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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Acting City Manager to Execute a Change Order for the Downtown Lodi Cleaning Crew Contract with United Cerebral Palsy of San Joaquin, Amador, and Calaveras Counties ($55,454) (PW)
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MEETING DATE:
October 1, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Public Works Director
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the Acting City Manager to execute a change order for the Downtown Lodi Cleaning Crew Contract with United Cerebral Palsy of San Joaquin, Amador, and Calaveras Counties in the amount of $55,454.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
United Cerebral Palsy of San Joaquin, Amador, and Calaveras Counties (UCP) has been working for the Public Works Department since 2000 at several City facilities. On June 4, 2025, Council adopted a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute three contracts with UCP. Those contracts include cleaning the downtown area ($117,096), transit facilities ($94,753.75), and to maintain the landscaping at Hutchins Street Square ($26,180).
UCP is the only known nonprofit organization that pays the disabled the State minimum wage. Other organizations are known to pay crew members less and cite additional benefits such as training, transportation, supervision, and overhead as reasons for below-minimum wage compensation. In addition to strengthening the self-esteem of these crew members, the citizens of Lodi continue to receive excellent services.
The contract work takes place Monday through Friday for the downtown area and addresses street furniture, trash, litter, spills, and leaf removal; the Transit Facilities cleaning occurs weekly and addresses the grounds surrounding Lodi Transit Station, the Lodi Transit Station Parking Structure, and sheltered bus stops; and work at Hutchins Street Square includes bi-weekly landscape maintenance, such as weeding, shrub trimming, and debris removal. Each UCP crew generally includes four persons plus a supervisor. The program i...
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