2026-10-15 - Labor, Workforce & Economic Development Committee
Summary
Basis: uploaded (human-made) English captions; the sponsor of the docket and one thanked councilor are garbled in the captions, so they are not named here.
- Thursday, October 15, 2026.
- Hearing of the Labor, Workforce & Economic Development Committee chaired by Councilor Worrell, called to order at 2:05 p.m. and adjourned at the end of the recording.
- Captions run from 0:37 to 59:16 with no recess.
- Flynn attended throughout, FitzGerald joined at about 23:54 and Weber at about 30:03; Mejia and Council President Breadon sent letters of absence.
- The whole hearing was on Docket No. 0218, a review of how well the Boston Residents Jobs Policy works.
- Public testimony was invited, but no one signed up.
Boston Residents Jobs Policy compliance
2:12-4:41, 5:09-5:28, 7:30-10:29, 11:05-13:48, 17:12-23:48, 23:55-26:00, 28:40-34:50, 36:00-45:00, 55:20-56:23, 57:19-59:16
- Opening: Flynn, who said he has attended every one of these twice-yearly hearings in nine years, stressed equal access to construction jobs and training for residents, people of color and women, and that the policy be enforced. Worrell thanked the administration team.
- The policy: the presenter called Jody (surname not given) described it as part of the Worker Empowerment Cabinet's Office of Labor Compliance and Worker Protections. Set up in 1983 and amended in 2017, it covers city projects and private projects over 50,000 square feet, with goals of 51% of work hours for Boston residents, 40% for people of color and 12% for women. Compliance is judged on administrative steps (pre-construction meeting, outreach records, payroll), not on meeting the goals.
- Enforcement tools: a Salesforce portal for payroll, a public dashboard (now filterable by trade, contractor and project), a warning system (a first and second written warning before sanctions go to the Boston Employment Commission), and an annual report on wages lost when the resident goal is missed, due again at the April hearing. Only one fine has been issued in her tenure, about $11,000 for late payroll; most contractors correct after a warning.
- Six-month data (April 1 to September 30, 2026): Chris Brown, senior manager, said seven monitors cover about 150 projects a year; this period had 150 (44 private, 106 public). Across about 3.76 million work hours, residents were 19% (goal 51%), people of color 44% (goal 40%) and women 7% (goal 12%). Private projects: 18% / 41% / 8%; public projects: 22% / 58% / 5%. The Mayor's Office of Housing had the most public hours (about 454,000; residents 21%).
- White Stadium: shown as a high-profile example monitored as two projects. Residents and women were higher than on most projects (the captions garble several of the percentages); Jody said it was early and she wanted to study what is working. Flynn said he was the first elected official to call for a project labor agreement there.
- Why resident numbers are low: asked by Flynn and FitzGerald, the presenters pointed to outreach and to residents moving out of the city for cost reasons. The city Jobs Bank is used little (fewer than 20 requests), its candidates are mostly unskilled and younger, and skilled union workers are placed through their own unions. FitzGerald asked what has changed in the outreach steps and whether the city weighs in on hiring (it does not; contractors choose how to meet the goals, and the city asks only about Jobs Bank referrals that were not hired).
- Payroll compliance: asked by Weber, Jody said not every payroll arrives on time (contractors get ten business days), but the portal blocks incomplete entries, late filers get warnings and corrective-action meetings, and late payrolls are tracked monthly.
- Close: Flynn praised the Carpenters union for work on wage theft and exploited workers. Flynn also asked whether community advocates who once filled these hearings are still engaged; Worrell said yes and noted the previous night's three-hour meeting on the same issue. The chair adjourned the hearing on Docket No. 0218; no vote was taken.
Boston Residents Jobs Policy building permit enforcement
26:00-28:40, 49:54-55:20
- Flynn asked whether Inspectional Services checks Boston Residents Jobs Policy compliance before issuing a building permit. The presenters said not at this time, though data is shared before a certificate of occupancy on public projects, and that Inspectional Services must follow the state building code.
- Flynn read from a July 1985 executive order signed by Mayor Flynn saying the Inspectional Services commissioner shall not issue a building or use permit unless the Boston Redevelopment Authority director certifies the project is consistent with the residency employment standards. Jody said she was not familiar with that and would compare the 1985/1986 and 2017 versions, which she offered to share. She said private developers sign a plan under the Article 80 process before permitting.
- Flynn asked why contracts go to general contractors with a poor compliance history. Jody said the dashboard exists so procurement can see contractor history and wage-theft disclosures, but state procurement law is rigid and she does not know how the information is used beyond that.
Skilled trades pipeline for Boston residents
13:53-17:07, 34:50-36:00, 47:33-49:44
- Jody described a Bloomberg Philanthropies grant, flowing from the 2025 project labor agreement between Mayor Wu and the building trades, to expand the pipeline from Madison Park into registered apprenticeships (from up to 50 to 100 young people a year), add a machinists apprenticeship, run a "Vocation by Madison" program for other schools, and start middle-school recruitment. Two apprenticeship navigators are now at Madison Park; the first cohort graduated in 2026.
- Asked by FitzGerald whether this will raise Jobs Bank use, she said most of these young people will go into union apprenticeships in the 17 trades covered by the agreement, but the city is looking at using the Jobs Bank for graduates and co-op roles.
- The chair noted single-digit resident shares in high-paying trades such as operators and elevator work and asked that workforce programs target them; Jody said the operators are among the 17 trades and have been asked to present at Madison Park.
Construction wage data reporting
4:41-5:09, 10:29-11:05, 45:00-47:32
- Worrell repeated an earlier request to report total wages, not just hours, to understand the financial impact on each group.
- Jody said wage data is collected only on publicly funded prevailing-wage projects (since about November 2024) because the ordinance does not require it for private ones; the portal only asks for those fields on prevailing-wage projects. She was unsure whether the ordinance prevents requiring it and promised an answer. Wages are not yet on the dashboard, but the office can prepare a report on public projects for the past couple of years, and a monitor spot-checks rate sheets for wage theft.
Other business
- Tribute (5:28-7:28): Worrell asked for a moment of silence for two advocates, and Chris Brown read short remembrances of Brooke Watson, who directed the Boston Residents Jobs Policy office for 20 years and died September 26, and Janet Jones, a longtime organizer who co-founded the Dorchester Roxbury Labor Committee and died June 21. Not counted as discussion.
- Office update (7:35-9:15): the cabinet also enforces the living wage and prevailing wage ordinance, the wage theft executive order and, since this summer, a heat illness and injury prevention ordinance, and offers free OSHA training including fall prevention after a September 24 fatal accident. Counted within the policy topic above.
- Living Wage Advisory Committee (56:23-57:19): asked by Worrell, Jody said it was folded into a planned advisory committee for the whole labor compliance office, held back until the new wage theft ordinance was in place, and is on this fiscal year's work plan. Not counted.
Issues discussed: Boston Residents Jobs Policy compliance, Boston Residents Jobs Policy building permit enforcement, Skilled trades pipeline for Boston residents, Construction wage data reporting
Captions are human-uploaded; some names and numbers are garbled (the docket's sponsor and a thanked councilor, several White Stadium percentages, and a data table that renders "7%" women as "70%" in places). The 0:37-2:12 opening script, the tribute and the Living Wage Advisory Committee exchange are not counted.
Time on topic (from transcript timestamps; approximate, includes side talk):
| Topic | Minutes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Residents Jobs Policy compliance | 36 | 65% |
| Boston Residents Jobs Policy building permit enforcement | 8 | 15% |
| Skilled trades pipeline for Boston residents | 7 | 13% |
| Construction wage data reporting | 4 | 7% |
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Transcript
These are uploaded (human-made) English captions; minor errors are possible.
Transcript
00:37BRIAN WORRELL, DISTRICT FOUR
00:38CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M CHAIR
00:40OF THE BOSTON CITY
00:41COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND
00:42ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
00:43TODAY IS OCTOBER 15TH, 2026.
00:46THE EXACT TIME IS 2:05 P.M..
00:49THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED.
00:50IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE
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01:02964.
01:03RENT COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO
01:05THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT
01:09WE'VE MADE PART OF THE RECORD
01:10AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS.
01:12PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN
01:14AT THE END OF THIS HEARING.
01:15INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON
01:16IN ORDER TO STAY SIGNED UP.
01:18WE'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO
01:19TESTIFY.
01:20IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
01:21TESTIFYING IN PERSON, PLEASE
01:23ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP
01:24SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE
01:25CHAMBER.
01:26IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO TESTIFY
01:27VIRTUALLY, PLEASE EMAIL OUR
01:29CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON RON COBB
01:31AT RON [email protected] IN THE
01:35LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE
01:35ADDED TO THE LIST.
01:37TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET
01:38NUMBER 0218.
01:39ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW
01:41THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOSTON
01:43RESIDENTS JOB POLICY AND
01:45IMPROVING EQUITY AND EMPLOYMENT
01:47STANDARDS ON PROJECT THROUGHOUT
01:48THE CITY.
01:49THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY
01:51COUNCILOR BROWN WILL RUN WITH
01:52HER TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY
01:5428TH, 2026.
01:55TODAY I'M JOINED BY MY
01:57COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:59WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER
02:01OF ABSENCES FROM
02:03COUNCILOR MEJIA AND
02:04COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON.
02:06I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY
02:08COUNCIL COLLEAGUE TO SEE IF HE
02:09HAS ANY OPENING REMARKS.
02:12THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
02:15THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
02:17ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE
02:20ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS
02:22OF BOSTON AND WOMEN PEOPLE
02:26OF COLOR HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO
02:28JOBS IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD
02:32AND ALSO THAT ENSURING THAT WE
02:35HAVE A POLICY BUT THAT THE
02:37POLICY IS ENFORCED AS WELL.
02:41I'VE BEEN ON THE CITY
02:43COUNCIL GOING ON NINE YEARS AND
02:44I'VE MADE EVERY ONE OF THESE
02:48MEETINGS.
02:48I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO A YEAR
02:50BECAUSE I KNOW HOW CRITICAL
02:51THIS ISSUE IS TO RESIDENTS
02:54OF BOSTON, TO PEOPLE OF COLOR
02:56TO TO WOMEN IN THE CONSTRUCTION
02:58FIELD.
02:59IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT
03:02ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ENJOYED
03:05BY EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S ALSO
03:06ABOUT ENSURING THAT THERE'S
03:09EQUAL ACCESS TO JOBS BUT EQUAL
03:12ACCESS TO TRAINING UM,
03:17EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES,
03:19GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY
03:21CLIFF PATHS TO THE MIDDLE
03:22CLASS.
03:22I STRONGLY SUPPORT BOSTON JOBS
03:25FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS.
03:26I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
03:27COMMISSION.
03:28I ALSO AM PROUD THAT MY PROBLEM
03:33MAY HAVE FUNDED A LOT OF WORK
03:34ON THIS, ESPECIALLY ON THE
03:36EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION WHICH
03:39ENFORCES THE BOSTON JOBS FOR
03:40BOSTON RESIDENTS UH, JOB
03:43POLICY.
03:43SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO
03:45ADVOCATE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
03:48AND THERE'S NO PLACE THAT I'D
03:50RATHER BE THAN RIGHT HERE
03:52BECAUSE I KNOW HOW CRITICAL
03:53THIS ISSUE IS AND I WANT TO SAY
03:55THANK YOU TO YOU, COUNCILOR ALL
03:56BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK
03:58YOU TO COUNCIL COLE PEPPER AS
04:01WELL.
04:01I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
04:02ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT'S HERE
04:03AND I KNOW YOU ARE ALSO UM HAVE
04:06DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB WORKING
04:08ON THIS ISSUE AND I WANT TO
04:10ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH OF YOU, UH,
04:11FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL WORK THAT
04:13YOU HAVE DONE AND YOUR TEAM AS
04:14WELL.
04:15UH, MR CHAIR, THANK YOU.
