By Cecilia Garza, Bainbridge Island Review Staff Writer
Oct 9, 2014 at 1:23PM
According to a recent review by the Washington State Auditor’s Office, the city of Bainbridge Island is not meeting wage requirements set by one of its federal grant programs.
For the most part, the city complied with state laws and its own policies, the report said.
The audit, however, found that Bainbridge did not quite meet the requirements set by a federal grant for highway planning and construction.
The city’s practices “were inadequate to ensure compliance with federal Davis-Bacon Act (prevailing wage) requirements,” the report said.
The Davis-Bacon Act relates to contractors and subcontractors performing federally-funded projects. It requires that laborers employed under the contract be paid no less than the local prevailing wage and fringe benefits that is paid for similar projects in the area.