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Home My Public Portal About14624 Prevailing WageORDINANCE NO. 14624 AN ORDINANCE, to establish a policy for the use of prevailing wage requirements for District purchases. WHEREAS, the Charter of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Section 9.030, requires payment of prevailing wages on improvement projects. MSD currently uses Missouri’s Prevailing Wage Law as found at RSMo. §290.210 to meet this requirement; and WHEREAS, MSD also is currently required to follow Missouri’s Prevailing Wage Law as found at RSMo. §290.210 for non-improvement projects; and WHEREAS, the MSD Board of Trustees wishes to establish a policy on the use of the Missouri Prevailing Wage Law as found at RSMo §290.210 for all District projects. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT Section One. MSD will continue to use the Missouri State Prevailing Wage Law as found at RSMo. §290.210 to meet its charter prevailing wage requirement on improvement projects unless a different Prevailing Wage standard is required by a specific outside funding source (such as, but not limited to, Davis-Bacon for federally funded projects). Section Two. In the event that the Missouri State Prevailing Wage Law as found at RSMo. §290.210 changes or ceases to exist, MSD will meet its charter requirement to pay prevailing wages on improvement projects by using existing programs such as, but not limited to, Davis-Bacon, or by collecting and developing its own prevailing wage data, and develop its own rules for monitoring and enforcement as defined by a policy adopted the Board. Section Three. MSD will continue to follow the Missouri State Prevailing Wage Law as found at RSMo. §290.210 as it applies to non-improvement projects. Section Four. In the event that the Missouri State Prevailing Wage Law as found at RSMo. §290.210 changes or ceases to exist, MSD will continue to pay prevailing wages on its non-improvement projects covered by the Missouri State Prevailing Wage Law as found at RSMo. §290.210 that existed on January 1, 2017 by using existing programs such as, but not limited to, Davis-Bacon, or by collecting and developing its own prevailing wage data, and develop its own rules for monitoring and enforcement as defined by a policy adopted by the Board. The foregoing ordinance was adopted on March 16, 2017.