04:16UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:18UM, I WANT TO THANK THE PANEL
04:20FOR BEING HERE.
04:22UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL
04:23THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE POURED
04:26INTO, UH, THE BJP AND DATA AND
04:28REPORTING OVER THE 4 OR 5 YEARS
04:31I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.
04:32UH, I WOULD LOVE UM AND I KNOW
04:35YOU GUYS PROBABLY LIKE.
04:36YEAH, HERE HE GOES WITH ANOTHER
04:37TASK BUT, UH, ACTS THAT I MADE,
04:41UH, PREVIOUSLY.
04:42UM, HOPING THAT WE COULD MAKE
04:44PROGRESS ON IT.
04:45WE REPORT THE HOURS.
04:46WE'D LOVE TO SEE IF WE COULD
04:48GET THE WAGES.
04:48TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT JUST TO
04:51START UNDERSTANDING.
04:54THE THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS.
04:57WANT TO SEE HOW THOSE ARE
04:59LINING UP WITHIN THESE, UH,
05:01DIFFERENT GROUPS?
05:03UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IF
05:06THERE'S ANYTHING THERE THAT WE
05:07ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT.
05:09UH, ALSO UM, JUST WANT TO.
05:12UH, YOU KNOW.
05:13REMEMBER SOME OF THE ADVOCATES
05:16THAT WE HAVE LOST, UH, BROOKE
05:19WOODSON.
05:19UH, INDIANA JONES WHO HAVE BEEN
05:22FIERCE ADVOCATES, UH, AND
05:23LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES
05:25AROUND, UH, THE BOSTON
05:27RESIDENTS JOB POLICY.
05:28SO I'D LOVE TO TAKE A JUST A
05:30BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE.
05:31UM, IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE TWO
05:33INDIVIDUALS.
05:45THANK YOU.
05:45WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN IT OVER
05:46TO, UH, THE PANEL.
05:48UM, THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS.
05:51OKAY.
05:52>> UM GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL I
05:53WOULD UM THANKS FOR NOT
05:56ACKNOWLEDGING THE TWO.
05:57UM, THE THE RAP LEADERS THAT WE
05:59LOST RECENTLY.
06:00I'M JUST GOING TO READ A BRIEF
06:03CAPTION FOR FOR BOTH OF THEM.
06:06UH, BROOKE WATSON, A LONG TIME
06:08BOSTON CIVIC BUSINESS LEADER
06:09WHO SPENT MORE THAN TWO DECADES
06:12WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON
06:14PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 26TH
06:16AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS.
06:18HE WAS 62 YEARS OLD.
06:20UH, HIS WORK CENTERED ON
06:22EXPANDING ECONOMIC
06:24OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES
06:26AND WORKERS FROM COMMUNITIES
06:28THAT HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN LEFT
06:30OUT OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AND
06:32CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES.
06:34AND WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
06:36BOSTON RESIDENTS JOBS POLICY
06:39OFFICE FOR 20 YEARS.
06:42UH, SO MISS JANET JONES, A LONG
06:44TIME BOSTON COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
06:46AND ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL
06:47JUSTICE.
06:48PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 21ST.
06:52UH, MISS JONES WAS THE
06:54CO-FOUNDER OF THE DORCHESTER
06:56ROXBURY LABOR UH COMMITTEE,
06:59WHICH PROMOTED BOSTON JOBS FOR
07:01BOSTON RESIDENTS AND WORKED TO
07:04EXPAND ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
07:06OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE
07:07CITY, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE
07:10OF COLOR AND WOMEN.
07:11THOSE EFFORTS HELPED PROMOTE
07:13GREATER ENFORCEMENT OF THE
07:16POLICY THROUGH THE BOSTON
07:17EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION, WHOSE
07:20MEETINGS JANET ATTENDED.
07:24UH RELIGIOUSLY FOR MANY YEARS.
07:27THANK YOU.
07:28TO.
07:30>> THANK YOU CHRIS.
07:31UM, I'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR
07:34OVERVIEW.
07:35UH, I'LL GO FAIRLY QUICKLY.
07:37COUNCILORS FLYNN.
07:37AND WE'RE ALL YOU KNOW OUR
07:39PROGRAMS VERY WELL.
07:40BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THE
07:42BOSTON RESIDENT JOBS POLICY IS
07:44PART OF THE WORKER EMPOWERMENT
07:46CABINET WHICH WAS CREATED IN
07:482022.
07:49UM, IT MOVED OVER TO OUR
07:51CABINET IN APRIL 2023 AND IS
07:53PART OF THE OFFICE OF LABOR
07:55COMPLIANCE AND WORKER
07:57PROTECTIONS, WHICH IS ONE
07:58OF THE THREE DEPARTMENTS IN THE
08:00WORKER EMPOWERMENT CABINET.
08:02UM, IN ADDITION TO THE WORK
08:05THAT WE DO TO SUPPORT
08:07COMPLIANCE WITH THE BOSTON
08:08RESIDENT JOBS POLICY OUR
08:09CABINET ENFORCES OUR DEPARTMENT
08:12ENFORCES THE BOSTON JOBS LIVING
08:14WAGE AND PREVAILING WAGE
08:15ORDINANCE, THE BOSTON WAGE
08:17THEFT EXECUTIVE ORDER AND AS
08:19OF THIS SUMMER UM THE HEAT
08:20ILLNESS AND INJURY PREVENTION
08:22ORDINANCE WHICH UM WE ARE VERY
08:24HONORED TO BE ONE OF VERY FEW
08:26MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAS A LAW
08:27PROTECTING WORKERS FROM
08:29EXCESSIVE HEAT.
08:30WE ALSO PROVIDE FREE HEALTH AND
08:31SAFETY TRAINING UM, AND HAVE A
08:34WORKER'S RIGHTS INITIATIVE
08:35PARTNERING WITH WORKERS UNDER
08:36TO PROVIDE FREE MULTILINGUAL
08:39KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING AND
08:40JUST I ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE SURE
08:43THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FREE
08:44RESOURCES AND I HOPE YOU'LL
08:46HELP SHARE THIS WITH YOUR
08:47COMMUNITIES.
08:47WE DO FREE OSHA TRAINING IN
08:49ENGLISH, SPANISH, HAITIAN
08:51CREOLE, UM AND PORTUGUESE AND
08:53OSHA 30 TRAINING IN ENGLISH AND
08:56SPANISH.
08:57AFTER THE TRAGEDY IN JAMAICA
08:58PLAIN ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, WE ARE
09:01ALSO GOING TO BE OFFERING FREE
09:03FALL PREVENTION TRAINING.
09:04WE'LL BE RELEASING UH UH QC
09:07SOON TO HAVE A PARTNER HELP US
09:09WITH THAT IN ENGLISH, SPANISH
09:10AND PORTUGUESE VERY UM
09:13IMPORTANT UM TO THE BJP.
09:16I THINK EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS
09:17THAT IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN
09:191983, AMENDED IN 2017 TO SET UP
09:23EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS FOR ALL
09:24BOSTON PROJECTS AS WELL AS ANY
09:27PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT OVER
09:2950,000FT2.
09:29AND AT THE MOMENT THE GOALS ARE
09:31THAT PROJECTS SHOULD DO THEIR
09:33BEST TO HIRE UM HAVE A TOTAL
09:36OF 51% OF THE TOTAL WORK HOURS
09:38OF JOURNEY.
09:38PEOPLE AND APPRENTICES GO TO
09:40BOSTON RESIDENTS 40% TO PEOPLE
09:43OF COLOR AND 12% TO WOMEN AND I
09:46WILL GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN
09:48UM SENIOR MANAGER CHRIS BROWN
09:51WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
09:52DATA OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
09:54UM, ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT
09:58TO MENTION IS THAT COMPLIANCE
09:59WITH THE BOSTON RESIDENT JOBS
10:01POLICY, HOWEVER, IS NOT LINKED
10:04TO THE UM THE EMPLOYER'S
10:07ABILITY TO MEET THOSE HIRING
10:08STANDARDS AND SAID IT IS BASED
10:10ON A SET OF ADMINISTRATIVE UH,
10:13COMPLAINTS OR ADMINISTRATIVE
10:14REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE STEPS
10:16THAT CONTRACTORS MUST TAKE TO
10:19COMPLY.
10:19DO THEY ATTEND A
10:20PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING AND
10:21HAVE THEY PROVIDED COPIES
10:23OF THEIR COMMUNICATIONS?
10:26UM AND MOST IMPORTANTLY PAYROLL
10:28DOCUMENTATION AND
10:29COUNCILOR ROLE I'LL I'LL ADD
10:31THAT WE COLLECT UM PAYROLL
10:34DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL PROJECTS
10:37HOWEVER WE ONLY AND ONLY MORE
10:39RECENTLY SINCE NOVEMBER OF 24
10:42HAVE COLLECTED WAGE DATA FOR
10:45PUBLIC PROJECTS WHICH UM IS
10:47CONNECTED TO OUR COMPLIANCE
10:48MONITORING FOR PREVAILING WAGE.
10:51SO UNFORTUNATELY WE BECAUSE
10:54IT'S NOT REQUIRED FOR
10:55MONITORING OF THE BOSTON
10:57RESIDENT JOBS POLICY, WE DON'T
10:58COLLECT WAGE DATA FROM UM FROM
11:01THOSE WHO ARE NOT PUBLICLY
11:02FUNDED AT THE MOMENT.
11:05UH, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY
11:07THOUGH TO ISSUE PENALTIES AND
11:09FINES.
11:09UM, WE'VE ONLY DONE THIS, UH,
11:11SINCE MY TIME ONCE.
11:13UM, BUT WE HAVE COME CLOSE IS A
11:15RESULT OF, UH, A NEW
11:17TRANSPARENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE
11:19PUT IN PLACE AND I JUST LIKE TO
11:21HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
11:23THE THE WE'VE DONE A LOT OVER
11:25THE LAST FEW YEARS TO REALLY
11:27TRY TO IMPROVE OUR IMPACT AND
11:30DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THE
11:31RESOURCES THAT WE HIRE.
11:32SO WE TRANSITION TO A NEW NOT
11:35NEW ANYMORE.
11:36I KEEP SAYING NEW BUT
11:38SALESFORCE DATABASE.
11:39SO NOW ALL CONTRACTORS SUBMIT
11:41THEIR PAYROLL UH VIA THE
11:44SALESFORCE DATABASE.
11:44THAT GIVES US A LOT MORE
11:47ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TRACK
11:49DATA AND ANALYZE DATA.
11:51UM, WE HAVE A NEW EQUITABLE
11:53SYSTEM FOR WARNING SANCTIONS
11:55AND FINES.
11:56WE HAVE A NEW DASHBOARD.
11:58UM, OUR NEWEST DASHBOARD IS NOW
12:00A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD.
12:01I STILL FEEL SOMEWHAT NEW.
12:02UM, BUT WE DO UM, WE HAVE
12:05EVERYBODY FROM BPD USED TO HAVE
12:08A SET OF COMPLIANCE, UH,
12:10MONITORS WHO ARE NOW ALL PART
12:11OF THE BRIDGE OFFICE.
12:13AND ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DONE
12:15TO TRY TO QUANTIFY THE ECONOMIC
12:17IMPACT OF NONCOMPLIANCE IS AN
12:19ANNUAL REPORT LOOKING AT UM,
12:22WHAT WHAT WAGES ARE LOST AS A
12:25RESULT OF NOT MEETING THE 51%
12:28GOAL FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS AND
12:31WE ARE DUE TO DO THAT AGAIN.
12:33WE'LL HAVE IT IN APRIL AT OUR
12:34NEXT HEARING FOR 2026.
12:36AND UM, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO
12:38PROVIDING THAT THE 2024 AND 25
12:40REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR
12:42WEBSITE.
