4.94.010 Definitions.
Where used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meaning and construction set forth herein:
A. “Apprentice” means an apprentice registered in an approved apprenticeship program.
B. “Approved apprenticeship program” means an apprenticeship training program which is approved or recognized by the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council.
C. “Contractor” means a person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or joint venture entering into a contract with the city to construct a public work.
D. “Labor hours” refers to the total number of hours worked by workers receiving an hourly wage who are employed directly and by subcontractors upon the public works project and who are subject to state or federal prevailing wage requirements, and shall include additional hours worked as a result of a contract or project adjustment or pursuant to an agreed-upon change order.
E. “Minimum apprentice labor hours” refers to labor hours actually worked on a public works project by apprentices expressed as a percentage of total labor hours. The minimum percentage of apprentice labor hours by project shall be:
1. For contracts advertised for bid before January 1, 2023, there shall be no requirement;
2. For contracts advertised for bid on or after January 1, 2023, estimated to cost $1,000,000 or more with a time for completion greater than 70 working days, no less than 15 percent of the labor hours shall be performed by apprentices.
F. “Employee apprenticeship program (EAP)” refers to the requirements of this chapter and any administrative regulations applicable thereto.
G. “Estimated cost” shall mean the anticipated cost of a public work, as determined by the city, based upon the expected costs of materials, supplies, equipment, and labor, but excluding taxes and contingency funds.
H. “Notice to proceed” refers to the written authorization to the contractor under the public works contract to commence work.
I. “Public work” refers to all city-owned construction projects that constitute a public work pursuant to RCW 39.04.010, as now or hereafter amended, excluding projects funded in whole or in part with federal funds that are subject to federally mandated apprenticeship utilization requirements.
J. “Subcontractor” means a person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or joint venture that has contracted with the contractor to perform all or part of the work to construct a public work by a contractor. [Ord. 2021-03-007].