Oceanside Municipal Code Art. 3 Fiscal Matters

The City shall encourage, support, and promote economic development and community development in the City.

The City is exempt from the provisions of all California statutes regulating public contracting and purchasing except as provided by ordinance or by agreement approved by the City Council. The City shall establish all standards, procedures, rules or regulations to regulate all aspects of public contracting.

No City contract shall require payment of the prevailing wage schedule unless: the prevailing wage is legally required, and constitutionally permitted to be imposed, by federal or state grants pursuant to federal or state law; or the project is considered by the City Council not to be a municipal affair of the City; or payment of the prevailing wage schedule is authorized by resolution of the City Council. Payment of the prevailing wage schedule, if authorized hereunder, shall use the pertinent rates published by the State of California.

The City shall not, in any contract for the construction, maintenance, repair, or improvement of public works, require that a contractor, subcontractor, material supplier, or carrier engaged in the construction, maintenance, repair or improvement of public works, execute or otherwise become party to any project labor agreement, collective bargaining agreement, prehire agreement, or other agreement with employees, their representatives, or any labor organization as a condition of bidding, negotiating, being awarded, or performing work on a public works contract. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting private parties from entering into individual collective bargaining relationships, or otherwise as regulating or interfering with activity protected by applicable law, including but not limited to the National labor Relations Act.

For purposes of this Article, the term "public works" means: (1) A building, road, street, sewer, storm drain, water system, irrigation system, reclamation project, redevelopment project, or other facility owned or to be owned or to be contracted for by the City of Oceanside or the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Oceanside, that is paid for in whole or in part with tax revenue paid by residents of the City of Oceanside; or (2) Any other construction service or nonconstruction service.

Unless otherwise required by law, neither the City, nor its agents, shall deduct from the wages, earnings or compensation of any City employee any political contributions unless the employee has first presented, and the City has received, a signed written authorization of such deductions, which authorization must be renewed annually and may be revoked by the employee at any time by giving written notice of such revocation to the City.