Monitoring and compliance with construction employment program.
Kansas City Code § 3-515
in effectSec. 3-515. - Monitoring and compliance with construction employment program.
(a) At the time a bid is submitted, the construction contractor shall submit a construction hours affidavit in a format determined by the director stating the city construction contractor's intent to meet or exceed, and to cause the subcontractors to collectively meet or exceed, the minimum construction employment goals while performing the city construction contract or request a waiver.
(b) Within 48 hours after bid opening, or prior to contract execution for those city construction contracts awarded pursuant to a request for proposals, the construction contractor shall submit an employee identification report, in a format to be determined by the director, which report shall include:
(1) The name, home address, job title, gender and race/ethnicity of each person working for the construction contractor and which the construction contractor anticipates will be performing construction labor hours creditable towards the minimum construction employment goals applicable to the construction contractor individually.
The director is authorized to extend the deadline for submission of the employee identification report.
(c) Within ten days prior to the date upon which any subcontractor is to commence work under a city construction contract, the construction contractor shall submit an employee identification report, in a format to be determined by the director, which report shall include:
(1) The name, home address, job title, gender and race/ethnicity of each person working for the subcontractor and which will be performing construction labor hours creditable towards the minimum construction employment goals applicable to the subcontractor.
The director is authorized to extend the deadline for submission of the employee identification report.
(d) After the city construction contract has been awarded, but before construction begins, the director may require the construction contractor to meet with the director or his/her designee for the purpose of discussing first opportunity given to residents of the city, the construction employment goals for minority and women workers, how the construction contractor will endeavor in good faith to individually meet, and require the subcontractors to collectively meet, the minimum construction employment goals, and any problems that may affect the ability to employ residents of the city or achieve the minimum construction employment goals.
(e) The director shall assess compliance with the construction employment program and impose any authorized remedy for any failure to comply on a quarterly basis for the duration of the city construction contract; provided however, that the director's failure to assess compliance during one or more quarters having expired, or impose any remedy for any failure to comply determined to have occurred during one or more quarters having expired, shall not preclude the director from assessing compliance as to any subsequent quarter or imposing any remedy for any failure to comply determined to have occurred during any subsequent quarter.
(f) After completion of work on the city construction contract but before release of retainage, final acceptance and closeout, the construction contractor shall provide to the director, in a format approved by the director, a final cumulative report detailing the construction contractor's and the subcontractors' utilization of minorities and women.
(g) All city contractors are expected to comply with all federal laws, including those of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of Homeland Security. Only those hours performed by workers in compliance with federal law may be counted towards the construction employment goals.
(h) On all city construction contracts the director shall have access, at all reasonable times, to all books, papers, records, reports or accounts in possession of or under the control of all construction contractors and subcontractors as may be reasonably necessary to ascertain compliance with sections 3-501—3-527, and all construction contractors and their respective subcontractors shall furnish such further information as may be required of such person within ten working days of the date it is so requested in writing. The construction contractor shall require all its subcontractors to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
(i) The director shall be authorized to conduct on-site audits and records inspections of any construction contractor and subcontractor without prior notice as may be necessary to ascertain compliance with sections 3-501—3-527.
The construction contractor shall require all its subcontractors to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
(j) The construction contractor is required to obtain and retain documentation, and shall require the subcontractors to obtain and retain documentation, establishing the residence of record for any person working on a city construction contract. The documentation must show an address and may be one of the following:
(1) Driver's license or identification card issued by a government or governmental agency with a photograph of the holder; or
(2) Voter's registration card; or
(3) Utility bill showing the account holder's name and address; or
(4) Valid United States Passport; or
(5) Document falling within any other category that the director determines sufficiently establishes residency.
(k) Monthly reporting: The construction contractor performing work under a city construction contract shall submit workforce reports detailing the construction contractor's utilization individually, and the subcontractors' utilization collectively, of residents, minorities and women under the city construction contract and on every construction project, public or private, that the construction contractor has in progress throughout the metropolitan statistical area. The reports shall be submitted to the director by the fifteenth of each month through the duration of the city construction contract. The reports shall state the number of resident, minority and women construction labor hours performed on site per trade, and shall be submitted in a format determined by the director.
(Ord. No. 130275, § 1, 3-21-13)
Source: City of Kansas City, Missouri, Code of Ordinances, Charter and Zoning and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH3COLE_ARTIVCOPRRE_DIV3COWO_S3-515MOCOCOEMPRFetched: 10/28/2026