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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
APPROVAL OF PREVAILING WAGE INCREASES BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE COALITION OF UNIONIZED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (COUPE)
WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act, 5 ILCS 315/1 et seq., has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130 et seq., the County is obligated to pay the prevailing wage rates applicable to the classifications of Painter, Painter Foreman, Glazier, Glazier Foreman, Electronic Equipment Specialist, Steamfitter, Steamfitter Foreman, Refrigerator Man, and Sign Painter Shopman, and the collective bargaining agreement between the County of Cook and the Coalition of Unionized Public Employees (COUPE) establishes the process for determining and implementing those prevailing wage rates; and
WHEREAS, the unions representing this category of employees have certified that the below-listed rates are the prevailing rates for the effective date(s) set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Annual Appropriation Bill creates Accounts 490-115, 499-115 and 899-115 for Appropriation Adjustments for the Corporate, Public Safety and Health Funds, if necessary; and
WHEREAS, the prevailing wages and salaries of the following positions shall be fixed as follows:
Job Code Title Represented Wage Rate Effective Date
Local 14 Painters District Council #14:
2354 Painter $56.30 6/1/26
2356 Painter Foreman $63.33 6/1/26
Local 27 Glaziers, Architectural Metal & Glassworkers Union:
2320 Glazier $55.35 6/1/26
7760 Glazier Foreman $56.85 6/1/26
Local 126 International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers:
9193 Electronic Equipment Specialist $61.89 7/1/26
Local 597 Pipefitters Association, Local Union 597, U.A.:
2344 Steamfitter $59.50 6/1/26
2345 Steamfitter Foreman $62.50 6/1/26
2343 Refrigerator Man $59.50 6/1/26
Local 830 Sign and Pictorial Painters Union:
2359 Sign Painter Shopman $48.16 1/1/26
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources and the Cook County Comptroller are hereby authorized to implement the prevailing rates and salary adjustments pursuant to state statute, 820 ILCS 130 et seq.end