Wage and employment requirements.
Ann Arbor City Code § 1:320
in effect1:320. - Wage and employment requirements.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Code, the city shall not enter any contract, understanding or other arrangement for a public improvement for or on behalf of the city unless the contract provides that all craftsmen, mechanics and laborers employed directly on the site in connection with said improvements, including said employees of subcontractors, shall receive the prevailing wage for the corresponding classes of craftsmen, mechanics and laborers, as determined by statistics for the Ann Arbor area compiled by the United States Department of Labor. At the request of the city, any contractor or subcontractor shall provide satisfactory proof of compliance with this provision. Where the contract and the Ann Arbor City Ordinance are silent as to definitions of terms required in determining contract compliance with regard to prevailing wages, the definitions provided in the Davis-Bacon Act as amended (40 U.S.C. 278-a to 276-a-7) for the terms shall be used. Further, to the extent that any employees of the contractor providing services under this contract are not part of the class of craftsmen, mechanics and laborers who receive a prevailing wage in conformance with section 1:319 of Chapter 14 of Title I of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor, the contractor agrees to conform to Chapter 23 of Title I of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor.
It is the policy of the City of Ann Arbor that all vendors of goods and services to the City of Ann Arbor by contract shall as a condition of providing goods and services, adhere to all applicable federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, prohibiting discrimination in regards to vendors employees and applicants for employment.
(Ord. No. 07-61, § 2, 1-22-08)
Source: City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mi/ann_arbor/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIAD_CH14PUCOSEPR_1_320WAEMREFetched: 11/8/2026