12:44UM, THE WARNING SYSTEM WE'VE
12:46TALKED ABOUT BEFORE ALSO WE
12:48GIVE PEOPLE A WARNING UM, AND
12:50THEN A SECOND WRITTEN WARNING
12:53BEFORE WE COME UP WITH
12:55RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOSTON
12:56EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION FOR
12:57SANCTIONS.
12:57THIS SEEMS TO BE WORKING PRETTY
12:59WELL BECAUSE WHILE WE'VE GOTTEN
13:01THROUGH QUITE A FEW FIRST
13:03WARNINGS, A HANDFUL OF SECOND
13:05WARNINGS WE HAVEN'T QUITE MOVED
13:07INTO UM OR FOLKS HAVE BEEN ABLE
13:10TO RECTIFY WHATEVER PROBLEM
13:12BEFORE WE HAD TO RECOMMEND
13:15SANCTIONS.
13:15AND AGAIN YOU'VE ALL SEEN OUR
13:17DASHBOARD.
13:18COUNCILOR WU I DO WANT TO POINT
13:19OUT WE HAVE ADDED TRADE SO NOW
13:22YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DATA BY UM
13:25YOUR DEVELOPER CONTRACT OR
13:27SUBCONTRACTOR OR TRADE OR ANY
13:30COMBINATION OF THOSE.
13:31SO UM I KNOW THAT WAS A REQUEST
13:33AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO BE
13:34ABLE TO ADD THAT AND UM NOW YOU
13:36CAN LOOK AT ANY PROJECT ANY
13:39CONTRACTOR BY TRADE TO SEE THE
13:41REAL TIME NUMBERS IN THE
13:43DASHBOARD IS LINKED DIRECTLY TO
13:44THE SALESFORCE DATABASE.
13:45SO IT'S REAL TIME DATA.
13:48AND WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT
13:50OVER TO CHRIS.
13:52OH ARE WE.
13:53NOPE I'M SORRY I FORGOT I'M
13:55DOING UH I DID ADD ONE OF THE
13:58MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF THE
14:00BOSTON RESIDENT JOBS POLICY IS
14:02BUILDING A PIPELINE FOR BOSTON
14:04RESIDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE INTO
14:05THE TRADES.
14:06UM, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE IN
14:10THAT WE WERE UM WE RECEIVED A
14:13GRANT FROM THE UH, THE
14:16BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES AS
14:17PART OF THEIR NEW INITIATIVE,
14:19UH, TO BUILD AND EXPAND ACCESS
14:22TO THE SKILLED TRADES FOR YOUNG
14:24PEOPLE.
14:24UM, THIS SLIDE SHOWS WE WERE
14:26ONE OF, UH, HANDFUL OF UM TOWNS
14:30AND UH COUNTIES TO BE SELECTED
14:34AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE
14:36DOING THIS WORK.
14:37IT CAME DIRECTLY OUT OF THE
14:38PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT SIGNED
14:40BY MAYOR WU WITH THE BUILDING
14:41TRADES IN 2025, WHICH UM
14:44ESSENTIALLY SET UP NOT ONLY UH
14:47,ENSURING A SUPPLY OF QUALITY
14:50UNION LABOR FOR CERTAIN UH
14:52SCHOOL RETROFITS BUT AT THAT
14:54TIME THE BUILDING TRADES AND
14:55THE CARPENTERS STEPPED UP AND
14:57SAID THAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT 50
14:59UP TO 50 YOUNG PEOPLE A YEAR
15:01INTO THE TRADES.
15:02SO THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES
15:04FUNDING ALLOWS US TO DO THAT
15:06WORK AND FUND THAT WORK.
15:08AND UM, IT IS UH VERY EXCITING
15:12WE'RE BUILDING THE PIPELINE BY
15:13THE EMBEDDING UH, PRE
15:15APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM BUILDING
15:17PATHWAYS DIRECTLY INTO MADISON
15:18PARK BY THE END OF THE GRANT
15:21PERIOD WITH MATT WITH BLOOMBERG
15:23PHILANTHROPIES WE WILL BE
15:25EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF YOUNG
15:26PEOPLE GOING FROM MADISON
15:27DIRECTLY INTO REGISTERED
15:29APPRENTICESHIPS IN THE TRADE
15:30FROM 50 TO 100.
15:31PART OF THE WAY WE'RE DOING
15:32THAT IS EXPANDING ACCESS TO NEW
15:34TRADES AND WE'RE BUILDING A NEW
15:37REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP
15:38PROGRAM WITH THE MACHINISTS,
15:39UH, INTO JOBS AT THEIR
15:42SIGNATORIES LIKE BOSTON WATER
15:43AND SEWER COMMISSION.
15:44AND WE'RE DOING UM EXPANDING
15:47ACCESS BY ALSO UH, PROVIDING
15:50PROGRAMING TO STUDENTS OUTSIDE
15:53OF MADISON PARK THROUGH A
15:53PROGRAM CALLED VOCATION BY
15:55MADISON.
15:55WE LAUNCHED THAT ALREADY.
15:57THE ORIENTATION FOR THAT WAS
15:58LAST NIGHT AND WE HAD UM, HUGE
16:01PARTICIPATION OF THE SCHOOLS
16:02THAT ARE ENGAGED IN BRINGING
16:04YOUNG PEOPLE FOR PAID
16:06OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT
16:07THE TRADES AFTER HOURS AND
16:09WE'LL BE LAUNCHING SOME MIDDLE
16:10SCHOOL RECRUITMENT PROGRAMS AS
16:12WELL.
16:13OUR FIRST COHORT GRADUATED IN
16:162026.
16:17UM, WE VERY EXCITED TO SEE
16:18QUITE A FEW OF THEM MOVE ON TO
16:20BUILDING PATHWAYS AND THEN INTO
16:22THE REGISTERED TRADES AND OTHER
16:24UH PROGRAMS.
16:25SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE
16:27APPLYING TO REGISTERED
16:28APPRENTICESHIPS IN JANUARY AND
16:29WE ARE ALREADY WORKING VERY
16:31HARD ON THE 2027 COHORT DOING
16:34ORIENTATION AND WORK WITH YOUNG
16:35PEOPLE AT MADISON TO GET THEM
16:36INTO THE PROGRAM AND ONLINE IN
16:39SUPPORT UM IN GETTING THE
16:41SUPPORT THEY NEED TO BE
16:42SUCCESSFUL.
16:43WE HAVE THANKS TO BLOOMBERG
16:44PHILANTHROPIES TWO
16:46APPRENTICESHIP NAVIGATORS NOW
16:48EMBEDDED AT MADISON PARK TO
16:50SUPPORT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE.
16:51SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I
16:53SHARED THAT FOR SOME OF YOU I
16:54THINK UM THIS IS UH UM SOME
16:57REPETITION IF YOU CAME TO THE
16:59ACCEPT AND EXPAND BUT I DID
17:00WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
17:02HIGHLIGHTED IT BECAUSE IT'S
17:03SUCH A CRITICAL PATHWAY FOR
17:05BOSTON RESIDENTS INTO THE
17:07TRADES.
17:07AND WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT
17:09OVER TO CHRIS TO TALK ABOUT THE
17:11DATA AND.
17:12WORK LIKE I SAID.
17:13THANKS, JODY.
17:14ALL RIGHT SO BJP COMPLIANCE
17:17PROCEDURES AND DATA UM ALL
17:20RIGHT SO ON AVERAGE WELL WE
17:22HAVE SEVEN CONSTRUCTION
17:23MONITORS THAT THAT WORK IN
17:25OFFICE AND ON AVERAGE WE
17:27MONITOR APPROXIMATELY 150
17:30CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PER YEAR.
17:32UH THE PUBLIC PROJECTS CONSIST
17:35OF FOUR CITY LINE DEPARTMENTS.
17:38UH, THAT WOULD BE THE MAYOR'S
17:39OFFICE OF HOUSING PUBLIC
17:41FACILITIES DEPARTMENT PARKS AND
17:43REC AND PUBLIC WORKS AND UH,
17:47THE MONITORS FOR THE MAYOR'S
17:48OFFICE OF HOUSING ROBERT
17:50WOODSON AND SOCIAL RIBEIRO PHD
17:52WOULD BE MANUEL BARBOSA PARKS
17:55AND REC PATRICIA AND PUBLIC
17:57WORKS NELSON CRUZ YOU WE ALSO
18:00MONITOR PRIVATE PROJECT
18:02PROJECTS THAT ARE 50,000FT2 AND
18:04OVER PAMELA FOREIGN TO CARVER
18:06HAMILTON HAMILTON ARE THE
18:09PRIMARY MODELS TO FOR THE
18:10PRIVATE.
18:11PROJECT PROJECTS.
18:14SO THE SLIDE THAT YOU'RE
18:15LOOKING AT NOW IS JUST A VISUAL
18:16OF THE COMPLIANCE PROCESS THAT
18:18WE GO THROUGH WITH EACH
18:19PROJECT.
18:20UM, SOME ESPECIALLY THE LARGE
18:21PROJECTS SOMETIMES THE SMALLER
18:23PROJECTS WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE
18:26TO TO YOU KNOW, UH TO MEET
18:28EVERY UM PROCEDURE JUST BECAUSE
18:31YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A WEEK
18:32LONG.
18:32WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONLY
18:34A DAY SOME MAYBE TWO WEEKS.
18:36SO WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THE
18:37NECESSARY APPROPRIATE MEETINGS
18:38FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
18:39BUT UM, REALLY WITH THE LARGE
18:42PROJECTS, THE PRIVATE PROJECTS
18:44WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GO THROUGH
18:45EVERY STEP BUT SOME OF THE
18:47SMALLER PROJECTS IS JUST TOO
18:48SMALL AND IT JUST UM,
18:50CONSTRUCTION JUST DOESN'T LAST
18:52LONG ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH
18:53THROUGH EVERY STEP.
18:55BUT COMPLIANCE IS HELD WITH UM
18:57REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE
18:58OF THE PROJECT.
18:59ALL RIGHT.
19:00PROJECTS BREAK DOWN ALL
19:02PROJECTS.
19:03SO WE'VE HAD 150 PROJECTS UH,
19:06FROM APRIL 1ST 2026 TO UH
19:11SEPTEMBER 30TH 2026 OF THOSE
19:13150 PROJECTS FOR 44 WERE
19:16PRIVATE PROJECTS.
19:17THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE
19:19OVER 50,000FT2 100 601 106
19:24TOTAL PUBLIC PROJECTS 30 WAS
19:27FROM THE FD, 15 FROM PARKS, 28
19:30FROM PUBLIC WORKS, 33 FROM THE
19:33MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING.
19:34AND SO WE HAVE THE UH THE WORK
19:37HOURS UH AS FOR PRIVATE
19:39PROJECTS, 3,100,000 WORK HOURS
19:46UH 18% BOSTON RESIDENT, 41%
19:49PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 8% WOMEN
19:51FOR THE PUBLIC PROJECTS 660,000
19:55HOURS 22% BOSTON RESIDENT, 58%
19:59PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 5% WOMEN
20:02AND WE ADD THEM TOGETHER.
20:05THERE'S A TOTAL OF 3,762,000
20:09HOURS 19% BOSTON RESIDENT, 44%
20:13PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 7% WOMEN.
20:18IN TERMS OF THE BREAKDOWN BY
20:20NEIGHBORHOODS UM I'M NOT GOING
20:21TO READ THROUGH EVERY ONE
20:23OF THEM BUT BOSTON PROPER WHICH
20:26IS THE DOWNTOWN AREA THE
20:27SEAPORT HAD 21, DORCHESTER 23
20:31TO MAKE A PLAN FOR AT THE
20:34BOTTOM IT'S AT VARIOUS
20:35LOCATIONS THOUGH THOSE WOULD
20:37APPLY MAINLY TO UH, THE PUBLIC
20:39WORKS PROJECTS.
