Primary Department: Economic Equity and Opportunity
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Jie Wu, Interim Executive Director
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Type of Request: Position
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Request for approval of one position effective October 17, 2026.
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Background and Discussion:
Flood mitigation capital projects continue to expand in scale and complexity, significantly increasing the number of contractors and subcontractors subject to prevailing wage requirements. Certified payroll volume, wage classification issues, and field monitoring needs have exceeded the capacity of existing staffing, limiting DEEO’s ability to maintain timely compliance review cycles. Insufficient monitoring capacity may result in increased risks of wage underpayment or misclassification and weakened contractor compliance and enforcement.
DEEO requests approval of one (1) additional prevailing wage Monitor Position Control Number (PCN) through the existing Interlocal Agreement with the Harris County Flood Control District (FCD) to expand prevailing wage compliance capacity required under Texas Government Code 2258 and Harris County policy.
Under the Flood Control ILA, DEEO is requesting one (1) prevailing wage Monitor PCN to manage increasing certified payroll submissions and subcontractor utilization monitoring associated with ongoing flood mitigation and bond funded construction work.
This prevailing wage monitoring position is essential to ensure timely payroll review, ...
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