Azusa Municipal Code, Section 2-517(h) provides that "No maintenance work or
other general services contract shall extend for a period of more than five years, including authorized
extensions"; and
WHEREAS, the City of Azusa ("City") contracts certain tree maintenance services; and
WHEREAS, the City's current Tree Maintenance Services contract with West Coast Arborist
Inc. ("WCA") is set to expire on June 30, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Industrial Relations ("DIR") published a new wage
classification for Landscape Maintenance Tree Trimmer under the "Landscape/Irrigation Laborer
Tender" wage determination (SC -102x14-2015-1) that is designed for tree maintenance services; and
WHEREAS, this new wage determination could increase the City's next tree maintenance
services contract by as much as 35% annually; and
WHEREAS, WCA has been working with the DIR to negotiate a reasonable wage
determination that will enable municipalities to continue affording tree maintenance services while still
providing workers with a livable wage; and
WHEREAS, the DIR's wage determination is set to expire on July 31, 2015; and
WHEREAS, there is only one month between the termination date of the City's Tree
Maintenance Services contract with WCA and the expiration date of the DIR's wage determination;
and
WHEREAS, it is fiscally prudent and beneficial to the City to defer the scheduled RFP process
and extend its Tree Maintenance Services contract with WCA through the pending DIR clarification of
its wage determination for Landscape Maintenance Tree Trimmer (SC -102x14-2015-1).
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Azusa hereby resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Azusa hereby temporarily suspends enforcement
of Azusa Municipal Code, Section 2-517(h), as it applies to tree trimming maintenance services, until
such time as the California Department of Industrial Relations ("DIR") clarifies the wage
determination for Landscape Maintenance Tree Trimmer (SC -102x14-2015-1).
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SECTION 2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 15th day of June, 2015.
/loseph Romero Rocha
Mayor
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 2015-C29 was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 15th day of June, 2015 by
the following vote of Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GONZALES, CARRILLO, MACIAS, ALVAREZ, ROCHA
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
J fr a� Ce Comejo, r.,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Best Bet & Krieger, LLP
City Attorney
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