20:40YOU MIGHT HAVE A PROJECT THAT
20:42HAS A CONTRACT THAT CONSISTS
20:46OF SIDEWALKS IN DORCHESTER AND
20:48IN ROXBURY FOR EXAMPLE.
20:50SO IT WOULD FALL WITHIN THE
20:51VARIOUS LOCATION UM CATEGORY.
20:56IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC
20:57PROJECTS, THE BREAKDOWN UH THE
20:59MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
21:02CONSISTENTLY HAS THE EACH YEAR
21:04HAS THE MOST WORK HOURS FOR
21:07THIS PERIOD OF TIME IT WAS
21:12454,021% BOSTON RESIDENT, 67%
21:15PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 4% WOMEN.
21:18PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT
21:2195,000 HOURS 24% RESIDENT, 36%
21:24PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 8% WOMEN.
21:27PUBLIC WORKS 90,000 HOURS 28%
21:30RESIDENT 44% PEOPLE OF COLOR 4%
21:33WOMEN IN PARKS.
21:35UH ABOUT 20,000 HOURS 15%
21:39BOSTON RESIDENT 28% PEOPLE
21:41OF COLOR AND LESS THAN 1%
21:45WOMEN.
21:48SO AS YOU KNOW WE WE ARE
21:51MONITORING THE WHITE STADIUM
21:52PROJECT WHICH IS A HIGH.
21:53PROFILE PROJECT.
21:55SO WE FIGURED WE WOULD INCLUDE
21:56SOME DATA.
21:57THAT PROJECT IS ONE PROJECT BUT
22:00WE MONITOR IT AS TWO PROJECTS
22:03UH EAST AND THE WEST GRANDSTAND
22:06IN TERMS OF THE EAST GRANDSTAND
22:09,UH WE'VE HAD SO FAR ABOUT
22:1260,000 HOURS.
22:13THE NUMBERS ARE 39% BOSTON
22:17RESIDENT, 49% PEOPLE OF COLOR
22:20AND 40% WOMEN.
22:22THE TOP TRADE HAS BEEN THE
22:24LABORERS TRADE ABOUT 26,000
22:27HOURS 47% BOSTON RESIDENTS, 58%
22:32PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 70% WOMEN
22:35CARPENTERS 35% BOSTON RESIDENT,
22:3947% PEOPLE OF COLOR, 70% WOMEN
22:42AND THEN YOU HAVE IRONWORKERS
22:44AT 61 5915 THE OPERATORS AT 1%
22:48BOSS TRANSIT 4% PEOPLE OF COLOR
22:510% WOMEN ELECTRICIANS 38, 60
22:54AND 60 AS FAR AS THE WEST SIDE
22:59IS CONCERNED 48,000 HOURS 36%
23:03BOSTON RESIDENT 45% PEOPLE
23:07OF COLOR AND 10% WOMEN.
23:09THE LABORERS TRADE HAS BEEN THE
23:11TOP TRADE 19,000 HOURS 46%
23:16BOSTON RESIDENT 57% PEOPLE
23:18PEOPLE OF COLOR 14% WOMEN
23:22WORKERS ALMOST 9000 HOURS 36%
23:25BOSTON TRANSIT 63% PEOPLE
23:28OF COLOR 9% WOMEN DO WE HAVE
23:30CARPENTERS AT 40, 44 AND SIX
23:35OPERATORS AT ONE, FIVE AND ZERO
23:37AND THAT ATTRITION THAT 50%
23:40RAZA 24% PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 0%
23:43WOMEN.
23:45AND SO THAT WOULD COMPLETE THE
23:47SLIDE THAT WE.
23:48HAVE WITH THE DATA.
23:50UH THANK YOU UM FOR THAT
23:52PRESENTATION.
23:52WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
23:54COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HAS JOINED
23:55US?
23:55I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MY
23:58COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR
23:59QUESTIONS STARTING WITH
24:00COUNCILOR FLYNN.
24:02THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
24:03AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE
24:05ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT IS
24:06HERE AND THAT'S WORKING ON THIS
24:07IMPORTANT ISSUE.
24:09THE I WANT TO GO DIRECTLY TO
24:11THE EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION THAT
24:14ENFORCES THE BOSTON JOBS UH,
24:16BOSTON RESIDENCY POLICY.
24:19AND I KNOW YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOME
24:22UM SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT WE
24:23HAVE.
24:25WHAT IS THE FROM FROM THE
24:29RESULTS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED
24:31WHAT IS MOST CONCERNING AND
24:35WHERE DO WE NEED TO WORK ON UM
24:39,MOST TO IMPROVE THOSE NUMBERS
24:42WHAT WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC AREA?
24:44WELL, I.
24:45WILL TAKE THAT QUESTION I THINK
24:47OUTREACH I THINK THE BOSTON
24:49RESIDENT PERCENTAGES HAVE
24:51ALWAYS BEEN HISTORICALLY LOW
24:54ESPECIALLY RECENTLY UM, EARLY
24:56ON 20 YEARS AGO THE NUMBERS IN
24:58THAT AREA WERE THE PERCENTAGES
25:00WERE HIGHER.
25:01BUT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS OR
25:03SO WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE A
25:06DECREASE IN THE BOSTON RESIDENT
25:07UM, THE PERCENTAGES THE PEOPLE
25:09OF COLOR NUMBERS ARE EXCEEDING
25:12UH THE THE THE THE PERCENTAGES
25:15AND THE WOMEN UM NUMBERS HAVE
25:18ALSO INCREASED BUT IT'S REALLY
25:19THE BOSTON RESIDENT PERCENTAGES
25:21SO THE THE PEOPLE OF PEOPLE
25:23OF COLOR TELL ME WHAT THE
25:25PERCENTAGE IS AND TELL ME WHAT
25:27THE WHAT THE MANDATE SHOULD BE
25:30OKAY.
25:31THE GOAL IS 40%.
25:33YEAH.
25:34AND LET ME JUST GO TO THE DATA
25:36PAGE HERE.
25:41THIS IS PEOPLE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
25:42PEOPLE OF COLOR.
25:43THE GOAL IS 40%.
25:45AND WE'RE AT 44%.
25:47OKAY FOR THIS QUARTER.
25:49I MEAN FOR THIS UM SIX MONTH
25:51PERIOD OKAY.
25:54UM.
25:59>> SO IF A IF A.
26:03CONSTRUCTION IF A PROJECT WANTS
26:05TO.
26:05GET OFF THE GROUND.
26:06THEY THEY HAVE TO.
26:09UM GET VARIOUS PERMITS TO THE
26:12DPD FOR THE UM THE ZONING BOARD
26:14AS WELL INSPECTIONAL SERVICES.
26:17UM, DOES INSPECTIONAL.
26:21SERVICES REVIEW THE.
26:23BOSTON JOBS UH FOR BOSTON
26:25RESIDENCY COMPLIANCE BEFORE
26:29THEY ISSUE A PERMIT A BUILDING
26:31PERMIT?
26:34NOT AT THIS TIME.
26:37I BELIEVE THOUGH THE
26:38CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WE
26:40SHARE DATA WITH THE THE
26:43AWARDING AUTHORITY IF IT'S
26:45PUBLIC AND THEY SHARE THAT
26:47INFORMATION BEFORE A
26:48CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY CAN
26:49BE.
26:50>> ISSUED.
26:52THERE IS A.
26:53PROVISION IN THE IN THE
26:56DOCUMENT THAT WAS AMENDED IN
26:571985 EXTENDING THE BOSTON
27:00RESIDENCY JOB POLICY IN 1985
27:03THAT INSPECTIONAL.
27:04SERVICES COULD ACTUALLY.
27:08REVIEW THE PERMIT.
27:09AND NOT ISSUE A PERMIT IF.
27:14THE PERSON OR THE COMPANY
27:18RATHER THAT WAS SEEKING.
27:19THE THAT WAS SEEKING.
27:21>> THE.
27:22PERMIT WAS REALLY NOT IN
27:23COMPLIANCE WITH THE UM, BOSTON
27:25JOB.
27:26SO BOSTON RESIDENCY POLICY IS
27:28IS THAT ACCURATE?
27:30I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
27:31I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO I
27:33KNOW THAT IT IS WE CAN CREATE A
27:35RECORD OF NONCOMPLIANCE THAT
27:37CAN BE USED DURING PROCUREMENT
27:39BUT I WAS I I'M NOT AWARE OF A
27:42PERMITTING AND I KNOW THAT OUR
27:44INSPECTIONAL SERVICES
27:45DEPARTMENT HAS TO FOLLOW THE
27:47STATE BUILDING CODE WHICH IS
27:49SUPER LIMITED IN TERMS OF OUR
27:52ABILITY TO CHANGE OR INFLUENCE
27:54THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
27:57THE THE THE POLICY, THE 1985.
28:00POLICY EXTENDING THE BOSTON
28:01RESIDENCY JOBS POLICY THAT'S
28:03STILL IN EFFECT THOUGH.
28:05YET WHILE IT'S BEEN THE 2017
28:08VERSION IS THE VERSION THAT'S.
28:09>> BUT IT BUT IT HASN'T BEEN
28:10WATERED DOWN THOUGH.
28:12NO I DON'T BELIEVE.
28:13SO YOU KNOW LIKE THINGS TAKEN
28:14OUT OF IT TO WEAKEN THE POLICY
28:16I WOULD I DO NOT BELIEVE SO BUT
28:18I WOULD WANT TO DO A SIDE BY
28:20SIDE COP.
28:20OKAY.
28:22>> UM MR CHAIR.
28:23MAY I REQUEST.
28:26SOME INFORMATION ON THAT ISSUE
28:29FROM UH FROM JODY IF
28:30APPROPRIATE?
28:31ABSOLUTELY.
28:32>> IS THAT OKAY?
28:32JODY.
28:33>> YEAH.
28:33OKAY.
28:34>> I CAN SHARE BOTH THE 1986
28:36AND 2017 VERSIONS.
28:38>> OKAY.
28:38OKAY.
28:39UM.
28:41>> SO TOM.
28:42>> COULD YOU TELL ME AGAIN THE.
28:43THE NUMBER UM, THE NUMBERS FOR
28:45WOMEN WOMAN IN THE CONSTRUCTION
28:47UM, CONSTRUCTION TRADES JOBS.
28:51THE GOAL IS 12%.
28:5312 YEAH.
28:54BUT IT VARIES.
28:56UM, AND IT DEPENDS IN THE LAST
28:58SIX MONTHS THE DATA HAS BEEN
29:02ACTUALLY.
29:03SO BETTER THAN I CAN RIGHT.
29:04>> SO THE LAST SIX THE GOAL IS
29:0612% THE LAST SIX MONTHS UH
29:08WE'RE AT 70% WOMEN.
29:10UM SEVEN 7%.
29:12>> YEAH.
29:12OKAY.
29:15UM AND JUST.
29:17I GUESS FOR THE PUBLIC BUT
29:18WE'RE ONLY REVIEWING THE SIX
29:20MONTHS BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE.
29:21DO WHEN WE WHEN WE REVIEW IT
29:23BECAUSE.
29:25SEMIANNUALLY WE.
29:25REVIEW IT EVERY TWICE A YEAR.
29:27SO THAT'S THAT'S THE NUMBERS
29:29WE'RE LOOKING ON.
29:29IS THAT ACCURATE.
29:30THAT'S CORRECT BY PROJECT IT
29:32MAY LOOK DIFFERENT BY YEAR IT
29:33MAY LOOK DIFFERENT IN FACT UM
29:35ONE OF THE REASONS WE BROUGHT
29:36THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT IS
29:38BECAUSE SOMETHING IS GOING VERY
29:39WELL THERE.
29:40OUR NUMBERS FOR BOSTON
29:41RESIDENTS ARE HIGHER AND WE HAD
29:4314% WORK HOURS FOR WOMEN.
29:45OKAY SO.
29:47I REMEMBER UM.
