Taskforce mission

• Study the objectives, feasibility, and impacts of establishing a requirement for public works contracts to stipulate annual adjustments to the minimum hourly wages for laborers, workers, and mechanics at a rate of no less than the latest prevailing rate of wage.
• Study must include an examination of the possible impacts to the costs and delivery of state and local capital projects.
• Consider the extent to which appropriate exemptions and phased implementation strategies would minimize project disruptions and unpredictable cost fluctuations in assessing feasibility and impacts.
• Develop a report for CPARB consensus which includes findings and recommendations for the Legislature. Report is due to the appropriate committees of the legislature by Dec. 1, 2026.

Future meetings

Meetings are alternating Wednesdays from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

• July 1, 2026
• July 15, 2026
• July 29, 2026
• Aug. 12, 2026
• Aug. 26, 2026
• Sept. 9, 2026
• Sept. 23, 2026

Data collection workgroup

This is a subgroup of the taskforce. View meeting information.

Resources

• Initial data collection plan
• LNI Prevailing Wage Rate Determination Process presentation