The union group charges that the city wasn't enforcing its own laws regarding paying the prevailing wages and having enough journeymen on public project sites. The city denied the charges. But now, Mayor Wellington Webb and the trades council have reached a tentative agreement that would preclude a vote on the authority. That will allow the authority to sell the bonds for the hotel and for construction to go forward in early June, as planned. The agreement, which still needs City Council approval, calls for the authority to pay for a dedicated inspector at the hotel site to monitor contractors and subcontractors. The union group would have access to the inspector to make complaints.The other part would be a new ordinance that would allow frequent violators of the city's rules to be precluded from bidding on future city projects for a yet-to-be-determined amount of time. Similar federal rules typically bar violators from working on federal projects for three years, according to Wally Brauer, the attorney for the construction trades council.
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