29:49MR CHAIR UM I'M ALMOST I'M
29:51ALMOST DONE BUT I JUST WANTED
29:52TO PUT FOR THE RECORD I WAS THE
29:53FIRST ELECTED OFFICIAL TO CALL
29:56FOR A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT
29:58AT WHITE STADIUM.
29:59UH, THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
30:00THANK YOU.
30:01>> UH, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
30:03COUNCILOR WEBER HAS JOINED US
30:04COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR YOURS
30:06THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU
30:07PANEL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
30:08WE APPRECIATE IT.
30:09UM.
30:10>> A QUESTION ON UH, THE
30:12RESIDENT NUMBERS BEING DOWN.
30:14UH.
30:15>> I'VE GOT MY OWN THEORY BUT I
30:16WANT TO KNOW IS.
30:18>> DID YOU SEE ANY WHAT IS THE
30:19DRIVING FORCE THAT MAY BE
30:20BEHIND THAT?
30:22UH, I THINK YOU KNOW, UH, JUST
30:25LIKE ON OTHER CAREERS AND ALL
30:27THE OTHER, UM, AREAS
30:29OF EMPLOYMENT IN BOSTON AND
30:31PROBABLY OTHER MAJOR CITIES AS
30:33WELL.
30:33I MEAN.
30:33>> I THINK UH I HAVE NO.
30:37DIRECT DATA IN FRONT OF ME BUT
30:39BECAUSE I'VE DONE IT FOR SO
30:40LONG I'M JUST THINKING THAT
30:42PEOPLE ARE MOVING, MAKING
30:44DECISIONS, FAMILY RELATED
30:46FINANCIAL DECISIONS ARE AND
30:48MOVING TO WHERE THEY CAN AFFORD
30:50TO MOVE.
30:51AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S.
30:53>> OUT OF BOSTON.
30:54UH.
30:54IN SOME CASES.
30:55NO I WOULD TEND TO AGREE I
30:57THINK THAT UM THE MIDDLE CLASS
30:59SORT OF BEING FORCED OUT THIS
31:00THESE WERE THE MIDDLE CLASS
31:01JOBS AND UH TYPICALLY THE
31:03PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN OR
31:05COMING.
31:05COMING FOR A JOB ALREADY.
31:07RIGHT?
31:08>> UH AND IT'S NOT IN THIS
31:09SECTOR, IT'S IN OTHER SECTORS
31:10WHICH THEY'RE GLAD THAT THE
31:12CITY HAS.
31:12BUT UM SO I DO TEND TO AGREE
31:15WITH YOU.
31:16I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER.
31:17UM.
31:18>> WE STILL HAVE THE JOBS.
31:19BANK RIGHT?
31:20THE NUMBERS HOW AND SORRY IF I
31:22MISSED THIS I WAS LISTENING
31:23BEFORE I CAME IN BUT WHAT IS
31:24IT?
31:25WHAT DO WE HAVE THERE.
31:25NOW AND DO WE FEEL THAT THOSE
31:27ARE UP TO DATE AND HOW MUCH HOW
31:28MANY OF THOSE DO WE GO.
31:29OUT THE DOOR AS THESE LARGER.
31:31PROJECTS COME.
31:32>> IN.
31:32WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU THE
31:34DATA I DID NOT WE RECENTLY
31:36COMPILED THAT INFORMATION UM,
31:38BECAUSE WE DO AN ANNUAL REPORT
31:39TO THE BOSTON EMPLOYMENT
31:40COMMISSION.
31:41IT IS UTILIZED MINIMALLY.
31:43THE NUMBERS ARE UNDER 20.
31:46UM, IN TERMS OF THAT NOT THE
31:48NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE THE BUT
31:50THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS WE GET
31:51AND THE FOLLOW THROUGH THAT WE
31:52GET FROM CONTRACTORS IS VERY
31:54MINIMAL.
31:54SO THE SO THE SO.
31:56>> THE CONTRACTORS AREN'T
31:58ASKING TO TO HIT UP THE JOBS
32:00THAT GET IT CORRECT.
32:01AND SO THAT'S NOT TO SAY THERE
32:02IS AN A PLETHORA OF.
32:03FOLKS THAT ARE IN THERE AND
32:04WILLING TO BE.
32:05PICKED UP.
32:05>> BUT THEY JUST DON'T THEY SO.
32:08THAT THAT WOULD TELL ME JUST ON
32:10THAT.
32:10>> FACT ALONE THAT THEY FEEL
32:11THEY'RE GOOD ABOUT REACHING.
32:13MOST OF THE NUMBERS OR AT
32:14LEAST.
32:14IN THE BALLPARK OF HITTING
32:15THEIR.
32:16GOALS ON THIS EXCEPT FOR MAYBE
32:17RESIDENT.
32:19BUT WITH THE CAVEAT I'D SAY
32:20THAT SOMETIMES I THINK THE
32:22FOLKS ON THE JOBS BANK DATABASE
32:24DON'T PERFECTLY FIT WITH THE
32:26REQUESTS WE'RE GETTING.
32:27SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
32:28THINGS THAT ARE AT PLAY.
32:30UM, UM, OFTENTIMES I THINK
32:33CONTRACTORS COME BEFORE THE
32:34BACK WITH A SET OF STRATEGIES
32:36THAT THEY'VE USED OF WHICH THE
32:38REACHING OUT TO THE BOSTON
32:39RESIDENT JOBS POLICY JOB BANK
32:40IS ONE OF MANY UM AND SOMETIMES
32:44UM WE'RE NOT SURE THAT THAT
32:46WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THEIR
32:48OUTREACH IS ACTUALLY MATCHING
32:49WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR
32:51OUTREACH.
32:51FROM THE CONTRACTOR STANDPOINT.
32:53YEAH.
32:53BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS.
32:55AND I DONE WORK LONG BEFORE UM
33:00YEAH, A LONG TIME AGO NOW BUT
33:02THE UH IT USED TO BE.
33:05IF YOU.
33:06>> COULDN'T REACH.
33:06>> IT THEN YOU'D.
33:07HAVE TO PUT.
33:07>> IT LIKE AN.
33:08>> AD IN THE PAPER OR UH, AN AD
33:10ON THE RADIO.
33:10>> RIGHT.
33:11YOU HAD TO SHOW THESE STEPS TO
33:12EXEMPT YOU FROM THEM.
33:13HAS ANYTHING.
33:14CHANGED FROM OVER 20 YEARS AGO?
33:16UM.
33:16WHEN I MIGHT HAVE BEEN PART
33:18OF SOME OF THOSE.
33:18THINGS WHERE.
33:19IT'S STILL THESE.
33:20AND COULD YOU PLEASE TELL WHAT
33:21THOSE STEPS.
33:22ARE TODAY THAT SORT OF GIVES
33:23YOU THE EXACT.
33:24IS IT I DON'T KNOW IF
33:25EXEMPTIONS THE RIGHT WORD RIGHT
33:27>> BUT.
33:27AT LEAST BEST FAITH EFFORT YEAH
33:28RIGHT.
33:29>> THAT.
33:29WAS THAT WAS THE.
33:30BEST FAITH EFFORT THAT YOU GET.
33:30RIGHT YEAH.
33:31>> SO WE EXACTLY SO WE DON'T UM
33:33WE DON'T GIVE EXEMPTIONS UH
33:35APPLIES TO YOU KNOW, ALL
33:36CONTRACTORS THE UNION
33:38CONTRACTORS AS YOU KNOW THEY
33:39HAVE TO GO TO THE UNION TO GET
33:41THEIR LABOR.
33:42YEAH.
33:42THE NONUNION CONTRACTORS THEY
33:44CAN HIRE A PERSON FROM, YOU
33:47KNOW, A LOCAL NONPROFIT BY
33:48PUTTING AN AD IN THE PAPER BY
33:51REACHING OUT TO JOHN'S BANK.
33:53UH, IN TERMS OF THE JOBS BANK,
33:55UH, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN
33:58THE JOBS BANK OR MORE SO
34:01UNSKILLED UM, AND YOUNGER
34:04INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNSKILLED
34:06UH, REALLY IS THERE A SKILLED
34:10ELECTRICIAN OR IRONWORKER OR
34:12SOMEONE WITH YOU KNOW,
34:13DIFFERENT LICENSES IN THE JOB?
34:15IT'S MOSTLY UNSKILLED UH,
34:18WORKERS WHO ARE FROM LIKE ONE
34:20OF THE NONPROFITS LIKE UM YOU
34:23SPELL BOSTON.
34:25UH.
34:26>> YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S.
34:27>> THE STREET I MEAN, WE'RE
34:28LOOKING FOR BASICALLY WE WAY A
34:29LABOR NEED SOMEONE THEY WERE
34:30PULL FROM THAT BUT OTHERWISE.
34:31OTHERWISE THE MATCH.
34:32ISN'T THERE, THE MATCHES ARE
34:34THERE AND OFTENTIMES THE
34:36CONTRACTORS THAT DO REACH OUT
34:38TO JUST BANK THEY'RE LOOKING
34:39FOR SKILLED INDIVIDUALS.
34:40YEAH.
34:41AND AND MOST OF THOSE
34:42INDIVIDUALS ARE.
34:44GAINFULLY EMPLOYED YEAH YEAH
34:45RIGHT RIGHT.
34:46IF YOU DO HAVE THE SKILL YOU'RE
34:47NOT IN THE JOBS MEG.
34:48UNDERSTOOD.
34:50UM AND I KNOW THROUGH THE
34:51EFFORTS OF MADISON.
34:52I MEAN IS THE IDEA THROUGH THE
34:53MADISON PARK AND THINGS OF THAT
34:55NATURE BUILDING.
34:55PATHWAYS I GUESS IT'S.
34:58>> NOT NECESSARILY TO.
34:59PUT SKILLED FOLKS IN THE JOB
35:00THAT THE FIRST IS TO GET THEM A
35:02JOB.
35:03RIGHT AND NOT.
35:04HAVE TO ENTER.
35:04THE JOB BANK.
35:05BUT WOULD.
35:06>> DO WE ANTICIPATE.
35:07ANY INCREASE.
35:08>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION
35:09AFTER THIS JEFF, IF THAT'S
35:10OKAY.
35:10THANK YOU.
35:11UM, WOULD.
35:12>> WE ANTICIPATE ANY INCREASE
35:13IN THE JOBS BANK?
35:14WAS THAT THE HOPE TO DRIVE
35:15THOSE NUMBERS UP OR IS IT MORE.
35:16>> TO GET PEOPLE GAINFULLY
35:17EMPLOYED.
35:17RIGHT OFF THE BAT?
35:18I THINK THROUGH THE MADISON
35:19BOSTON SKILLED TRADES
35:21INITIATIVE, THOSE FOLKS
35:22HOPEFULLY ARE GOING TO BE GOING
35:23INTO UNION APPRENTICESHIPS AND
35:25THE 17 TRADES THAT ARE PART
35:26OF THE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT
35:28THOSE UNIONIZED FOLKS TEND NOT
35:29TO BE ON THE JOBS BANK BECAUSE
35:31THEY'RE GETTING SENT OUT TO
35:32JOBS VIA THEIR OWN BUSINESS
35:34MANAGERS.
35:35HOWEVER, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW
35:37WE CAN UTILIZE THE JOBS BANK
35:38NOT ONLY FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE
35:40WHO ARE UM GRADUATING AND NOT
35:44QUITE ENTERING REGISTERED
35:45APPRENTICESHIP BUT EVEN CO-OP
35:47OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS LIKE
35:48THAT BECAUSE THE YOUNG PEOPLE
35:49COMING OUT OF MADISON IN THOSE
35:51VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS HAVE SKILLS
35:52AND CREDENTIALS.
35:54SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
35:55USING EVERY AVENUE POSSIBLE TO
35:57GET THEM INTO GOOD QUALITY,
35:59GOOD QUALITY.
