ORDINANCE NO. 177154

* Authorize agreement with Freightliner LLC for $199,000 to fund training opportunities for existing workers and provide for payment (Ordinance)

The City of Portland ordains:

1.  A City goal is to retain local industry and its workforce.

2.  Freightliner LLC is an existing industry that has re-organized the location of the products it manufactures. In order to encourage Freightliner LLC to maintain its Portland workforce, the City of Portland, State of Oregon, and Worksystems inc. offered Freightliner a package of technical assistance around the retraining of its workforce.

3.  The Bureau of Housing and Community Development has $199,000 in General Funds that are available to assist in the retraining of the Freightliner workforce to manufacture the new Western Star truck model.

4.  The City Council now desires to enter into an agreement in the amount of $199,000 with Freightliner LLC.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

a.  The Commissioner of Public Works is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with Freightliner LLC in a form substantially in accordance with the agreement attached as Exhibit A (attached to the original ordinance only).

b.  The Mayor and City Auditor are hereby authorized to pay for said contract from the General Fund.

Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists because delay in funding would interrupt Freightliner LLC’s training of its workers; therefore, this ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after its passage by Council.

Passed by the Council, DEC 18 2002

              GARY BLACKMER

Commissioner Erik Sten          Auditor of the City of Portland

Howard Cutler            By /S/ Susan Parsons

December 10, 2002              Deputy

BACKING SHEET INFORMATION

AGENDA NO. 1503-2002

ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION/COUNCIL DOCUMENT NO. 177154