Res 70 6/12/1950RESOLUTION NO. ,
A RESOLUTION FIXING MINIMUM WAGE SCALE
WHEREAS, an investigation has been made of the hourly wage rates
which are being paid in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, which is the
locality in which the proposed construction of a 1,000,000 gallon
Steel Elevated Water Tank and a 317,000 gallon Steel Standpipe, or a
130,000 gallon Steel Elevated Mater Tank, hereinafter referred to as
Project", is to be constructed by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas,
to employees in each trade or occupation engaged in work of a nature
similar to the work to be performed in the construction of said
Project, and the prevailing hourly wage rates being paid in such local-
ity to such employees for such work have been determined by investiga-
tion and referred to as wage rates,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermeh of the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that the following rates for the respect-
ive trades or occupations listed below shall be and are hereby fixed
as the minimum hourly wage rates and have been determined in accordance
with rates prevailing for work of a similar nature in the locality in
which the project is to be constructed.
Mechanic or Minimum per diem Minimum
Type of Labor Wage based on $ Hr. Hourly
Working Day Rate
Structural Steel Worker 12.40 1.55
Painter 12.00 1,50
Laborers 6.00 75
All extra work, over-time work on Sundays and legal holidays
shall be aid for at the regular governing rates. A deduc-
tion of 10 from wages for Social Security Tax will be allowed.
BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER that the foregoing list of trades or occupa-
tions includes to the best of our knowledge all the classifications of em-
ployees who will be engaged in work on said Project other than executive,
supervisory, administrative, clerical or other non-manual workers as such.
This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this / g/ day of June, A. D. 1950.
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MAYOR
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CITY CLERK