36:00JOBS AND THAT'S AWESOME I LOVE
36:02THAT UH, BUT FINAL QUESTION
36:03REAL QUICK IT'S ONLY BECAUSE
36:04YOU.
36:04HAVE THE.
36:04>> WHITE STADIUM NUMBERS HERE.
36:06UH, IF I KNEW A BLACK.
36:08FEMALE OWNED BUSINESS UH.
36:09SAY WENT FOR A JOB AT WHITE
36:11STADIUM BUT DID NOT GET IT.
36:12UM.
36:13>> THEN I WOULD ASSUME.
36:15>> AND I KNOW YOU JUST.
36:16SAID THOSE.
36:16NUMBERS ARE.
36:17BUT I.
36:17>> WOULD THINK THEY'D BE
36:18LOOKING FOR A BLACK FEMALE
36:20OWNED BUSINESS AND IN THE YOU
36:22KNOW, IN THE PAINTING TRADE
36:24SPECIFICALLY.
36:25WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON.
36:26>> THAT SHE WOULD NOT HAVE.
36:28>> GOT THAT JOB?
36:29IS IT.
36:29>> JUST SAYING LIKE NUMBERS ARE
36:30ALL SET.
36:31AND WE FOUND SOMEWHAT WE.
36:33FOUND SOMEONE WITH A BETTER
36:34HISTORY OR QUALITY.
36:36OR WAS IT I.
36:37>> MEAN IT JUST.
36:38IF THE.
36:38>> NUMBERS AREN'T THERE THEN.
36:39IT'S NOT A GUARANTEED THING.
36:41I MEAN EVERY CONTRACTOR HAS
36:43THEIR OWN APPROACH TO HIRING UM
36:46WE SET THE GOALPOST AND THEN
36:48THEY CAN CHOOSE HOW THEY MOVE
36:50FORWARD IN MEETING THOSE GOALS
36:52SO THE ONLY TIME THAT WE AS THE
36:55BOSTON RESIDENT JOBS POLICY
36:56OFFICE CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
36:58THAT IS IS IF WE HAVE SENT OVER
37:00SOMEONE THROUGH THE JOBS BANK
37:01AND THEY DON'T HIRE THAT
37:03PERSON, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO
37:04COME BACK TO US WITHIN A
37:05CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME WHICH I
37:07CAN'T REMEMBER TO SAY WHY THEY
37:08HAVEN'T ANSWERED THAT PERSON
37:09BUT OTHERWISE THE THEY HAVE
37:12THEIR OWN PROCESSES AND WE'RE
37:14NOT REALLY.
37:15SO THE CITY DOESN'T.
37:15PLAY A ROLE.
37:17IN UH SORT OF WHO IS HIRED
37:20PERSON.
37:21I MEAN I KNOW THEY.
37:22SETTING THE GOALS.
37:23>> BUT BUT SO THE GC.
37:24DOES DOES THAT AND THE CITY
37:26STAYS OUT OF THAT ONE RIGHT.
37:28OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE OUR
37:30JP'S OFFICE IS RESPONSIBILITY
37:32IS FOR THE WORKFORCE NOT FOR
37:34BUSINESSES.
37:34YEP.
37:35SO WE REALLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY
37:36AUTHORITY ON ANY TYPE OF A YOU
37:38KNOW, MINORITY OF WOMEN OWNED
37:39BUSINESS THAT ARE UM HIRED OR
37:42NOT.
37:43YEP.
37:43YEAH.
37:44I WILL SAY OUR CONSTRUCTION
37:45MANAGERS ARE PHENOMENALLY
37:48TALENTED PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK
37:49VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GSES AND
37:53COVERT CONTRACTORS AND OFTEN
37:55GIVE THEM MANY OPTIONS AND
37:58THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ON HOW TO
37:59BETTER REACH THEIR GOALS.
38:02SO CONTRACTORS THAT ARE REALLY
38:03TRYING TO MAKE BEST FAITH
38:04EFFORT SHOULD WORK WITH OUR
38:06CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS WHO GIVE
38:07THEM IDEAS AND STRATEGIES.
38:09>> AND THAT'S THE CITY THAT'S
38:10GOOD.
38:11YEAH YEAH GREAT.
38:13THANK YOU SO MUCH.
38:14THANK YOU.
38:14>> FOR.
38:15THE EXTRA TIME.
38:15THANK YOU.
38:16>> UH, COUNCILOR WEBER IS YOURS
38:18OKAY.
38:19>> THANK YOU.
38:19CHAIR.
38:20UM.
38:21>> SO.
38:21>> UH, YEAH, I APOLOGIZE IF
38:23YOU'VE COVERED THIS ALREADY.
38:25UH, BUT IN TERMS OF THE, UH THE
38:29RECORD, UH, SUBMISSION OF THE
38:31RECORDS AND PAYROLL RECORDS,
38:33UM, DO YOU HAVE DATA ON LIKE
38:36COMPLIANCE WITH THAT?
38:36I MEAN, UH, BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC
38:39PROJECTS BUT THE LARGE PRIVATE
38:41ONES.
38:42MEANING COMPLIANCE.
38:43WITH SUBMISSION.
38:44>> TIME SUBMITTING ON TIME AND
38:46AND SUFFICIENT THAT IS.
38:48THE CORE OF OUR COMPLIANCE
38:49EFFORTS.
38:50SO IF THEY ARE LATE THEY HAVE A
38:53LITTLE BIT OF A LEEWAY.
38:54THEY GET TEN BUSINESS DAYS BUT
38:57OTHERWISE UM WE HAVE A VERY
38:59STRICT PROCESS OF IF YOU ARE
39:01LATE YOU GET A WARNING AND
39:03CORRECTIVE ACTION MEANING IF
39:04YOU ARE STILL LATE THERE'S A
39:06WRITTEN WARNING AND IF YOU
39:07STILL DON'T COMPLY WE THEN
39:09RECOMMEND SANCTIONS.
39:10BUT TIMELY SUBMISSION
39:13OF PAYROLL IS ARE THE CORE
39:14OF OUR.
39:15AND BUT SO YEAH OVERALL UH DO
39:19WE HAVE 100% COMPLIANCE WITH
39:22SUBMISSIONS I MEAN JUST EVEN IF
39:24THEY'RE LATE.
39:25SO I WOULDN'T KNOW WE DO NOT
39:27HAVE 100% COMPLIANCE I THINK
39:30MOST MOST OF THE PAYROLLS ARE
39:31BEING SUBMITTED ON TIME,
39:33ESPECIALLY SINCE WE IMPLEMENTED
39:34THIS NEW WARNING SYSTEM.
39:36UH WHEN WHEN CONTRACTORS UH DO
39:39SUBMIT PAYROLLS THAT ARE LATE
39:41UH, THEY'RE ISSUED WARNING UH
39:44WE HAVE MEETINGS WITH THEM.
39:45UH, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE
39:48THAT THEY SUBMIT THOSE PAYROLLS
39:49ON TIME.
39:50AND THE REASON THAT WE NEED
39:52THOSE PAYROLLS ON TIME IS SO WE
39:53CAN, UH, REVIEW THOSE PAYROLLS
39:56AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE
39:58DOING THEIR BEST TO HIRE A BOSS
40:00OR AS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
40:01WOMEN.
40:02UH, SO WE DO HAVE A WARNING
40:05SYSTEM CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN
40:06WARNED UH, AND MOST AND
40:10MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE CORRECTED
40:12THEIR TO IF THEY HAVE BEEN
40:15SUBMITTING PAYROLLS NOT ON TIME
40:17THEY'VE CORRECTED THAT PROCESS
40:18MHM OKAY.
40:20YEAH I MEAN A DO YOU HAVE ANY
40:22STATISTICS ON LIKE.
40:24UH HOW MANY UH HOW MANY THE
40:26PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYERS THAT
40:27HAVE TO BE WARNED OR.
40:29YEAH YOU KNOW.
40:30UH EXACTLY.
40:31SO YEAH WE DO UM WE HAVE WHAT
40:33WE CALL A LATE PAYROLL UM SO WE
40:36KEEP TRACK AND EVERY MONTH IN
40:38TERMS OF THE BOSS EMPLOYMENT
40:40COMMISSION I GO OVER A THE LATE
40:43PAYROLL FOR THAT MONTH AND FOR
40:46THE LAST YEAR OR SO THAT WE'VE
40:47BEEN TRACKING.
40:48SO YES, WE DO HAVE UM WE'VE
40:50BEEN TRACKING THAT.
40:51>> OKAY AND THEN UH FOR THE FOR
40:54THE I GUESS ARE THE PAYROLLS I
40:57MEAN I ADEQUATE FOR JUST ME TO
41:00PROVIDE THE INFORMATION YOU'RE
41:01LOOKING FOR?
41:02THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO SUBMIT
41:03THE PAYROLL AND THEN IT'S IT'S
41:04LIKE THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW,
41:06USABLE INFORMATION LIKE IS IT
41:08ALWAYS PRESENTED TO YOU IN A
41:10WAY.
41:10>> THAT YEAH EXACTLY.
41:12SO YEAH GOOD QUESTION.
41:13SO YEAH SO I THINK SINCE WE
41:15WE'VE HAD THIS UM SALESFORCE UM
41:17DATABASE SO YOU KNOW
41:19CONTRACTORS GO ON TO THE
41:20PLATFORM, THEY HAVE A LOG IN TO
41:22GO ON THE INTO THEIR WORKERS
41:23THEIR WORK HOURS AND YOU KNOW
41:26SALESFORCE GIVES US PRINTOUTS
41:28AND SPREADSHEETS.
41:30UH, IT'S EASY TO READ UH, IF
41:33WHEN A CONTRACTOR IS PUTTING IN
41:34THEIR INFORMATION IF THEY MISS
41:37A SPACE IT WON'T LET THEM GO.
41:39IT WON'T LET THEM COMPLETE THE
41:40PROCESS.
41:41UH, SO THE END RESULT IS IS
41:44ACCURATE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY
41:46,UM, ENTERED INTO THE PLATFORM
41:49YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WHEN THE
41:51CONTRACTORS WERE SUBMITTING
41:53HANDWRITTEN OR HANDWRITTEN
41:54PAYROLLS SOMETIMES IT WAS HARD
41:56TO READ UH, I THINK THE
41:59ACCURACY WAS STILL THERE BUT
42:00THERE I RECALL THERE BEING
42:02OCCASIONS WHERE WE HAD TO, UH,
42:04YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO A
42:05SUBCONTRACTOR TO HAVE TO
42:07RESUBMIT THE FORMS.
42:08SO YES, I THINK WITH THE
42:10SALESFORCE IN THE IN THE
42:11DATABASE THAT WE HAVE IT THE
42:14CONTRACTORS HAVE TO SUBMIT THE
42:16PAYROLL INFORMATION ACCURATELY
42:18AND AS A RESULT WE GET ACCURATE
42:22INFORMATION OKAY.
42:22AND THEN I GUESS MAYBE SO THE
42:25HAVE YOU ISSUED FINES FOR FOR
42:29FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE PAYROLL.
42:30WE HAVE UM ONCE IN MY TIME UM
42:35SIGNIFICANT FIND SOME $11,000
42:38UM BUT WE CONTINUE TO GIVE
42:41WARNINGS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION
42:43MEETINGS ALSO IMPORTANT TO
42:44POINT OUT FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED
42:47PROJECTS THAT ARE COVERED BY
42:48BRP THE SALES THE SUBMISSION
42:51OF OUR JP DATA IS PAIRED WITH
42:54THE CERTIFIED PAYROLL RECORDS
42:55THEY MUST SUBMIT FOR PREVAILING
42:57WAGE COMPLIANCE.
42:58SO UM WE AS THE CITY OF BOSTON
43:01HAVE TO MEET OUR STATUTORY
43:02OBLIGATION TO COLLECT THOSE
43:03CERTIFIED PAYROLL RECORDS.
