Thread: AL:City Bars Contractors Employing Illegal Aliens

Albertville bars contractors who employ illegal immigrants from city projects

Updated: Dec 3, 2008 08:44 PM PST
By Trang Do
WAFF 48 News Reporter

Taking a page out of Madison County's book, the city of Albertville has adopted an ordinance against contrators who employ illegal immigrants.

After just a month in office with a new city council, Albertville's Mayor Lindsey Lyons is wasting no time in combating one of the biggest problems he feels is plaguing the city--Illegal immigration.

The city's latest ordinance, enacted Monday, would bar contractors who employ illegal immigrants from bidding and working on city projects.

"There is a documentation in here, they will sign, that will be a part of the bid package," Lyons said. "That they will concur with this to use an e-verify to make sure all of their employees are eligible to work in the United States."

The ordinance applies to companies with three or more employees and more than $100,000 in bid services.

"Bottom line, this shows the community and the citizens that we're serious about addressing illegal immigration," Lyons said.

Mayor Lyons says this latest ordinance is a building block towards even more proactive measures against illegal immigration.

"This will set the tone for us in short time when we meet with Senator Sessions, Congressman Aderholt, and Senator Shelby, because we have other plans in mind that we've got to ensure the community knows we're going to work on," he said.

With so many more building projects on the horizon, it won't take long for this ordinance to be put to the test.

You can email Trang at tdo@waff.com

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Just called and thanked the Mayor's office and am getting a copy of the ordinance...something I'm going to propose to our local township, borough and county commissioners...as locally a new county courthouse is about to be built ............

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UPDATE: Council creates board

By Lionel Green
The Reporter

Published December 16, 2008

The Albertville City Council created a recycling board and amended a measure dealing with contractors and illegal workers during a meeting Monday.

The measure regarding illegals requires contractors and subcontractors who do work for the city to sign statements of verification saying they E-Verify their employees. A resolution passed earlier this month applies to contracts of $100,000 or more.

Mayor Lindsey Lyons recommended reducing the threshold to $10,000 to include more companies and give the ordinance more strength. The Council agreed after Lyons reported E-Verify is free for businesses.

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