37583

WHEREAS, Resolution 37483, adopted on March 25, 2020, amended the City of Portland’s Sustainable Procurement Policy to include a Labor Peace Agreement requirement for janitorial, security, and industrial laundry contracts; and

WHEREAS, the City of Portland has an interest in consistent and quality services; and

WHEREAS, City bureaus and offices depend on continuous, uninterrupted, and reliable services to enable them to adequately serve the residents of Portland; and

WHEREAS, the City of Portland finds that labor-management conflict would jeopardize the City’s proprietary interests as a purchaser of services by substantially interfering with the quality and consistency of services provided to the City and its residents; and

WHEREAS, service disruption would result in additional costs and otherwise avoidable expenditures of limited taxpayer funds; and

WHEREAS, the City of Portland finds that the likelihood of such labor-management conflicts interfering with the provision of services is increased if contractors do not have a labor peace agreement to avoid disruption;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Procurement Services implements tools to avoid labor-management conflicts and disruptions to services, and to specifically address the high-risk industries of janitorial, security, and industrial laundry; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Attachment 4 to the Sustainable Procurement Policy Exhibit A is replaced with the revised Attachment 4 attached here as Exhibit 1; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution is binding City policy and supersedes conflicting provisions of the Sustainable Procurement Policy adopted in Resolution 37483.