43:06SO SIMILARLY IF A PROJECT IS
43:07PUBLIC, A CONTRACTOR GOES INTO
43:09THE SYSTEM AND MUST ENTER THE
43:12INFORMATION AND IF THEY MUST
43:14ENTER ALL THE INFORMATION
43:16REQUIRED BY THE CERTIFIED
43:17PAYROLL RECORD OTHERWISE THEY
43:19ARE UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND
43:20SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTATION.
43:22OKAY JUST CHAIR ONE MORE QUICK
43:24QUESTION.
43:24UH, SO I JUST ON WHITE STADIUM
43:27UM YOU KNOW, FIRST I THINK UH
43:29THE THE DATA ON THE IRONWORKERS
43:31IS I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH VERY
43:33ENCOURAGING AND I TO THANK
43:36LOCAL SERVANTS FOR FOR THEIR
43:37WORK ON THAT BUT IS THERE
43:39ANYTHING IN THE DATA THAT YOU
43:40SEE IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
43:41THE CITY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
43:44PROJECT AND THE THE TEAM SIDE
43:45THAT JUST THAT WE SHOULD BE
43:49POINTS TO LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING
43:51RIGHT AS A CITY OR YOU KNOW
43:52BECAUSE THE THE NUMBERS ARE
43:53SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
43:54I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WOULD BE
43:55THE CASE.
43:56UM, AND THERE'S ANYTHING WE
43:58SHOULD TAKE FROM THIS.
44:00IT COULD JUST BE TIMING ONE
44:02SIDE GOT STARTED SOONER THAN
44:04THE OTHER.
44:05HONESTLY, UM, I DON'T THINK I
44:07CAN SAY MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT I
44:10WILL SAY THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE
44:12GOT MY ATTENTION IN TERMS OF,
44:15UM, THAT THEY'RE BETTER THAN
44:17MANY OF THE OTHER PROJECTS.
44:19SO EVEN EVEN ON A BOTH SIDES.
44:22SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN
44:23TAKING A DEEPER DIVE UH, WHAT
44:26THE STRATEGIES ARE, WHAT'S
44:27WORKING AND WHY IT'S WORKING SO
44:29WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT FOR
44:30OTHER PROJECTS.
44:32I HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET BUT I
44:34AM AND IT'S THE PROJECT IS NOT
44:36VERY FAR ALONG AT THE MOMENT SO
44:38I THINK IT'S IT'S EARLY STAGES
44:40AS WELL.
44:41BUT THE NUMBERS ESPECIALLY FOR
44:44WOMEN ARE VERY ENCOURAGING AND
44:47I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY
44:49SO THAT WE CAN REPLICATE THAT
44:50IN OTHER PLACES.
44:52OKAY THANK YOU THANK YOU CHAIR.
44:53THANK YOU.
44:55UM I ONLY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
44:56UM, I CAN.
44:57EVEN TIE MYSELF.
44:58I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA USE
44:58THE.
44:59>> WHOLE FIVE MINUTES.
45:00UH, SO JODY, YOU MENTION THAT
45:02WE ONLY COLLECT WAGES FOR
45:05PUBLIC, UM, CONSTRUCTION?
45:07ARE WE ABLE TO JUST ADD A FIELD
45:10FOR THE PRIVATE SIDE AND HAVE
45:12THEM REPORT?
45:15I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE THE
45:17ORDINANCE DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT
45:19WE COLLECT WAGE DATA.
45:20OKAY, SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN
45:24THEN REQUIRE THAT BUT IT'S.
45:26NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE I GUESS
45:28AND SALES FORCE YOU.
45:30>> CAN.
45:30MAKE A FIELD REQUIRE RIGHT.
45:32SO THEREFORE IT COULD BE LIKE
45:34OPTIONAL TO SEE WHAT THE WHAT.
45:37PROJECTS ARE SET UP EITHER IS
45:39PREVAILING WAGE OR NON
45:40PREVAILING WAGE PROJECTS
45:41BECAUSE IF IT'S A PREVAILING
45:42WAGE PROJECT IT ADDS ALL THOSE
45:44FIELDS AND REQUIRES THAT PEOPLE
45:45PUT THAT INFORMATION.
45:47IF IT'S NOT A PREVAILING WAGE
45:48PROJECT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE
45:50THOSE FIELDS.
45:50GOT IT.
45:51UM AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE
45:53THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T REQUIRE
45:55THAT I'M NOT SURE THE ORDINANCE
45:59PRECLUDES THAT BUT IT DOESN'T
46:00REQUIRE THAT AND IT'S A
46:01QUESTION I CAN FIND THE ANSWER
46:02TO BEFORE.
46:03YEAH.
46:03>> AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT
46:05THERE'S IS A LOT MORE WORK
46:06INVOLVED WHEN THE PROJECT IS
46:08THE PREVAILING WAGE PROJECTS
46:09BECAUSE THEY HAVE.
46:10>> TO FILL OUT THE FEIGER.
46:11THE STATE WITHHOLDINGS AND DO
46:13THE CALCULATION AS OPPOSED TO
46:15WHEN A WHEN THE PROJECT IS NOT
46:17PREVAILING WAGE RIGHT.
46:18THEY PRETTY MUCH JUST ENTER YOU
46:20KNOW, THE WORKERS DEMOGRAPHIC
46:22AND ADDRESS UP UP TO LIKE THE
46:25WORK HOURS SO THEY DON'T HAVE
46:27TO ENTER ALL THE OTHER FIELDS
46:28OKAY.
46:29ALL RIGHT.
46:32UM SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT UM
46:34WHEN WHEN CAN WE SEE THE PUBLIC
46:37WAGES REPORTED IN THESE REPORTS
46:40AND ONLINE?
46:42UM, WE HAVE NOT ADDED WAGES.
46:45LET ME TO THE DASHBOARD.
46:47UM, AND WE'VE JUST STARTED
46:49USING THE SALESFORCE SYSTEM TO
46:52COLLECT UH, THE CERTIFIED
46:54PAYROLL RECORDS AS OF NOVEMBER
46:5819TH 2494 NOVEMBER 24TH.
47:00SO IT'S REALLY ONLY JUST A
47:01COUPLE OF YEARS BUT WE COULD WE
47:03COULD DEFINITELY PREPARE A
47:05REPORT ON THAT.
47:06UM, WE HAVE A MONITOR WHOSE
47:08SOLE PURPOSE IS OUR SOLE ROLE
47:11IS LOOKING AT RATE SHEETS ON
47:13PROJECTS AND COMPARING IT TO
47:14WHAT WORKERS ARE BEING PAID TO
47:16ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT ENABLING
47:18WAGE THEFT ON OUR PROJECTS AND
47:20THAT IS SHE DOES SPOT CHECKS
47:22OF ALL OF THOSE UM, PROJECTS
47:24BUT WE COULD WE COULD DO WAGE
47:26DATA FOR AT LEAST THE PAST
47:27COUPLE OF YEARS NOW FOR THOSE
47:29PROJECTS THAT WERE UM,
47:31PREVAILING WAGE PROJECTS.
47:32AWESOME.
47:33>> THANK YOU.
47:33AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE MY
47:35LAST QUESTION IS WHEN WHEN WE
47:40SEE SHORTFALLS IN HOURS IS OUR
47:44WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
47:47GEARED TO ADDRESS THOSE
47:49SHORTFALLS?
47:51I THINK THAT THE BOSTON STEEL
47:53CRANES BOSTON SKILLED TRADES
47:54INITIATIVE IS A MAJOR
47:57INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE
47:58INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
47:59IN TO TRY TO BUILD THAT PATHWAY
48:02THERE ARE OTHER YOUTHBUILD AND
48:04OTHER PROGRAMS BUT UM, TO
48:07ENSURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW
48:10ABOUT THE OPTIONS OF A CAREER
48:12IN THE SKILLED TRADES AND ARE
48:15EXPOSED TO THAT REALLY THE
48:18INVESTMENT WE ARE MAKING THANKS
48:19TO BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES IS
48:20GOING IT'S GAME CHANGING.
48:22WE'RE REACHING MIDDLE SCHOOL
48:23STUDENTS.
48:24WE'RE REACHING HIGH SCHOOL
48:25STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF MADISON
48:26PARK AND WE'RE INVESTING IN
48:27MADISON PARK, UM, AND
48:29SUPPORTING THE WRAPAROUND
48:31SUPPORTS AND UH, OTHER KINDS
48:34OF SERVICES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE
48:35NEED TO SUCCEED IN A WAY WE'VE
48:37NEVER BEEN ABLE TO BEFORE.
48:38GOT IT.
48:38>> YEAH.
48:39BECAUSE I GUESS WHEN WE'RE
48:41LOOKING AT THE DATA YOU SEE,
48:42YOU KNOW, UM, MAYBE IT'S LIKE
48:44ONE LIKE SINGLE DIGIT IN SOME
48:47OF THESE TRADES WHETHER IT'S
48:49LIKE CARPENTRY ELEVATOR I THINK
48:53MAYBE.
48:54OPERATOR OPERATORS.
48:55RIGHT.
48:56AND I I'M ASSUMING THAT UM JUST
48:59DID IT LIKE A QUICK GOOGLE
49:00SEARCH TYPE THESE THESE ARE
49:01SOME OF THE HIGHEST PAYING JOBS
49:03ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
49:05UH, SO JUST WANT TO.
49:07YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE.
49:09UM, YOU KNOW, US TO BE THINKING
49:11OF OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
49:13PROGRAMS, UH, TO TRY TO BE, UM
49:17,MINDFUL OF TRYING TO ADDRESS
49:19THAT.
49:19THERE ARE 17 TRADES THAT ARE
49:21PART INCLUDING THE OPERATORS
49:22THAT ARE PART OF THE PROJECT
49:23LABOR AGREEMENT AND WE HAVE
49:24ASKED THAT THEY COME TO MADISON
49:26PARK TO EXPLAIN SO THAT YOUNG
49:29PEOPLE KNOW IT'S NOT JUST
49:30LABORERS, IT'S NOT JUST
49:31CARPENTERS.
49:32IT'S NOT THAT THERE ARE TRADES
49:34THAT ARE VERY WELL-PAYING WITH
49:36GREAT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
49:38THAT ARE OPEN TO THEM AND WE
49:40WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE
49:41EXPOSED TO ALL OF THOSE TRADES
49:42AWESOME.
49:43>> THANK YOU.
49:44>> UM, LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF
49:46MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
49:48ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH,
49:50COUNCILOR FLYNN.
49:54YEAH.
49:55>> THANK YOU.
49:58SO AGAIN THIS WILL BE MY FINAL
50:01QUESTION OR COMMENT BUT.
50:03I'VE BEEN AS I MENTIONED AT THE
50:05BEGINNING BEGINNING I'VE BEEN
50:07TO EVERY.
50:08EVERY HEARING WE'VE HAD OVER
50:10THE LAST NINE YEARS.
50:11THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT
50:13AND I I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY
50:17UM, LIKE LIKE YOU DO BUT I'M
50:20JUST LOOKING.
50:21AT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
50:24EXTENDING THE BOSTON RESIDENCY
50:25JOB POLICY.
50:29AND IT WAS SIGNED THE SIGNED BY
50:32MAYOR FLYNN IN JULY 1985.
50:38SO IT IT.
50:40CONTINUES ON THE ON THE THIRD
50:42PAGE.
50:42BASICALLY THE PLAN SHALL
50:45FURTHER CONTAIN PROVISIONS FOR
50:47MONITORING COMPLIANCE AND
50:48SANCTIONS.
50:49THE COMMISSIONER
50:51OF INSPECTIONAL SERVICES SHALL
50:53NOT ISSUE ANY BUILDING OR USE
50:55PERMIT WITH RESPECT TO ANY
50:57BUILDING STRUCTURE OR WIND
50:59WHICH REQUIRES A DEVELOPMENT
51:01IMPACT PROJECT PLAN UNLESS THE
51:04DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON
51:05REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAS.
