Number
131627
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. HAMILTON, ZIELINSKI, MURPHY, PEREZ, COGGS, KOVAC, WADE, BAUMAN, STAMPER, BOHL AND PUENTE
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to city wage requirements.
Sections
310-13-2-a am
310-13-3 am
355-13-3 cr
Analysis
This ordinance establishes a minimum hourly wage of $10.10 for all city employees, employees paid under city service contracts, or employees paid by developers receiving $1,000,000 or more of city financial support. Beginning on March 1, 2015, this hourly wage shall be calculated based on the average of the U.S. department of health and human services’ most recent poverty guideline for a family of 3 and a family of 4, as adjusted by the city clerk on March 1 of each following year.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 310-13-2-a of the code is amended to read:
310-13. Service Contract Wage Requirements.
2. DEFINITIONS. In this section:
a. Living wage" means >>, prior to March 1, 2015, an hourly wage rate of $10.10 per hour. Effective March 1, 2015, it shall mean the average of<< the amount required to produce, for 2,080 hours worked, an annual income equal to the U.S. department of health and human services' most recent poverty guideline for a family of 3 >>and family of 4<< in the 48 contiguous states, as determined by the city clerk on March 1 of each year.
Part 2. Section 310-13-3 of the code is amended to read:
3. LIVING WAGE REQUIREMENT. Unless contrary to federal, state or local law, all workers, whether permanent or temporary, full-time or part-time, employed in any work performed as part of a service contract, as defined in sub. 2-c, shall receive and be paid a sum of not less than the living wage >>in effect at the time a contract is awarded<<. No contractor may use the living wage requirement of this subsection to reduce the wage paid to any person employed by the contractor.
Part 3. Section 35...
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