Pueblo’s Board of County Commissioners approved a new contracting policy that would require bidding firms to meet pre-established minimum standards related to health insurance offerings, retirement benefits and a prevailing wage.
The responsible contracting policy will apply to large-scale capital improvement projects that cost at least $2.5 million. It comes after years of negotiating the exact terms.
County commissioners were adamant about passing the new policy before requests for proposals go out for the upcoming jail and Joe Martinez Boulevard extension project.
"I’m sure this board wants to ensure this policy and our values as a board are reflected in the biggest piece of capital construction in the county’s history,” Commissioner Chair Garrison Ortiz said during Tuesday's board meeting when the board first considered the policy. They officially passed it on Thursday.