51:07CERTIFIED ON THE APPLICATION.
51:09>> FOR A BUILDING.
51:10OR USE PERMIT AND ON EACH
51:12DEVELOPMENT IMPACT PROJECT PLAN
51:14THAT THE PROJECT IS.
51:15CONSISTENT WITH THE BOSTON
51:17REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
51:18APPROVED BOSTON RESIDENCY
51:20CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT
51:22STANDARDS AS MENTIONED ABOVE
51:24FOR SAID PROJECT.
51:29SO I'M NOT AS IS UP TO DATE ON
51:31ARTICLE 80 RULES BUT I CAN SAY
51:34THAT ONCE UH PROJECT
51:36NOTIFICATION IS ISSUED THAT
51:39PROJECTS MUST CREATE A PLAN FOR
51:42OR ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN THAT
51:44THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOSTON
51:46RESIDENT THEY MUST COMPLY WITH
51:47THE BOSTON RESIDENT JOBS
51:49POLICY.
51:49THEY MUST HAVE A PLAN.
51:51UM THEY MUST THEY MUST SUBMIT
51:53DATA.
51:54UM AND THAT IS I BCR I CAN
51:57NEVER REMEMBER THE THE ACRONYM
51:59BUT I CAN FIND IT THOSE PLANS
52:01ARE UM SIGNED BY THE DEVELOPER
52:04UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY MUST
52:05COMPLY AND ONLY ONCE THEY'VE
52:07SIGNED THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY
52:08MUST COMPLY.
52:09DO THEY THEN ARE THEY THEN ABLE
52:11TO, UM, GO TO THE INSPECTION
52:14SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND GET
52:15THEIR BUILDING PERMIT SO.
52:17BUT BUT BUT JODY.
52:18AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE
52:20SAYING BUT THE COMMISSIONER
52:21OF INSPECTIONAL SERVICES SHALL
52:22NOT ISSUE ANY BUILDING OR USE
52:25PERMIT WITH RESPECT TO A
52:28BUILDING.
52:28UM.
52:34THAT THE PROJECT IS THE PROJECT
52:36HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
52:38BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
52:40APPROVED BOSTON RESIDENTS
52:41CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT SINCE
52:42SO I GUESS MY MY POINT IS.
52:45IF THE.
52:46GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
52:48HAS A HISTORY.
52:51OF NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH
52:53THE BOSTON JOBS OF BOSTON
52:55RESIDENCY POLICY AND THAT'S
52:57BACKED UP TO THE EMPLOYMENT
52:59COMMISSION, IT'S ALL DOCUMENTED
53:00BUT.
53:01BUT THE.
53:02INSPECTIONAL SERVICES IS ABLE
53:05NOT.
53:06TO ISSUE.
53:06>> A PERMIT.
53:09UM AND THAT'S BASICALLY.
53:10>> THE WHY.
53:11>> I'M HIGHLIGHTING THAT THAT
53:12THAT PROVIDES TEETH IN THE
53:14ENFORCEMENT THAT.
53:16WHY ARE WE.
53:17GIVING CONTRACTS GENERAL
53:19CONTRACTS WHY ARE WE GIVING
53:21CONTRACTS TO A COMPANY THAT HAS
53:23A HISTORY OF OF BAD PRACTICE
53:26OF OF NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE
53:30OF HIRING WOMEN, HIRING PEOPLE
53:31OF COLOR?
53:32IS THAT IS THAT FAIR TO SAY?
53:35I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
53:37I KNOW I KNOW THAT WITHIN THE
53:402017 REVISED VERSION OF THE
53:41PERMIT WE DO WE CREATE.
53:44ONE OF THE REASONS WE
53:45CREATED THE DASHBOARD WAS TO
53:46CREATE A RECORD THROUGH WHICH
53:48OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM CAN EASILY
53:50LOOK AT ANY CONTRACTOR AND
53:52SUBCONTRACTOR, UNDERSTAND THEIR
53:54COMPLIANCE HISTORY AND UTILIZE
53:55THAT INFORMATION.
53:56WE'RE MAKING CITY OF BOSTON, UM
53:59,MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHO
54:01THEY WANT AS CONTRACTORS ON
54:02CITY OF BOSTON PROJECTS FOR
54:03PRIVATE PROJECTS THROUGH THE UM
54:07BOSTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
54:09IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
54:10THEY JUST HAD TO SIGN A PLAN
54:13AND DOCUMENT THAT THEY WOULD
54:14COMPLY AND THAT TRIGGERED THE
54:17PERMIT.
54:18I BUT I THINK.
54:19>> THIS IS THIS IS PRIVATE.
54:21PROJECTS AS WELL, UM, INCLUDING
54:24HOTELS RETAIL UM SOME I'LL JUST
54:29PROVIDE THIS TO YOU AND MAYBE
54:31YOU CAN TAKE A.
54:32CLOSER LOOK.
54:33UM, I KNOW THAT I'VE REVIEWED
54:35MANY OF THOSE PLANS THAT HAVE
54:37BEEN SUBMITTED PRIOR BECAUSE WE
54:39UTILIZE THOSE TO LAUNCH OUR OUR
54:42MONITORING PROCESS.
54:44OKAY.
54:44>> BUT ON PUBLIC PROJECTS DO WE
54:48LOOK AT THE COMPLIANCE OF A
54:50GENERAL CONTRACTOR BEFORE WE
54:52ISSUE A PERMIT.
54:55A CONTRACT?
54:56I KNOW WE PROVIDE THE
54:57INFORMATION TO THE PROCUREMENT
54:58TEAM.
54:59I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS
55:00UTILIZED BEYOND THAT POINT
55:02OKAY.
55:03IT'S SIMILAR WE ALSO DISCLOSURE
55:06OF WAGE THEFT THROUGH THE WAGE
55:07THEFT EXECUTIVE ORDER.
55:07ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE
55:09PROVIDED TO THE PROCUREMENT
55:10TEAM SO THAT THEY KNOW WHEN UM
55:14THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS
55:15BUT STATE PROCUREMENT LAW IS
55:16ALSO VERY RIGID.
55:18OKAY.
55:19>> UM MY FINAL POINT AND
55:21MR CHAIR, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
55:22THE IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP YOU
55:24HAVE PROVIDED.
55:25I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UM,
55:27BOTH OF YOU FOR THE IMPORTANT
55:29WORK YOU'RE DOING.
55:30I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
55:31CARPENTERS UNION FOR
55:34EXCEPTIONAL WORK ON THIS AND
55:37ESPECIALLY ON, UH, WAGE THEFT
55:40ISSUES AS WELL AND NOT ONLY
55:43ADVOCATING FOR UNION WORKERS
55:45BUT UM, ADVOCATING FOR NONUNION
55:48WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED
55:50AND HAVE TALKED TO A LOT
55:52OF WORKERS THAT ARE EXPLOITED
55:53THAT ARE NONUNION WORKERS.
55:55BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
55:57IMPORTANT ROLE THE CARPENTERS
55:58UNION HAS PLAYED CONTINUES TO
56:01PLAY IN ENSURING ECONOMIC
56:05JUSTICE FOR ALL WORKERS UH,
56:08INCLUDING IMMIGRANT WORKERS UM,
56:11IN MAKING AND ENSURING THAT
56:12THEY ARE TREATED FAIRLY BECAUSE
56:14I DO KNOW THEY ARE NOT TREATED
56:16FAIRLY ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE
56:18NOT IN A UNION.
56:19UH, MR CHAIR, THANK YOU.
56:21UH.
56:21>> THANK YOU.
56:23UM, ONE LAST QUESTION.
56:26UM, THAT I HAVE IS THE LIVING
56:29WAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
56:31UM, OKAY.
56:33STATUS STATUS IS THAT IT WAS
56:36BLENDED INTO OR COMBINED WITH
56:39THE NEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT
56:41IS MEANT TO REPRESENT THE
56:43ENTIRE UM ALL OF OUR OFFICE
56:46OF LABOR COMPLIANCE OVERSEE ALL
56:48OF OUR WAGE AND OUR LIVING WAGE
56:49WAGE THEFT.
56:51HOWEVER, WE WERE HOLDING OFF
56:53BECAUSE WE WERE VERY CLOSE TO A
56:55NEW WAGE THEFT ORDINANCE AND
56:56WANTED TO UTILIZE ALL OF THOSE
56:59LAWS TO CREATE THE NEW ADVISORY
57:00COMMITTEE.
57:01I THINK WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
57:03WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL THE
57:05NEW LAWS WERE IN PLACE AS WE
57:06BROUGHT THAT TOGETHER.
57:07SO UM WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO TO
57:10MAKE IT HAPPEN.
57:10GOT IT.
57:12SO NEAR FUTURE FAR FUTURE.
57:14ON OUR DEFINITELY PART OF OUR
57:17WORK PLAN FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR
57:18AND AWESOME.
57:19ALL RIGHT UM WELL THAT'S ALL MY
57:22QUESTIONS SEEING UM NO OTHER
57:24COUNCILORS UH, WITH QUESTIONS
57:25AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
57:27UH, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
57:29YOUR WORK.
57:30UM, I THINK YOUR TEAM, UM, ALSO
57:33WANT TO THANK OUR OUR
57:35ADVOCATES.
57:36UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST AGAIN
57:37JUST WANT TO LIFT UP THE NAMES
57:39OF, UH, BROOKE WATSON, UH, AND
57:41JANET JONES, UM, AND THEIR WORK
57:43THAT THEY HAVE DONE UH, IN THIS
57:45FIELD AND WITH THAT THE HEARING
57:47ON DOCKET NUMBER.
57:49OKAY.
57:50CANCER.
57:51MR CHAIR, I JUST HAD ONE
57:52QUESTION FOR YOU.
57:53UM, IN THE PAST WE WE ALWAYS
57:56HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY
57:58FROM ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY
58:02AND SOMETIMES THEY'D BE WAITING
58:03WAITING IN LINE TO TESTIFY.
58:05UM.
58:07DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OR IS
58:09THAT STILL IS THAT STILL A
58:12MAJOR FOCUS FOR THE COMMUNITY?
58:15BECAUSE I I DO KNOW THAT THEY
58:17LOVED ATTENDING AND THEY
58:19PROVIDED A LOT OF GREAT
58:23KNOWLEDGE IN ADVOCACY AND
58:25LISTENING TO THEM WAS ALWAYS
58:26HELPFUL BUT JUST WANTED TO GET
58:27YOUR THOUGHTS ON UM DO YOU KNOW
58:30WHAT HAPPENED IN TERMS OF THE
58:32ADVOCATES AND UH ARE THEY STILL
58:36ENGAGED ON THIS ISSUE?
58:37YEAH.
58:37>> NO, I THINK LAST NIGHT UH,
58:39WE HEARD FROM UH RESIDENTS ON
58:42THIS VERY SAME ISSUE, YOU KNOW,
58:45IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE I MADE
58:47IT KNOWN UM, I KNOW THE
58:50INFORMATION COULD BE THE
58:51TIMING.
58:51UM, COULD BE THE DAY.
58:53BUT I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE
58:54STILL WELL ENGAGED.
58:55UM, BUT TODAY.
58:57YEAH.
58:58UNFORTUNATELY, UH, NO NO PUBLIC
59:00TESTIMONY.
59:00YEP.
59:01>> AND I DO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAD
59:03A MEETING LAST NIGHT.
59:03THE THREE HOUR MEETING I WENT
59:05TO WITH WITH COUNCILOR AROUND.
59:07UM, AND YOU DID MENTION THAT,
59:10UH, ABOUT THE IMPORTANT MEETING
59:11THAT WAS HAPPENING TONIGHT.
59:12SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
59:13TO COUNCILOR WORRELL.
59:14ABSOLUTELY.
59:14>> THANK YOU.
59:15UM, THIS HEARING ON DOCKET
59:16NUMBER 0218 IS ADJOURNED.